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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
10/19/2009 Stormi Gale Volleyball
10/12/2009 Maggie Malone Volleyball
10/12/2009 Perry Floyd Football
10/5/2009 Stormi Gale Volleyball
10/5/2009 Cody Haffly Football
9/28/2009 Liz Willis Volleyball
9/28/2009 Tylan Merkerson Football
9/21/2009 Luke Mulholland Men's Soccer
9/21/2009 Stormi Gale Volleyball
9/14/2009 David Sanctis Men's Cross Country
9/14/2009 Brittany Vish Women's Cross Country
9/8/2009 Kerstin Williams Women's Soccer
9/8/2009 Junior Nyemb Men's Soccer
8/31/2009 Lauren Billo Volleyball
8/31/2009 Vince Jordan Football
8/3/2009 Ryan Webber Football
8/3/2009 Chelsea Cancelliere Volleyball
7/1/2009 Anna Atkinson Women's Basketball
7/1/2009 Evan Schaller Men's Lacrosse
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