Wichita State's Jaime Echenique has been named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the week of Dec. 16-22.
 
Echenique – a senior center from Baranquilla, Colombia -- was a game-changer in Wichita State's 73-63 win over (-/25) VCU, despite foul trouble. He shared high-scoring honors with 14 points in just 14 minutes to go with six rebounds and three blocks.
 
The 6-foot-11 Echenique missed the season's first four contests with a fractured left hand but has averaged 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds since his return on Nov. 23. He's dunked at least once in each of his seven games and has a team-high 10 blocks.
 
This is the second weekly honor roll nod for Echenique and the first this season. He's the fifth-different Shocker to win a weekly conference accolade in 2019-20.
 
Wichita State (10-1) plays host to Abilene Christian (7-5) on Sunday afternoon. The 2 p.m. CT tip airs on YurView Kansas, available to Cox subscribers around the state on HD 2022 and to fans in all 50 states yurview.com/Kansas.
 

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY AWARDS
Week of Dec. 16-22, 2019
 
Player of the Week:
Jayden Gardner, So., F, ECU
 
Freshman of the Week:
Precious Achiuwa, F, Memphis
 
Weekly Honor Roll:
Nate Hinton, So., G, Houston
Isiaha Mike, Jr., F, SMU
Teshuan Hightower, Jr., G, Tulane
Jeriah Horne, R-Jr., F, Tulsa
Jaime Echenique, Sr., C, Wichita State
 

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SHOCKER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS (2019-20):
 
Nov. 11 – Dexter Dennis (Honor Roll)
Nov. 18 – Jamarius Burton (Honor Roll)
Dec. 2 – Erik Stevenson (Honor Roll)
Dec. 9 – Jamarus Burton (Honor Roll)
Dec. 9 – Tyson Etienne (Freshman of the Week)
Dec. 16 – Erik Stevenson (Player of the Week)
Dec. 23 – Jaime Echenique (Honor Roll)