New Mexico State University student athletes continue to win recognition from Conference USA in multiple sports.
Loma McNeese, a graduate student who reigns as 2023 Conference USA Player of the Year in women’s soccer, took her third Offensive Player of the Week according to an announcement on Sept. 3. McNeese is the third Aggie to win Offensive Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks.
She recorded her second career brace against Pacific scoring back-to-back goals in the Aggies’ 3-1 victory. McNeese also recorded the seventh game-winning goal of her career. McNeese recorded six shots with four on goal in that game. On the week McNeese played in 148 minutes. In her career to date, she has tallied 21 total goals and 14 assists on 63 shots on goal for NMSU.
This is the first time the Aggies have won a Conference USA Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks, the university reported.
Meanwhile, in CUSA’s first 2024 volleyball weekly awards, junior Starr Williams was named Offensive Player of the Week after tallying a .560 hitting percentage in back-to-back matches over the weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
“The redshirt junior outside hitter started the weekend with a dominant 14-kill, no-error performance in a win over Coastal Carolina,” the conference stated in a news release. “On Sunday, Willaims recorded 16 kills, including a 10-kill third set in a 25-21 set win at No. 14 Georgia Tech. She also posted five blocks across the entire weekend.”
NMSU added, “Williams was a CUSA All-Tournament Team and All-CUSA Preseason Team selection in 2023, finishing second on the team in kills and kills per set last season.”
