The IUPUI Athletics Department has announced that junior Julia Whitted has been selected as the IUPUI Female Student-Athlete of the Month for the month of January.
In the first month of 2009, Whitted averaged 15.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, tallying six double-doubles in nine games. From Jan. 5 until Jan. 19, the 6-foot-5 center strung together five consecutive double-doubles.
Whitted's sixth double-double of the month cam on Jan. 26 at Oakland, when the junior matched her career high with 27 points while grabbing a season-high 14 rebounds in the Jaguars' defeat.
For the month, IUPUI went 4-5.
The honor is the second student-athlete of the month selection for Whitted, who also won the award in February 2008.
