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Athlete Awards

Warrior of the Week

Deiontae Nicholas 2016 head shot

Deiontae Nicholas

  • Award
    Warrior of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/17/2016
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Redshirt sophomore Deiontae Nicholas (Chesterfield, Mich. / L'Anse Creuse North) was selected Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the Warriors 47-14 win over Walsh.

Nicholas took the opening kickoff back a school-record 97 yards (breaking a 65-year-old mark).  He now leads the GLIAC in kickoff return average (30.1).  In the third quarter, WSU had to punt but Nicholas raced by the blocker and when Antonio Tate fumbled inside the 10, Nicholas recovered setting up another Warrior touchdown (of which he scored on a one-yard run on the very next play).  Nicholas finished with a game-high 161 all-purpose yards (51 rushing, 13 receiving, 97 kickoff returns).  On Walsh's final two kickoffs, they pooched the ball resulting in fair catches at the WSU 31 and WSU 35.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/1/2018 Linda Liong Women's Tennis
9/24/2018 Ethan Byrnes Men's Cross Country
9/24/2018 Anastassia Lee Women's Golf
9/17/2018 Darece Roberson, Jr. Football
9/17/2018 Meredith Weidner Women's Golf
9/10/2018 Ellie Rodriguez Volleyball
9/10/2018 Grant Haefner Men's Golf
9/3/2018 Ashley Defrain Women's Cross Country
9/3/2018 Leon Eggleston Football
8/27/2018 Hailey Richardson Volleyball
5/7/2018 Karrington Seals Women's Track & Field
5/7/2018 Jared Tobey Baseball
4/30/2018 Andreea Mitrache Women's Tennis
4/30/2018 Justin Kelly Baseball
4/23/2018 Nikolas Senkowski Men's Golf
4/23/2018 Karrington Seals Women's Track & Field
4/16/2018 Jessie Kluz Women's Track & Field
4/16/2018 Niklas Karcz Men's Tennis
4/9/2018 Patrick Adams Baseball
4/9/2018 Andreea Mitrache Women's Tennis
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