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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
1/16/2023 Diamond Moore Women's Basketball
1/16/2023 Olamide Pedersen Men's Basketball
1/9/2023 Jaylin McFadden Men's Basketball
1/9/2023 Diamond Moore Women's Basketball
1/3/2023 Sydney Wright Women's Basketball
1/3/2023 Joshuwan Johnson Men's Basketball
12/19/2022 Susi Namoa Women's Basketball
12/19/2022 Keith Littles Men's Basketball
12/12/2022 Dane Quest Men's Basketball
12/12/2022 Andres Andrade Rossi Men's Basketball
12/5/2022 Diamond Moore Women's Basketball
12/5/2022 Keith Littles Men's Basketball
11/28/2022 Sydney Wright Women's Basketball
11/28/2022 Olamide Pedersen Men's Basketball
11/14/2022 Sydney Wright Women's Basketball
11/14/2022 Jamon Chambers Football
11/7/2022 Gracey Lovato Women's Cross Country
11/7/2022 Elias Perez Men's Cross Country
10/31/2022 Bria Augustine Volleyball
10/31/2022 Devin Larsen Football
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