Bianca Simmons (1/9/2013) - Athlete Awards

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Bianca Simmons

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Week Of

1/9/2013
Sport

Women's Basketball
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Senior guard Bianca Simmons (Middletown, Conn.) was named UMass Lowell's Northwestern Mutual Athlete of the Week Thursday after leading the women's basketball to victory over Palm Beach Atlantic (84-76), Southern New Hampshire (96-82) and American International (74-53).

Last Wednesday Simmons set a new career high with 38 points in double overtime win at Palm Beach. She followed that up with 32 points at Southern New Hampshire on Sunday and 31 points at American International last night.

For the season Simmons is averaging 26.4 points per a game, 7.3 rebounds per a game, and 5.9 assists per a game. Simmons currently leads the nation in points per a game.

Simmons was also named NE-10 Player of the Week on Monday.

Simmons is the daughter of Cheryl and Reginald Simmons of Middletown, Conn.

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Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
5/15/2012	Antoinette Toussaint	Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
5/8/2012	Ashley Zielinski	Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
5/1/2012	Candace Greene	Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
4/24/2012	Ariana Darcy	Softball
4/17/2012	Kevin Peter	Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
4/10/2012	Evan White	Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
4/3/2012	Krista MacKenzie	Softball
3/27/2012	Riley Wetmore	Men's Ice Hockey
3/20/2012	Sylvain Debiais	Men's Golf
3/13/2012	Evan White	Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
3/6/2012	James Katsiroubas	Baseball
2/28/2012	Akeem Williams	Men's Basketball
2/21/2012	Ashley Zielinski	Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
2/14/2012	Angus MacDonald	Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
2/7/2012	Akeem Williams	Men's Basketball
1/31/2012	Ryad Bencheikh	Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
1/24/2012	Scott Wilson	Men's Ice Hockey
1/17/2012	Bianca Simmons	Women's Basketball
1/10/2012	Antonio Bivins	Men's Basketball
1/3/2012	David Vallorani	Men's Ice Hockey