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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
2/2/2026 Luke Brachle Men's Track and Field
2/2/2026 Zakayia Fredrick Softball
1/26/2026 Mitchell Deer Men's Track and Field
1/26/2026 Luke Brachle Men's Track and Field
1/19/2026 Kassidy Stuckey Women's Track and Field
1/19/2026 Joslynn Grace Swimming
1/12/2026 Joseph Airola Wrestling
1/12/2026 Kaden Hart Wrestling
1/5/2026 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
1/5/2026 Jordan Sears Women's Basketball
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
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