BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After a weekend of battling the tough lane conditions of Bowlero Thousand Oaks, rookie Alicen Ichimura of the Alabama State University women's bowling team earned her second straight Rookie of the Week honor from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), the organization announced Wednesday afternoon.

Ichimura claims her second honor of the young season after finishing 30th out of over 100 bowlers at the Bulldog Classic, hosted by Louisiana Tech, over this past weekend. She averaged 187 pins per game while setting a day-high mark of 248 that led the team while sitting among the top marks in the entire tournament.

Her performance against Wichita State helped the Hornets record one of its highest combined scores of the tournament, helping it to a tenth-place qualifying finish after the first two days of competition. She added 180-pin games in the first and second matches of the day, both of which came against Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponents – the first a tight, 878-872 win over Texas Southern, and the second a 28-pin defeat at the hands of Prairie View A&M.

The Waipahu, Hawaii native has been pivotal to the team's strong start this season, helping the team to a near-.500 record in three of the more challenging competitions of the year. With Bama State facing numerous ranked opponents in each tournament, the rookie and the Hornets have managed six victories over top-25 teams, three of which have come against No. 20 UAB.

Ichimura and the rest of the Hornet keglers return to Texas for a final tournament in the 2026 portion of the season, when they compete in the TRACK Kat Klash, hosted by Sam Houston State at the Emerald Bowl in Houston, from Friday, Nov. 13 through Sunday, Nov. 15.