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Player Profiles – Returning Lettermen
#3 Ricky Lujan
Guard • 6’1” 170 So. • Las Cruces, NM • Onate HS
CAREER HONORS
2020-2021:
Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year
First Team All-Lone Star Conference
Lone Star Conference All-Freshman Team
Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 18)
2020-2021 (FRESHMAN)
Named the Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year, making him the sixth player from DBU to be named the conference’s Freshman of the Year in school history ... Also tabbed a First Team All-LSC selection and named to the LSC’s All-Freshman Team ... Ranked 10th in the LSC in scoring after averaging 16.2 points per game and also posted the league’s ninth-highest field goal percentage (.477) ... Totaled the 10th-most minutes played (665) in the league ... His 53 assists were 18th-most in the LSC and his 2.7 assists per game was tied for the 23rd highest average in the league ... Totaled 26 steals and averaged 1.3 steals per game, both of which ranked 15th-best in the LSC ... Set season-highs in points (31) and made three-pointers (7) in a win over Cameron (1/2) ... Two days later registered a season-high four steals against Cameron (1/4) ... Scored 27 points on a season-high 11 made field goals at UT Permian Basin (1/29) ... Recorded a season-high five assists in a win over Midwestern State in the quarterfinals of the LSC Tournament (3/2).
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Onate High School ... Coached by Michael Nanez ... Earned First Team All-State honors after averaging 20 points per game as a senior ... One of 10 candidates selected for
the New Mexico Mr. Basketball Award in 2020 ... Was a two-time First Team All-District selection ... Helped lead Onate to the state tournament in three out of his four years during his prep career ... Competed in the summers for D1 Ambassadors.
PERSONAL
Born on November 19, 2001 ... Parents are Joaquin Lujan and Maria Rios ... Majoring in Business Management ... Favorite Bible verse is Joshua 1:9.
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