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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
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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