Deseria Sanders (5/11/2009) - Athlete Awards - New Jersey City University Athletics

Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Deseria Sanders

Award

Athlete of the Week
Week Of

5/11/2009
Sport

Women's Track & Field
Bio

View Full Bio

WEEK of: MAY 4-10, 2009

Freshman DESERIA SANDERS (Lakewood, NJ/Long Branch) is the NJCU Women's Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week and the second time in her career. Sanders was also named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for week eight of the 2009 season after qualifying for the NCAA Championship in the long jump.

It is her second conference award in as many weeks, after she was named the NJAC Rookie of the Week on May 4.

On May 9 at the 2009 NYC Qualifying Challenge at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, Sanders shattered one of the oldest remaining school records and provisionally qualified for the 2009 NCAA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the long jump as she soared 5.60 meters (18-4.5). That distance broke NJCU’s third-oldest school record, bettering the more than the nine-year-old Gothic Knight standard of 5.55 meters (18-2.5) set by Mary Jones on March 25, 2000 in Montclair, NJ. It’s the 22^nd best distance in the country this year.

Sanders, the 2009 NJAC Rookie of the Year, placed eighth of 14 Division I, II and III athletes in the long jump. Her distance easily surpassed the NCAA provisional mark of 5.47 meters.

In the 200-meter dash, she posted her second best time of the year, surpassing the ECAC qualifying standard of 26.12 seconds, to place 11^th of 27.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
2/21/2011	James Livingston	Men's Basketball
2/21/2011	Amy Brehm	Women's Bowling
2/14/2011	Jennifer Daunno	Women's Bowling
2/14/2011	James Livingston	Men's Basketball
2/14/2011	Kenny Lisk	Men's Volleyball
2/7/2011	Kenny Lisk	Men's Volleyball
2/7/2011	Walik Albright	Men's Basketball
2/7/2011	Nicole Baginsky	Women's Bowling
1/31/2011	Kelly Daunno	Women's Bowling
1/31/2011	Maria Suarez	Women's Basketball
1/31/2011	Da’Shon Barrino	Men's Basketball
1/24/2011	Keith Williams	Men's Basketball
1/24/2011	Carolina Garcia	Women's Basketball
1/17/2011	Carolina Garcia	Women's Basketball
1/17/2011	Walik Albright	Men's Basketball
1/10/2011	Keith Williams	Men's Basketball
1/10/2011	Carolina Garcia	Women's Basketball
12/20/2010	Maria Suarez	Women's Basketball
12/20/2010	Josh Hosang	Men's Basketball
12/13/2010	Ashmere Wilson	Men's Basketball