Deedee Colon Maldonado (10/20/2021) - Athlete Awards

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Deedee Colon Maldonado

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Week Of

10/20/2021
Sport

Women's Cross Country
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Aurora University women's cross country runner Deyanneira Colon Maldonado was named the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Athlete of the Week for the week of October 11-17, 2021.The honors were selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Colon Maldonado, a freshman, posted the fastest 6-kilometer time in the NACC this season with a 22:46.3 clocking at the UW-La Crosse Tori Neubauer Invitational. She finished 18th overall in one of the more competitive meets in the Midwest this season, which featured two teams ranked in the top-20 nationally and two others that were regionally ranked. Of the 16 NCAA Division III runners ahead of her, 11 were from nationally-ranked teams. Colon Maldonado is the first runner in the NACC to eclipse the 23:00 mark this season. She beat the nearest non-Aurora NACC runner by 53 seconds and set a lifetime 6K personal-best time by 1:14.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
9/25/2019	Hannah Schulz	Women's Golf
9/25/2019	Imani Freeman	Women's Volleyball
9/18/2019	Sydnei Avery	Women's Volleyball
9/18/2019	Jacolby Maxwell	Football
9/10/2019	Sydnei Avery	Women's Volleyball
9/10/2019	Gavin Zimbelman	Football
9/4/2019	Kelsey Deck	Women's Soccer
9/4/2019	Julio Acosta	Men's Soccer
7/2/2019	Makayla Fincher	Women's Volleyball
7/2/2019	Alexis Abelove	Women's Soccer
6/20/2019	Lauren Anderson	Women's Golf
6/20/2019	Bryce Wallgard	Men's Lacrosse
6/5/2019	Elaine Walker	Softball
6/5/2019	Jeff Mayes	Baseball
5/29/2019	Elaine Walker	Softball
5/29/2019	Lauren Anderson	Women's Golf
5/15/2019	Nicholas Mathey	Baseball
5/15/2019	Jeff Mayes	Baseball
5/7/2019	AJ Gill	Baseball
5/7/2019	Jackson Fluck	Men's Golf