North Country's Preston Bourda Jr. was named the Region III Athlete of the Week for the week of January 9th-15th. 

College:  North Country Community College

Hometown:  Houma, Louisiana

Preston led the Saints to a 2-1 record this week including a pair of road wins this weekend over Onondaga CC and Jefferson CC. On Saturday against Onondaga, Bourda led the Saints with 34 points and 6 assists and then followed up with 29 points on 8 of 12 shooting from three-point range against Jefferson.