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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
4/18/2022 Joey Geary Men's Golf
4/18/2022 Caini Wang Women's Tennis
4/4/2022 Joaquin Delpino Men's Tennis
4/4/2022 Marina Garcia Softball
3/29/2022 Maggie Orr Women's Cross Country
3/29/2022 Patricio Larrea Men's Tennis
3/23/2022 Caini Wang Women's Tennis
3/23/2022 Brendan Lock Men's Tennis
3/10/2022 Janae Ruiz Softball
3/1/2022 Joey Geary Men's Golf
2/28/2022 Zyan Smith Women's Basketball
2/21/2022 Jonathan Vega Men's Tennis
2/21/2022 Livia Leite Women's Tennis
2/14/2022 Valeria Enriquez Women's Golf
2/14/2022 Adam Niles Men's Golf
2/7/2022 Laryssa Morales Softball
2/7/2022 Javier Romero Men's Tennis
1/31/2022 Zyan Smith Women's Basketball
1/31/2022 Tony Avalos Men's Basketball
1/24/2022 Olivia Lee Women's Basketball
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