VERMILLION, S.D. — The awards keep rolling in for South Dakota senior guard Grace Larkins, who's 39.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game last week has garnered national attention, including being named this week's Associated Press Player of the Week, announced by the AP Tuesday.
 
Larkins, a senior out of Altoona, Iowa, was named the Summit League Peak Performer of the Week for the second consecutive week on Monday, and now has an AP Player of the Week honor to her name as well. She averaged 39.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2.5 steals in a pair of South Dakota victories over St. Thomas and Omaha.
 
In South Dakota's 77-60 home win over St. Thomas Thursday night, Larkins tied her at the time career-high with 34 points, adding 12 rebounds and eight assists. She also entered the top 10 in the Coyote record books for career steals in the game.
 
The Coyotes picked up a 71-66 home win over Omaha Saturday, and Larkins took things up a notch in the victory. Larkins' totaled a career-high and program record 45 points, on a program record 19 made baskets, adding 13 rebounds (tied for her most in a game this season) and six assists.
 
The 45 points is the second most by a Division I player this season, and the third most by a Summit League player in conference history. Larkins now stands at fourth in the country in points per game (24.7) and is 18^th in assists (5.7), and 42^nd in rebounds (9.4). Her 445 points so far this season are the second most in Division I behind Arkansas' Izzy Higginbottom, who has scored 466 points.
 
This is Larkins' first National Player of the Week honor of her career. She has received the Summit League weekly honor three times this season and five times in her career.