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Kennedy and Broyles-Raymond to be Inducted Into Hall of Fame

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Kristen Kennedy and Shellie Broyles-Raymond will be inducted into the Western New Mexico University Athletic Hall of Fame this fall during the Homecoming festivities on October 1. Kennedy played four solid years for the Lady Mustangs from 2000-04. She holds one of the top career scoring averages of 80.25, she holds the top low mark for a scoring average in a season of 77.7 from the 2003-04 season. She played in 99 rounds for her career, compiling two rounds under par, a low round of 72 and posted an incredible 1,698-535 win-loss record (.760). She had 22 finishes inside the top-10, with nine coming in the top-five and two tournament victories. She was an All-American during her time at WNMU. In her first season, the team placed third at the NCAA Championships, as she finished 15th. Her sophomore year she helped lead the team to first at the NCAA West Regional Championship coming in a tie for sixth. The team placed fourth at the Championships that year and she tied for 22nd. Her...
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Four Lady Mustangs Earn All-RMAC Academic Honors

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Junior Kenzie Rinehart (Deming, NM/Deming ) landed on the First-Team, while three other Lady Mustangs in junior Jordan Gutierrez (Albuquerque, NM/Valley ), junior Tessa Jones (Truth or Consequences, NM/Hot Springs ) and sophomore Lucy Benning (El Paso, TX/El Paso) were named to the honor roll as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic Teams were announced Monday. Rinehart, from Deming, N.M., bolsters a solid 3.90 GPA and is majoring in accounting. This is the second straight year for Rinehart on the academic list after making honor roll last year. She has played in 14 games this season tallying 16 points, a block, six steals, six assists and 12 rebounds. She scored five points in a game twice this season versus Black Hills State and this past Saturday against Chadron State. She snagged two steals against Western State, had four rebounds against Black Hills State and two assists against Western State. Gutierrez holds a 3.32 GPA and is majoring in medical technology...
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Volleyball Lands Conference-High 11 on All-RMAC Academic List

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Junior Shannon Rich (Folsom, CA/Folsom) and sophomore Kelli McGhiey (Pearl City, HI/Sacred Hearts Academy ) were named to the All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic First-Team as the Western New Mexico University volleyball team led the conference with 11 total players on the list that was released Thursday. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must carry a 3.30 cumulative grade points average and must have been an active student at the institution for at least two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters. The First-Team was voted on by the league's sports information directors. Joining Rich and McGhiey was seniors Chyler Imai (Kapaau, HI/Kohala), Barbara Soranzo (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil/Mestre Santa Barbara), sophomores Kelsie Bailey (Albuquerque, NM/El Dorado), Opal Drapeau (Denver, CO/Bishop Machebeuf Catholic ), Morgan Lyneis (Victorville, CA/Apple Valley), Taimane Passi (Honolulu, HI/Iolani),Taryn Schriner (Dayton, NV/Dayton ) and...
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Seven Seniors Change Course Of Program For Lady Mustangs

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Most years a senior class might consist of a few players, some that have come through the program all four years or have transferred in for a couple years. When it comes to the 2014-15 Western New Mexico University women's basketball senior class, all seven have come to WNMU with different reasons at hand, but have all been on the journey together. A journey that has helped change what Lady Mustang basketball is all about. "This is an important group in our programs history, prior to these young ladies arrival we had went through some lean years, now the mentality and expectations have changed, we expect to win," Head Coach Rusty Kennedy said. "Replacing these young ladies will be a daunting task, they are all outstanding students, great people and what they have done in restoring the competitiveness of this program cannot be understated." Just three years ago, the WNMU women's basketball program was in transition. A winless 2011-12 season was witnessed and experienced by only...
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Senior Duo Lead Mustangs On and Off Court

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It's a tough decision no matter where in your life you are. Should I stay home? Should I go to college somewhere out of state? Is this school the right fit for me? Both Terrez Scott (Santa Clarita, CA/Valencia) and Marcos Castrillo (San Francisco, CA/Pinole Valley) had to face those decisions looking at a school they both heard about in different ways and finding out if it was the right fit for them. The path to Western New Mexico came different ways for both of them, but ended the same. Scott suffered an injury during his sophomore season at College of the Canyons out in Santa Clarita, Calif., while Castrillo had a close friend back home and uncle-in-law that knew of Coach Jeff Law and thought it would be a good fit for him. Coach Law has seen both players come to WNMU and provide immediate impacts for the team. "We will miss Marcos tremendously. Not only has he come to Western and grown into a fine player, leading us in many categories, he has become a strong all around...
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