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Western New Mexico University Athletics

Athlete Awards

Student-Athlete of the Week

TJ Riley, Chad Carter

TJ Riley Chad Carter

  • Award
    Student-Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/29/2012
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • Bio
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TJ Riley and Chad Carter were named to the All-RMAC Teams on Tuesday.

Both were named to the RMAC Preseason Teams, with Riley being named to the first-team, with Carter landing on the second-team.


Riley finished as the second leading scorer in the RMAC this season averaging 18 points per game.  He ranked seventh in assists with 82 (3.2), fourth in steals with 51 (2) and 15th in three-pointers made (39). He scored in double-digits in all but three games this season and had a high of 36 points. For his three-year career, he was named to the Third-Team All-West as a sophomore and then was named to the First-Team last year. For his career at WNMU he scored 1,324 points.


Carter was named the RMAC Athlete of the Month for January and was also named RMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Jan. 30. Carter was one of the main blocked shot players in the conference ranking second with 50 (1.9) and had a high of five. He was fourth in the conference in defensive rebounds with 126 (4.8) and averaged 15.7 points per game, good for fourth in the conference. He was named to the First-Team last year. He eclipsed 1,000 points in his playing career this season.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/3/2018 Davis Wade Men's Basketball
1/3/2018 Jade Botelho Women's Basketball
12/5/2017 Willie McCray Men's Basketball
12/5/2017 Myla Woods-Brown Women's Basketball
11/28/2017 Cassandra Vickery Women's Basketball
11/9/2017 Ian Davis Football
11/9/2017 Ashley Mataele Volleyball
11/2/2017 Heather Verrill Volleyball
11/2/2017 Dominic Barry Football
10/18/2017 Heather Verrill Volleyball
10/18/2017 Gonzalo Pan De Soraluce Men's Golf
10/11/2017 Collin Grady Football
10/11/2017 Dominic Barry Football
10/3/2017 Ashley Mataele Volleyball
10/3/2017 Justin Harris Football
9/28/2017 Shelby Turner Women's Golf
9/20/2017 Dorian Carrasco Men's Cross Country
9/20/2017 Brenda Dominguez Women's Golf
9/14/2017 Gonzalo Pan De Soraluce Men's Golf
9/14/2017 Kalie Lyle Volleyball
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