Female Athlete of the Week
Female Athlete of the Week
Mel Thera - Women's Basketball
SAIT Trojans women's basketball player Mel Thera had a big weekend for her team. Despite being unable to pick up a win, Thera recorded a combined 25 points, 29 rebounds and six blocks.
In Thursday's 62-47 loss to the St. Mary's University Lightning, the fifth-year post scored 10 points, while adding 15 rebounds and three blocked shots. On Saturday, she added 15 points, 14 rebounds and three more blocks in her team's 80-61 defeat.
Her 17 blocks this season is good enough for fourth place in the ACAC.
Melanie Thera is a Emergency Medical Technology - Paramedic student at SAIT.