TROY, N.Y. - The Liberty League announced its weekly women's basketball and women's swimming awards and two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes were honored for their contributions. Whitney Coleman was named the Guard of the Week in women's basketball, while Tina Belletete earned Rookie of the Week in women's swimming.

A graduate student who hails from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Coleman helped RPI remain undefeated in league play last week, averaging 20.7 points and 8.0 rebounds as the Engineers went 3-0. She also had nine assists, a block and nine steals in 34.7 minutes per game.

Coleman opened the week with a team-high 15 points and eight rebounds in a 47-40 win over Vassar. She then added a game-high 18 points with eight boards, three assists and three steals in a 63-54 win at Hamilton before rounding out the week with a career-high 29 points and eight caroms with three assists, a block and four steals in a 72-60 win over William Smith.

This is the fourth consecutive and sixth overall Guard of the Week for Coleman, who leads the squad with 18.7 points and 8.4 rebounds through 16 games. She has a team-best 63 assists and 38 steals to go along with 11 blocks, while averaging 31.7 minutes per contest. Coleman leads the Liberty League in scoring and is third in rebounding. She is also second in the conference in assists (3.94 per game) and is fourth in steals (2.38 average).

Belletete, who hails from Winchendon, Mass., swam to victory in two of the three races she competed last week, helping the Engineers win their first RPI Invite title in over 15 years. She won the 1000-free in a time of 11:02.76 and then captured the 500-free with a mark of 5:28.16. She also placed third in the 200-back (2:18.70) as RPI held off three-time defending champion SUNY Cortland by 71 points for the win.

The former Gardner High School standout has now earned Rookie of the Week four times this season for a total of five weekly awards. She was a Swimmer of the Week selection a week ago after pacing the Engineers to a 135-105 dual meet victory over Union with three victories. Through seven meets, she has recorded 16 first-place finishes.

The women's basketball team (10-6; 5-0 Liberty League) is back in action this weekend when it hosts area-rivals Union and Skidmore on Friday (6pm) and Saturday (2pm), respectively, at East Campus Arena. Swimming and diving is back in the pool on Saturday in a dual meet at Skidmore (1pm).