LEBANON, Ill. - The Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) has announced their weekly winners for March 19th, 2025, with junior attacker Joey Rebelo (Montreal, Québec) obtaining the WWPA Offensive Player of the Week.
This is Rebelo's fifth such honor received by the conference throughout her three-year career, as this is the second time she has obtained it this season alone when she won it subsequently after the VMI Invite on February 5th.
Interim Head Coach Alex Figueras said the following on Rebelo:
"We had a successful first weekend of conference play and Joey's contributions were a big part of that. She has been consistently a key piece of our offense, and this award certainly reflects that."
In a weekend where McKendree went 2-0 in this year's annual WWPA Bearcat Clash, Rebelo was one of several Bearcats who dominated the offensive end. She averaged 2.5 goals (5 total), 2.5 assists (5 total), 1.0 drawn exclusions (2 total), and 1.0 steals (2 total) on a 55.6% shooting percentage.
Rebelo led the WWPA Bearcat Clash in total goals (3rd – 5), total assists (1st – 5), total points (1st – 10), goals per game (3rd – 2.0), assists per game (1st – 2.5), and points per game (1st – 5.0).
In the game one win against Salem University, she had two goals on four attempts (50.0%) along with two assists and a drawn exclusion. In the game two win against Gannon University, she had three goals on five attempts (60.0%) along with three assists, a drawn exclusion, and two steals.
The junior leads the team in points (92), steals (27), and field blocks (7).
The Montreal, Québec native ranks at the top of the WWPA currently in total goals (3rd – 58), total assists (2nd – 34), total points (1st – 92), total field bocks (4th – 7), total steals (1st – 27), goals per game (4th – 2.5), assists per game (2nd – 1.5), points per game (1st – 4.0), and steals per game (3rd – 1.2).
Rebelo is top nationally in total goals (10th – 58), total assists (10th – 34), and total points (5th – 92).
UP NEXT
McKendree will be back in action next weekend when they stay home one more time to face Carthage College in a single-game weekend on Saturday, March 22nd at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex with a start time of 2:00 PM CT.
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