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Western New Mexico University Athletics

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
1/3/2018 Davis Wade Men's Basketball
1/3/2018 Jade Botelho Women's Basketball
12/5/2017 Willie McCray Men's Basketball
12/5/2017 Myla Woods-Brown Women's Basketball
11/28/2017 Cassandra Vickery Women's Basketball
11/9/2017 Ian Davis Football
11/9/2017 Ashley Mataele Volleyball
11/2/2017 Heather Verrill Volleyball
11/2/2017 Dominic Barry Football
10/18/2017 Heather Verrill Volleyball
10/18/2017 Gonzalo Pan De Soraluce Men's Golf
10/11/2017 Collin Grady Football
10/11/2017 Dominic Barry Football
10/3/2017 Ashley Mataele Volleyball
10/3/2017 Justin Harris Football
9/28/2017 Shelby Turner Women's Golf
9/20/2017 Dorian Carrasco Men's Cross Country
9/20/2017 Brenda Dominguez Women's Golf
9/14/2017 Gonzalo Pan De Soraluce Men's Golf
9/14/2017 Kalie Lyle Volleyball
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