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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
10/13/2015 Leeta Grap Volleyball
10/7/2015 Ashley Mataele Volleyball
10/7/2015 Juwan Sumpter Football
9/29/2015 Mitch Glasmann Football
9/29/2015 Shannon Rich Volleyball
9/22/2015 Marques Rodgers Football
9/22/2015 Shannon Rich Volleyball
9/15/2015 Calum Hill Men's Golf
9/15/2015 Leeta Grap Volleyball
9/8/2015 Leeta Grap Volleyball
9/8/2015 Larry Young II Football
5/7/2015 Zayde Khalil Football
5/7/2015 Ganna Tiurina Women's Tennis
4/29/2015 Alvaro Nunez Men's Tennis
4/29/2015 Pauline Emin Women's Tennis
4/21/2015 Harry Wetton Men's Golf
4/21/2015 Bobbi Pierson Women's Golf
4/14/2015 Tristan Da Lio Men's Tennis
4/14/2015 Claudia Osuna Women's Tennis
4/7/2015 Harry Wetton Men's Golf
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