Bloomfield’s Delanna Russell signs with Colorado Northwestern basketball team
Delanna Russell, Bloomfield’s leading scorer last season, signed with Colorado Northwestern, giving local girls a clear college basketball path.
Delanna Russell has turned a strong Bloomfield High School career into a college roster spot, signing with Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely, Colorado, to keep playing women’s basketball. For San Juan County families watching Native American girls’ sports closely, the move puts a familiar name on a path younger players can see and follow.
Russell, a recent Bloomfield graduate and Navajo athlete, finished her prep basketball career as the Bobcats’ leading scorer with 284 points last season. She was a four-year starter for Bloomfield and averaged more than seven points per game over her high school career, a steady production that helped anchor the Bobcats through her final season. Her value was not limited to the hardwood. Last season she also posted 60 kills and 33 aces for Bloomfield volleyball, showing the kind of multi-sport range that has long mattered in a small-school program.
One recent game summed up the kind of all-around line Russell brought to Bloomfield. In a 35-33 win over Montezuma-Cortez, she finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds, continuing a run in which she had been posting nine or more rebounds in recent games. That mix of scoring and work on the glass made her one of the most productive players in northwest New Mexico’s prep ranks.
At Colorado Northwestern, Russell joins a women’s basketball program in the NJCAA and the Scenic West Athletic Conference that is working under interim head coach Alexis Schulz. The Spartans were aiming for their first winning season in more than a decade as they built toward the 2025-26 schedule and continued recruiting for that roster. Russell’s signing gives the program another local player with proven varsity experience and gives Bloomfield another college-level example of what its athletes can become.
For girls in Bloomfield, San Juan County and surrounding Navajo communities, Russell’s path is the practical takeaway: four years in a local program, production in more than one sport, and a move from Bobcats competition to college basketball. In a county where high school sports often serve as the first public stage for young athletes, Russell’s next step shows that stage can still lead somewhere bigger.
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