Avance Earns Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Week Honors
JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the league's top individual performances from February 16 through 22.
Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week | February 16-22
Marr Avance represented the University of Saint Francis (Ind.) in this week's awards after being voted Crossroads League Men's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week.
Avance lifted Saint Francis past No. 19 Huntington University and Spring Arbor University with a pair of big scoring outputs. The junior guard shot 51.6 percent, while averaging 22.0 points per game in the two wins and adding 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. The academic structure at Saint Francis offers seven pathways: Humanities, Faith and Liberal Arts; Allied Health; Creative Arts and Digital Media; Education, Human Services and Community Care; Leadership and Business; Nursing; and Sciences and Medical Studies. In addition to its traditional programs, Saint Francis delivers workforce development healthcare programs in Fort Wayne, Crown Point, Gas City, Indianapolis, Lafayette and online. Saint Francis Downtown houses the music technology program while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. A National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Five-Star Champion of Character institution, Saint Francis has 21 athletic programs boasting three individual and four team NAIA national championships. More than 1,900 students from a broad geographic region attend Saint Francis.