After two double-doubles in a pair of dominant wins by Iowa women’s basketball (2-0) to open the 2025-26 season, Hawkeyes sophomore center Ava Heiden was named to the Big Ten’s Weekly Honor Roll, according to the conference’s release on Monday afternoon.
Through those two games played so far, the 6-foot-4 native of Sherwood, Ore., has averaged an astonishing 17.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game on 61.9% shooting from the field and 69.2% from the free-throw line.
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Along with Heiden, Illinois forward Berry Wallace, and Northwestern’s Grace Sullivan are also among those named to the Honor Roll by the conference.
Indiana guard Shay Ciezki earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors after averaging 28.5 points per game on 52.6% shooting in the Hoosiers’ 2-0 start. Purdue guard Rishon LeZion and USC guard Jazzy Davidson were named co-Freshman of the Week.
Heiden’s next opportunity to build off her tremendous start to the campaign will be against the Drake Bulldogs (1-1), who will travel to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday, Nov. 13. That game will begin at 7:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
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