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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
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1/6/2025 Jordan Sears Women's Basketball
1/6/2025 Ja'Bryant Hill Men's Basketball
12/23/2024 Samantha Moore Women's Basketball
12/23/2024 Zach Ourada Wrestling
12/17/2024 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
12/17/2024 Crew Howard Wrestling
12/9/2024 Maggie Waddington Swimming
12/9/2024 Bailee Sobczak Women's Basketball
12/3/2024 Kia Wilson Women's Basketball
12/3/2024 Ja'Bryant Hill Men's Basketball
11/25/2024 Asha Regier Volleyball
11/25/2024 Zach Ourada Wrestling
11/18/2024 David Lilly Football
11/18/2024 Abby Rose Volleyball
11/11/2024 Ella Buhlke Women's Cross Country
11/11/2024 Maggie Waddington Swimming
11/4/2024 Quillan Felton Football
11/4/2024 Isaiah Harris Football
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