NEWBA Announces Awards For January 25

Megan Ronaghan
UMass Dartmouth
Junior • Forward • North Attleboro, Mass.

UMass Dartmouth junior forward Megan Ronaghan is the NEWBA/Prestosports Player of the Week.  Ronaghan dropped the second-highest point total in UMass Dartmouth women's basketball history on Jan. 20 vs. Rhode Island College, hitting career-highs with 37 points and 20 rebounds, shooting 16-of-27 from the floor in that game.  She added 17 in the Corsairs' win over Keene State on Saturday, handing the Owls only their second loss of the season.

Payton Ouimette
Connecticut College
Freshman • Forward • Medfield, Mass.

Connecticut College first year forward Payton Ouimette is the NEWBA/Prestosports Rookie of the Week.  Ouimette averaged 16 points and 8.5 rebounds in a pair of NESCAC games this week. Ouimette had 17 points and five rebounds in a 70-53 win at Tufts Friday. She added 15 points and 12 boards in a 56-47 loss to Tufts Saturday. The Camels 14-3 cracked the WBCA Top 25 this week, making their debut as the 24th ranked team (tied) in the nation.

• Amanni Fernandez, Williams College (So., G, Queens, N.Y.) - In a 1-1 week for the Ephs, Fernandez averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 assists, and 2.5 steals.  Against Bowdoin College, Fernandez poured in 23 points and passed out five assists, then added 18 points with four assists and four steals in a win over Hamilton.
• Jennie Lindland, Bridgewater State University (Jr., F, Edgartown, Mass.) - Lindland averaged 17.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 4.5 steals and 1.0 blocked shots in a perfect 2-0 week for the Bears while shooting 52% (15-29) from the floor and 83% (5-6) at the free throw line. She posted a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds to go along with three assists and two steals in the Bears' 90-79 MASCAC win on the road over Westfield State, and notched 15 points, five rebounds, seven steals and two blocks in a 65-50 MASCAC win on the road over Worcester State. 
• Morgan Cahill, St. Joseph's College (Maine) (Sr., C, Yarmouth, Maine) - Cahill averaged 15.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game in a 3-0 week for the Monks. The senior center registered her sixth and seventh double-doubles of the season - bringing her career total to 33 double dips - and tallied 18 points and 13 boards in an overtime win over JWU on Saturday, becoming the sixth player in SJC program history to reach the 800-rebound plateau in the process.
• Raegan Mulherin, Framingham State University (So., G, Baldwinsville, Mass.) - Mulherin averaged 23 points, six rebounds, and four steals as the Rams picked up two wins last week.   She poured in 27 points with eight rebounds, three assists, and two steals in a victory over Lasell, then added 19 points and six steals in another win over Worcester State
• Alicia Brown, University of New England (Jr., C, Greenland, N.H.) - Brown averaged 18.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks while shooting 54 percent from the field in two UNE victories, extending the win streak to eight games. In the 68-66 overtime win against Western New England, she knocked down the game-tying layup at the end of regulation (58-58 with 45 seconds left), as well as the go-ahead jumper in the extra session (67-65 with 59 seconds left).

Fernandez

Lindland

   
Cahill

  
Mulherin

Brown