The honors continued to pour in for Case Western Reserve University's Ethan Edwards following his record-setting performance on Sunday, as the graduate student guard was named the United States Basketball Writers' Association Division III Men's National Player of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.

The award comes on the heels of Edwards' 54-point scoring effort in a 110-98 win over the University of Rochester on Sunday in Cleveland, setting both a school and University Athletic Association record for points scored in a game. Playing 36 minutes in the contest, he shot 18-of-29 overall (62.1%) and 12-of-21 from behind the three-point line (.571), also setting conference and school records for field goals and three-pointers made in a game. Edwards added a six-for-seven (.857) showing from the free throw line with six rebounds and a steal, while not committing a turnover in the game.

The 54 points were the most in an NCAA game (any Division) this season, and he also surpassed 1,000 points for his career during the game (needing 47 points entering Sunday's action to reach the milestone).

Earlier in the weekend, Edwards scored 18 points against fifth-ranked Emory on Friday night with a four-of-nine shooting effort from the floor (44.4%), including three-of-five (60.0%) from three-point range, and made seven-of-eight free throw attempts with two rebounds, one block, and two steals. He averaged 36.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.5 steals overall for the weekend, shooting 57.9% overall, 57.7% from three-point range, and 86.7% from the free throw line.

Edwards has already been named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week and was selected as the UAA Athlete of the Week for his performance. He has scored at least 10 points in 16 consecutive games and leads the team with 19.5 points per game this year.

Edwards became the first CWRU men's basketball player to be named the USBWA National Player of the Week. Former Spartans Kara Hageman (January 31, 2017) and Abbey Lawrence (February 4, 2020, and November 23, 2021) had received the honor for the CWRU women's team previously.

Each Tuesday, the USBWA has selected men's and women's Division III National Players of the Week. This week's selections are the final honors of the season, the 11th that the USBWA has recognized national players of the week from Division III.

The Spartans stand at 11-13 overall with a 3-10 UAA record. CWRU will wrap up its 2025-26 campaign at home on Saturday, February 28, against Carnegie Mellon University at 1:00 p.m.