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

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Athlete of the Week

Deseria Sanders

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

5/11/2009
Sport

Women's Track & Field
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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
3/29/2010	Ken Witte	Baseball
3/29/2010	Francisco Ramirez	Baseball
3/22/2010	Francisco Ramirez	Baseball
3/22/2010	Tara Perrucci	Softball
3/15/2010	Ashley O'Beirne	Softball
3/15/2010	La'Shonda Carter	Women's Track & Field
3/8/2010	Austin Bryant	Men's Volleyball
3/8/2010	Kelly Daunno	Women's Bowling
3/1/2010	Austin Bryant	Men's Volleyball
3/1/2010	La'Shonda Carter	Women's Track & Field
2/22/2010	Jennifer Daunno	Women's Bowling
2/22/2010	Chris Edra	Men's Volleyball
2/15/2010	Ebony Cunningham	Women's Basketball
2/15/2010	Josh Lopez	Men's Basketball
2/15/2010	Nicole Drejerwski	Women's Bowling
2/8/2010	Latifah Johnson	Women's Basketball
2/8/2010	Walik Albright	Men's Basketball
2/1/2010	Danny Kochanski	Men's Volleyball
2/1/2010	Jenn Marmo	Women's Bowling
1/25/2010	Josh Lopez	Men's Basketball