PEORIA, Ill. -- Junior forward Leti Lerma (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) has been named the Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week after turning in a pair of double-doubles at last week’s Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Lerma averaged 13.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.5 steals, helping the Bradley women’s basketball team reach the MVC Tournament quarterfinals. She had 10 points, 10 boards, two assists and two steals in an opening round win against Wichita State. Lerma followed that up with 16 points, 13 rebounds, one assist and three steals in a near upset of #1 seed and regular-season champion Northern Iowa in the quarterfinals.