GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University basketball guard Jalia Arnwine has been named the Zaxby's Female Athlete of the Week.

Arnwine averaged 15.0 points per game as the Pioneers improved to 6-0 for the first time since 1994-95 with wins over Limestone on Wednesday and Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday. Against Limestone, Arnwine hit three 3-pointers and finished with 11 points in a 70-46 victory. In a 67-44 win over Lenoir-Rhyne, Arnwine tied her career high with 19 points, hitting three more 3-pointers in the victory. Arnwine also averaged 4.5 rebounds in the two wins.

For the season, the Knoxville, Tennessee native leads the Pioneers in scoring at 13.5 points per game and is shooting 36.4 percent (12-for-33) from three-point range. Arnwine is also averaging 4.7 rebounds per game and is shooting 72.2 percent (13-for-18) from the foul line. Her 12 three-pointers rank fourth in the South Atlantic Conference, and her scoring average of 13.5 points per game is 15th-best in the league.

The Tusculum University Athlete of the Week Award is sponsored by Zaxby's, located at 3280 Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville.  The Zaxby's Athlete of the Week Award honors one male and one female athlete each week from an in-season sport.