O'Quinn, Aspiras named NSU Spartans' top athletes

Kyle O'Quinn, a junior basketball player from Jamaica, N.Y., and Thea Aspiras, a freshman bowler from Great Bridge High, were named Norfolk State's male and female Athletes of the Year at the school's athletic banquet Monday night.

O'Quinn became NSU's first MEAC Defensive Player of the Year and was named first team all-conference after ranking fourth in the nation in blocked shots (3.4 per game) and fifth in the country in rebounds (11.1 per game).

Aspiras was named the MEAC bowling Rookie of the Year, a first for NSU. She also became NSU's first first-team all-conference bowler, and is NSU's first bowling All-American after she was named to the National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) second team. She averaged 197.5 per game this year, including a high game of 277.


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NSU center O'Quinn loses 15 pounds, gains stature

NORFOLK, VA - Thin is in for Kyle O'Quinn. Anybody looking for answers as to why Norfolk State's 6-foot-10 junior center has been the best player in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for the past month should look no further than the scale. These days, it reads 235 pounds, 15 less than a year ago.

"I can get down the court now, almost all the time, where last year, I couldn't and didn't," said O'Quinn, who has averaged 25.4 points and 13.3 rebounds in his past five games. "Nothing tells you that you're dragging better than watching game film and running across a possession where your team is playing 4-on-5 because you haven't yet made it across half court."

So what spurred the weight loss? O'Quinn points to local high school basketball coach Walter Webb, whom O'Quinn met through a mutual acquaintance.




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