BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has tabbed Jackson State’s Rhema Pegues, Alcorn State’s Nakia Cheatham and Mississippi Valley State’s Ariel Jefferson for SWAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Awards. 
 
Player
Rhema Pegues, Jackson State
 
Impact
Nakia Cheatham, Alcorn State

Newcomer 
Ariel Jefferson, Mississippi Valley State 
 
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
 
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