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Athlete Awards

Student-Athlete of the Week

RaTanya Newsome

  • Award
    Student-Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/11/2015
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Newsome was named the RMAC Defensive Player of the week after leading WNMU with seven steals with a high of five against the Skyhawks. She also brought down six rebounds, dished out a team-high 14 assists and chipped in 17 points, with a high of nine in the win against Adams State. She just missed a double-double in that game with eight assists. 

Following this weekend, Newsome is now first in the RMAC in both assists per game (5.9) and steals per game (2.5). In addition she is seventh in the RMAC in three other categories including three-point percentage (41.1), assist-to-turnover (1.4) and minutes played (32.4).


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
5/6/2023 Andi Uemura Softball
4/24/2023 Kaylee Hickman Softball
4/24/2023 Joey Geary Men's Golf
4/17/2023 Bryana Munoz Softball
4/10/2023 Aaron Perez Men's Track and Field
4/10/2023 Selma Carrasco Women's Track and Field
4/3/2023 Cecy Jurado Softball
3/20/2023 Gracey Lovato Women's Track and Field
3/13/2023 Alexandria Klemke Women's Golf
3/6/2023 Adlai Alvidrez Softball
3/6/2023 Arnav Arkanath Men's Golf
2/27/2023 Caini Wang Women's Tennis
2/27/2023 Joshuwan Johnson Men's Basketball
2/20/2023 Kajsa Gedlitschka Women's Tennis
2/20/2023 Tony Avalos Men's Basketball
2/6/2023 Tony Avalos Men's Basketball
1/31/2023 Isaiah Lewis Men's Basketball
1/31/2023 Sydney Wright Women's Basketball
1/23/2023 DJ Heath Men's Basketball
1/23/2023 Brooke Rodgers Women's Basketball
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