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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Vanessa Jones

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/31/2011
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Leeper (Colorado Springs, Colo.) helped UNK beat Colorado Christian and Colorado School of Mines this past weekend in Kearney by scoring a total of 39 points and pulling down 15 rebounds.

In Friday's big win over a regionally-ranked Cougars squad, she had her fifth double double (21 pts. & 13 rebs.) of the year. Ten of her points and 10 of her boards came in the second half.

The next night, she had 18 points, three assists and two rebounds in win over the Orediggers.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/22/2025 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
12/22/2025 Tom Connelly Men's Basketball
12/15/2025 Nolan Studley Men's Track and Field
12/15/2025 Clayton Kelly Men's Track and Field
12/8/2025 Carly Purdy Volleyball
12/8/2025 Maggie Waddington Swimming
12/1/2025 Anthony Swift Men's Basketball
12/1/2025 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
11/24/2025 Nick Abdalla Men's Cross Country
11/24/2025 Peyton Neff Volleyball
11/17/2025 Ja'Bryant Hill Men's Basketball
11/17/2025 Peyton Neff Volleyball
11/10/2025 Nick Abdalla Men's Cross Country
11/10/2025 Joslynn Grace Swimming
11/3/2025 Abby Rose Volleyball
11/3/2025 Stone Wilson Football
10/27/2025 Marty Mormino Football
10/27/2025 Ella Buhlke Women's Cross Country
10/20/2025 Carly Purdy Volleyball
10/20/2025 Peyton Neff Volleyball
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