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General 3/1/2017 11:03:00 AM

It's that time again. With the calendar shifted to March, it's time for fans to vote for which Brave they believe had the best month of February.

Junior Haran Dunderdale of the men's track team, senior Leti Lerma of the women's basketball team, senior Caitlyn McCarron of the softball team and junior Donte Thomas of the men's basketball team are the four nominees for Bradley Athlete of the Month in January.

Each month, fans have the opportunity to vote for which Brave had the best month in their respective sport. Voting is open until Friday at noon and will be conducted through the @BradleyBraves twitter account.

Haran Dunderdale • Jr. • Men's Track • Grantham, England
• Won two titles at the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championship
• Won the mile run at the championship, becoming the first member of the men's track and field program to win an individual track title at the MVC Indoor Championship and the first to win any individual title since Len Spicer claimed the triple jump in 1983 (34 years ago)
• Also collected the crown in the distance medley relay, being part of a team that set a school record at 10:02.07
• Added the program's record at the 3,000m run at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame on Feb. 4, posting a time of 8:04.87 to top the previous BU standard of 8:05.66

Leti Lerma • Sr. • Women's Basketball • Muscatine, Iowa
• Averaged 15.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals in six games
• Became Bradley's all-time leading rebounder with 800th career board in 22-point, six-rebound effort at Southern Illinois
• After missing the Feb. 12 game at Drake due to injury, has returned to average 18.3 points on 52 percent shooting to go with 10.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and one steal per game over the last four contests
• Two double-doubles in February pushed her league-leading season total to 10 – the most by a Brave since 2011-12.
• Her league-best 285 rebounds rank fourth among Bradley season marks and needs 15 boards to become fourth Valley player in last 25 years with 300 points, 300 rebounds, 50 assists, 15 blocks and 30 or more steals in a season

Caitlyn McCarron • Sr. • Softball • Dallas, Ore.
• Hit .512 in February (33rd in the nation) with five doubles, one triple, two home runs and team highs of 15 RBI, .814 slugging percentage and .542 on-base percentage.
• Helped Bradley to best start since 2010 (9-6 overall) and first win over ranked team since 2013
• Has had a hit in 13-of-14 games she has played in and leads team with seven multi-hit games to go with four multi-RBI outings
• Hitting .542 with runners on base and has reached 7-of-8 times she has led off an inning in addition to scoring or driving in 26 percent of the team's runs.

Donte Thomas • Jr. • Men's Basketball • Calumet City, Ill.
• Averaged 12.7 points and 8.5 rebounds during the month of February, while shooting 58.3 percent from the field, adding nine steals and three blocks.
• Led the Braves to its longest MVC winning streak in seven years, averaging a double-double with 13.7 points and 10.3 rebounds, while shooting 69.2 percent, as Bradley won its last three games of the regular season
• Recorded three double-doubles during the month and now ranks third in the conference with five this season
• Led the Braves in rebounding in seven of the month's eight games, while also the team's leader in points twice

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