High Point, N.C.> Coker College’s Mason Ambler (3-2 overall, 0-1 conf.) has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas men's basketball Player of the Week during week number one in the 2008-09 season.

Mason Ambler has been the driving force behind the Coker Cobras fast start to the 2008-2009 season. Ambler has averaged 21.8 points per game, with 10.8 rebounds per game in the Cobras first four games, which includes a season opening 80-59 win over Division I Coastal Carolina. Mason has recorded double-doubles in two of the four contests, with his first to start the season against Coastal with 22 points and 12 rebounds, and his second coming against UNC-Pembroke, with 24 points and 14 rebounds. In addition to his stellar performance from the field, Ambler is shooting lights out from the free throw line, going 23-for-28 for 82.1 percent.