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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Vanessa Jones

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    12/6/2010
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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A junior from Colorado Springs, Vanessa Leeper had one career double double heading into the weekend but now has three after strong efforts in wins over Western State and Mesa State.

On Friday night against the Mountaineers, Leeper had career-highs in points (21) and rebounds (14) as UNK won 85-82. Her production helped offset the loss of leading scorer Megan Becker, who was limited to 14 minutes due to foul trouble.

Against Mesa, Leeper had a strong second half to finish with 12 points and 12 rebounds as UNK held on for a 79-68 victory.

On the year, Leeper is at 15.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game while shooting 81.8 pct. at the line.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/28/2019 Kanon Koster Men's Basketball
1/21/2019 Destiny Reinke Women's Track and Field
1/21/2019 Jarrod Hinrichs Wrestling
1/14/2019 Wesley Dawkins Wrestling
1/14/2019 Mackenzie Crowder Women's Track and Field
1/7/2019 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
1/7/2019 Matt Malcom Wrestling
12/30/2018 Josh Portillo Wrestling
12/30/2018 Elisa Backes Women's Basketball
12/17/2018 Matt Malcom Wrestling
12/17/2018 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
12/10/2018 Josh Portillo Wrestling
12/10/2018 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
12/3/2018 Corbin Hansen Men's Cross Country
12/3/2018 Claire Nash Swimming
11/19/2018 Corbin Hansen Men's Cross Country
11/19/2018 Kendall Schroer Volleyball
11/13/2018 Julianne Jackson Volleyball
11/12/2018 Brian Covarrubias Football
11/5/2018 Corbin Hansen Men's Cross Country
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