Colorado University Athletics
Brown, Schroeder Named CU Athlete Of The Week
November 23, 2011 | General, Men's Basketball, Volleyball
BOULDER - CU men's basketball guard Carlon Brown (senior) and volleyball's Kerra Schroeder (junior) receive the honor of being named CU Athlete of the Week for the week of Nov. 14-20.
Brown, a 6-foot-5 guard originally from Riverside, Calif. (Martin Luther King/Utah), averaged 17.3 points and four rebounds over four games, leading Colorado to a 1-2 record at the Fifth Annual 5-hour ENERGY Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan over the weekend. Brown's biggest game was a game-high 23 points with six rebounds and four assists, helping the Buffs defeat Western Michigan, 81-76 on the final day of the tournament. Scoring 15 of his 23 points in the second half, Brown played a crucial role in helping the Buffs rally from a four-point half-time deficit. Brown shot 52.6 percent from the field (20-of-38) and 88.9 percent (8-of-9) from the three throw line over the three games. He also scored a team-high 15 points in the team's loss to Wichita State and 14 points in the loss to Maryland.
Schroeder, an outside hitter originally from San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines), recorded her 1,000th career kill as she led the Buffs in a five-set come-from-behind victory over Washington State at the Coors Events Center on Friday night. Reaching her 1,000 career kills with her ninth kill of the match, she became just the 14th Buff to ever reach this milestone. Schroeder had 26 kills in the match, as well as recording 13 digs for her 13th double-double of the 2011 season. Schroeder helped the Buffs rally back to defeat the Cougars after dropping the first two sets (21-25, 22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 15-6). On the week Schroeder averaged 4.12 kills, 2.25 digs and 4.56 points per set.
Also nominated for this week's award: Chucky Jeffery (women's basketball).
Women's Basketball: Chucky Jeffery, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo.
Junior Chucky Jeffery led the Colorado women's basketball team to their first 3-0 start since the 2003-04 season. Grabbing a career-high 16 rebounds against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Jeffery also recorded a career-best 5 blocks. The 5-foot-10 guard also had 19 points to record the team's first double-double of the season, the 11th of Jeffery's career. She recorded a team high seven assists and had four steals in the win at Colorado State on Sunday, helping her move into 18th place on CU's all-time list for career steals with 140. Her steals helped the Buffs generate 25 points off turnovers against the Rams.
