BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Nikia Thomas has been named Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women's Bowling Newcomer of the Week for the period of October 19-25, announced Monday afternoon from the league office headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
Thomas, a junior from Winchester, Ohio, made her Florida A&M debut at the Colonial Lanes Classic (Oct. 9-11) hosted by Tulane in Harahan, Louisiana. The Groveport Madison High alum finished 10th overall and registered three (3) 200-plus games, including her a team-high 245 in the Rattlers second traditional game of the weekend against Oklahoma Christian. In the Baker matches against Southern, Thomas added a 203 score and 202 against Prairie View A&M.
 
Overall, Thomas totaled 1,007 pins and averaged 201.40 for the Rattlers as the Orange and Green went 4-9 overall.
 
Thomas adds her first weekly award and will turn her attention to an event hosted by Virginia Union in Midlothian, Virginia, with the event taking place October 30-November 1, at Bowl America.
 
Meanwhile, Jackson State's MacKenzie Conway was named SWAC Bowler of the Week.
 
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