Deedee Colon Maldonado (9/25/2024) - Athlete Awards

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Deedee Colon Maldonado

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Athletes of the Week
Week Of

9/25/2024
Sport

Women's Cross Country
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Aurora University senior Deedee Colon Maldonado was named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week, as selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Colon Maldonado earned the honor after she won the women's individual title at the Wheaton College Gil Dodds Invitational, outpacing the field of 219 competitors with a time of 21:48.0. She was the only competitor to finishing in under 22 minutes and was 14.5 seconds clear of the second-place finisher. Colon Maldonado led the Spartans to a fifth-place team finish, best amongst NACC programs at the event. The time is also the fastest 6K time by a NACC runner this season.

Next action for the Spartan women's cross-country team comes on Friday, October 4 when they travel to NCAA Division III Pre-Nationals race at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. Meet time is set for 6:30 p.m. (est) in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
12/3/2019	Chiara Pfosi	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/19/2019	Marisa Trevino	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/19/2019	Jacolby Maxwell	Football
11/13/2019	Karli Chambers	Women's Volleyball
11/13/2019	Lexie Martinez	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/6/2019	Nicole McKernan	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/6/2019	Larry Jungwirth	Men's Hockey (NCAA)
10/30/2019	Gavin Zimbelman	Football
10/30/2019	Julia Wood	Women's Volleyball
10/22/2019	Sydnei Avery	Women's Volleyball
10/22/2019	Matt Napolitano	Men's Soccer
10/16/2019	Kelsey Deck	Women's Soccer
10/16/2019	Colton Jewell	Football
10/9/2019	Brandon Estrada	Men's Cross Country
10/9/2019	Connor Olson	Football
10/1/2019	Hannah Schulz	Women's Golf
10/1/2019	Ryan Vanderway	Men's Golf
9/25/2019	Hannah Schulz	Women's Golf
9/25/2019	Imani Freeman	Women's Volleyball
9/18/2019	Sydnei Avery	Women's Volleyball