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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
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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