Womsi and Chavez earn Week 17 Barton Sports Weekly Athletic Award Honors #GoBarton

Barton Women's Basketball player Jenny Nkem Womsi and Dawson Chavez of the Wrestling program have been named the week 17 "Barton Sports Weekly Athletic Award Honors" sponsored by Great Bend's Identifications.

Jenny Nkem Womsi was named the week six KJCCC Division I Women's Basketball Players of the Week. Womsi posted a pair of double-double performances on the week helping Barton to a perfect 2-0 week. Bagging 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and hauling in 10 rebounds, Womsi secured her second straight double-double performance in Barton's victory over Cloud County. 

The freshman remained a force on both sides of the ball in Saturday's road win at Pratt posting a career high 16 rebound performance while adding in 15 points behind 66% shooting for the field notching her third straight double-double.

Womsi and the Cougars concluded the fall portion of the schedule Monday evening falling to 20th ranked Butler Community College. The freshman collected her fourth straight double-double performance scoring 15 points with 9-of-11 free throw shooting and hauling in five of her game high 13 rebounds on the offensive glass. 

Barton will return to the hardwood January 5th, hosting Seard County Community College in a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.

Dawson Chavez conducted the lone placing for the Cougar Wrestling team finishing sixth in the Bob Smith Open. It took Chavez six matches in the 149 division to earn the placing, bouncing back from an opening bout in rolling to three consecutive victories before dropping his final two bouts.

The sophomore began the quest piling up a 17-2 tech fall over Evan Waddington of Nebraska kearney. Chavez continued his climb through the backside with a 4:31 pancake over Isaiah Holmes of Pratt Community College. Needing another victory to secure a placing, he delivered a narrow 5-4 decision over John "Beau" Hostler claiming his second victory over a Loper from Nebraska-Kearney. Chavez had his three-match wins treak and day eventually end suffering back-to-back falls.

Chavez and the Cougars will have nearly a month layoff before opening up KJCCC play on the road January 11th at Cloud County Community College.