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Athlete Awards

Student-Athlete of the Week

Nalani Hernandez

  • Award
    Student-Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/16/2014
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Hernandez led the way in several categories over the weekend as she was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Against Adams State she scored a team-high 12 points, connecting on 6-of-9 and also had six rebounds, three assists, two blocks and three steals. She added a double-double in the win over Fort Lewis with 11 points and 11 rebounds. In that same game she added three steals, three blocks and a steal. She again shot well from the field making 5-of-9. For the week she led the team in minutes played (67), field goals made (11), field goal percentage (61.1), rebounds (17), blocks (5) and steals (6). The win over Fort Lewis was the first for WNMU in their last 16 tries. Hernandez has three double-doubles this season and averages 7.9 points and 8 rebounds per contest.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/29/2016 Latrell Spivey Men's Basketball
11/16/2016 Jordan Gutierrez Women's Basketball
11/15/2016 DeAndre Williams Football
11/15/2016 Heather Verrill Volleyball
11/9/2016 Rodney Lawson Football
11/9/2016 Shannon Rich Volleyball
11/1/2016 Ashley Mataele Volleyball
11/1/2016 Tyler Vargas Football
10/25/2016 Jose Rojas Men's Cross Country
10/25/2016 Guadalupe Cantoran Women's Cross Country
10/25/2016 Shannon Rich Volleyball
10/18/2016 Dominic Barry Football
10/18/2016 Heather Verrill Volleyball
10/11/2016 Melanie Hughes Volleyball
10/11/2016 Brenda Dominguez Women's Golf
10/4/2016 Guadalupe Cantoran Women's Cross Country
10/4/2016 Xavier Ayers Football
9/28/2016 Mazin Khalil Football
9/28/2016 Melanie Hughes Volleyball
9/21/2016 Shelby Turner Women's Golf
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