PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University women's basketball athlete Soleil Barnes has been named this week's Busey Bank Scholar-Athlete of the Week, announced Tuesday. Barnes was honored after averaging 18 points and six rebounds per game in Bradley's conference victories against Evansville and Indiana State.
The senior from Southfield, Michigan, scored 15 points and tallied a joint-season-best seven rebounds and four steals against Evansville on Jan. 2. Barnes closed out the weekend with a 21-point, five-rebound performance against Indiana State on Jan. 5, marking her fourth 20-point game of the season. Barnes helped Bradley notch its first two Missouri Valley Conference wins of the season and achieve its best start to the conference season since 2020-21.