Women’s Basketball Player – Elmira
Rachel Vespucci, Sophomore, Forward – Macedon, NY/Our Lady of Mercy
 
Rachel Vespucci finished with a pair of double-double efforts in a 2-0 week for the Soaring Eagles. She averaged 13.0 points and 15.5 rebounds per game in the two wins over Penn College and SUNY Cortland. Vespucci scored 11 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds in a 65-23 win over the Wildcats; the 23-point output was the lowest Elmira has held a team to since the 1985-86 season. Then in EC's thrilling two-point win over Cortland, Vespucci produced her fourth consecutive double-double of the year with 15 points and 15 boards, which helped EC earn its first win over the Red Dragons since 1997-98.