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VALLEY CITY, ND  (VCSUVikings.com)  Winning a conference Player of the Week award is one thing.  Winning the national award is next level.

And so Is Ashlyn Diemert.

Valley City State women’s basketball senior Diemert has been named the NAIA Offensive Player of the Week after her record-breaking performance over the weekend.

Diemert set three single-game school records as Valley City State defeated No. 24 Jamestown 91-75, finishing the week with 1-1 record. She set the VCSU scoring record with 39 points (13-of-16 field goals) and sank 11 3-pointers in 11 attempts (100 percent) to best her own school record of eight 3-pointers last season. She is now the only Viking in school history to shoot 100 percent on 3-pointers in a game while making at least six. Diemert also scored 24 points in a narrow 65-63 setback at Dickinson State. For the week, Diemert averaged 31.5 points per game. She shot 22-of-36 from the field (61.1 percent) and 13-of-17 from the 3-point line (76.5 percent). She also made all six free throw attempts.

It is Diemert’s first career national player of the week honor.