players Nikki Newman 6-2 So. Guard/Forward Harrisonburg, Va. Turner Ashby H.S. At JMU: 2009-10: Among conference (CAA) leaders in blocked shots (11th) • JMU Team’s Most Improved Player Award • JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete High school: Coached by Rob Lovell at Turner Ashby • Averaged 14 points, 6 rebounds as a senior (2009) • Career totals of more than 1,000 career points and more than 900 rebounds • Region 3 and Massanutten District Player of the Year (2009) • McDonald’s All-America nominee (2009) • All-State (2009) • All-Region (First Team 2008, 2009) • Fourtime all-district (First Team 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) • The Knights were state runners-up 2009, region champions 2009, region runners-up 2007 and district champions 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 • Honor Roll student • AAU Honorable Mention All-America (2008) Personal: Nikki Newman • Interdisciplinary liberal studies major with a minor in elementary education • Daughter of Robyn (JMU ’85) and Charlie (JMU ’83) Newman • Her mother was a starter on champion field hockey (1982 Virginia Intercollegiate League) and lacrosse (1985 South Atlantic Conference) teams at JMU; she was All-SAC in lacrosse in 1985 and currently ranks 12th all-time in JMU lacrosse in career goals (111), assists (47) and points (158) • Her father was a four-year letterman in football at JMU (1979-82) and a member of JMU’s first class of scholarship players; he is the football coach at Turner Ashby H.S. • Has an older brother, Charlie, (JMU ‘10), who was a four-year football letterman (2006-09) at JMU
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