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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
1/24/2022 Jordan Doss Men's Basketball
1/18/2022 Jordan Doss Men's Basketball
1/18/2022 Zyan Smith Women's Basketball
1/10/2022 Abigail Walter Women's Basketball
12/13/2021 Zyan Smith Women's Basketball
12/13/2021 Malik Johnson Men's Basketball
12/6/2021 Tony Avalos Men's Basketball
12/6/2021 Kaela Chavez Women's Basketball
11/15/2021 Kyanne Kowatch Women's Basketball
11/15/2021 Jordan Doss Men's Basketball
11/8/2021 Devin Larsen Football
11/8/2021 Maggie Roe Volleyball
6/9/2021 Grisdey Paredes-Alvarez Softball
5/10/2021 Sam Ruston Men's Golf
2/18/2020 Niko Barr Men's Tennis
2/18/2020 Julia Vega Softball
1/6/2020 Kayla Clark Women's Basketball
1/6/2020 Elijah Holifield Men's Basketball
12/16/2019 Alicia Mardis Women's Basketball
12/16/2019 CJ Vanbeekum Men's Basketball
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