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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Danasia Witherspoon

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/13/2017
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Wingate sophomore forward Danasia Witherspoon (Hickory, N.C.) was named the 2017 South Atlantic Conference tournament MVP, as she averaged 15 points and five rebounds per game (in the SAC Final Four) as the Bulldogs won the title with victories over Lenoir-Rhyne, Catawba and Lincoln Memorial. The Bulldogs (25-5 overall) earned the league’s automatic qualification to the NCAA post-season.

A second team All-SAC honoree, Witherspoon put together a stand-out season for the ‘Dogs, averaging 13.9 markers and 6.4 boards through 28 starts (29 games). She is second on the team with a 51.0 percent field goal clip and sixth overall in the SAC with her season shooting percentage. Witherspoon leads the Bulldogs and is listed seventh in the league with 46 total steals.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/29/2015 Danasia Witherspoon Women's Basketball
12/29/2015 Anthanee Doyle Men's Basketball
11/24/2015 Vika Arkhipova Women's Swimming
11/24/2015 Ossian Arvidsson Men's Swimming
11/17/2015 Shelly Stumpff Volleyball
11/17/2015 Mike Baez Men's Basketball
11/12/2015 Sydney Lautzenheiser Women's Cross Country
11/12/2015 Pablo Jara Men's Soccer
11/4/2015 Shelly Stumpff Volleyball
11/4/2015 Kameron Johnson Football
10/29/2015 Nepolian Patel Men's Cross Country
10/29/2015 Alyssa Johnson Women's Cross Country
10/21/2015 Lawrence Pittman Football
10/21/2015 Caitlin Starrs Women's Golf
10/14/2015 Abby Saehler Volleyball
10/14/2015 Nepolian Patel Men's Cross Country
10/7/2015 Abby Saehler Volleyball
10/7/2015 Shaun Gadsby Men's Soccer
10/1/2015 Iris Brewer Volleyball
10/1/2015 Lawrence Pittman Football
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