Written By: WAC Media Relations

DENVER, CO - The Western Athletic Conference today announced the 2019 Academic All-WAC honorees from men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and volleyball. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests.

A total of 290 student-athletes were named to the list. Of the first and second team All-WAC selections from the fall sports, 63 percent were also honored as Academic All-WAC honorees, including all seven first-team All-WAC volleyball players. Grand Canyon had the most honorees with 45, followed by Utah Valley with 37, California Baptist with 34 and Seattle U with 31. Of the sports, women's soccer had the most honorees with 81.

Men's Cross Country

NM State
James McLain, Jr.
Noah Ward, So.

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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

DENVER, CO - Jess Dominguez of the New Mexico State women’s cross country team was named the Western Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week the league announced on Tuesday. This is the first honor for the program this season and Dominguez’s first weekly award as an Aggie.

Dominguez clocked in at a conference-best 17:29.1 in the 5k race at the Highlander Invitational. The sophomore took home 11th out of 251 runners competing at the meet. Her time was eight seconds faster than anyone else in the distance this season and she improved on her season-best 5k time by over 45 seconds. As a team, NM State finished second among 22 teams competing at the meet hosted by UC Riverside.  Continue Reading This Post >>

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - For an 11th-straight season, the New Mexico State women's cross country team was recognized as an NCAA Division I All-Academic Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the organization announced on Friday.

"The number of years in a row our women's teams have won this award is a testament to how ingrained academic success has become within the team's culture. It is something that started a long time ago and our level of academic expectation has been passed down year after year," assistant coach Joseph Rath said. "Distance running requires a lot of self-discipline and focus that I have always felt transfers over well to the classroom. These young ladies have shown once again that you can balance training, racing and school at a consistently high level."  Continue Reading This Post >>

DENVER – The Western Athletic Conference today announced the 2017 Academic All-WAC honorees from men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s contests.

A total of 263 student-athletes were named to the list. Of the first and second team All-WAC selections from the fall sports, 66 percent were also honored as Academic All-WAC honorees. Utah Valley had the most honorees with 44, followed by Seattle U with 35, Kansas City with 34 and Grand Canyon with 33. Of the sports, women’s soccer had the most honorees with 91.

Women’s Cross Country
Meghan Aguilera, So.
Crissey Amberg, Sr.
Cassey Amberg, Sr.
Nichole Gomez, Jr.
Corinne Hanson, So.
Elana Kresl, So.
Sydney Salas, Sr.
Leah Salazar, So.
Julia Yescas, So.

Women’s Soccer
Samantha Afonso, Jr.
Cristina Bertoldo, Sr.
Kelly Burton, So.
Audriana Chavez, Jr.
Aileen Galicia, Jr.
Amy Gulczynski, Jr.
Rebecca Mazzie, Jr.
Jessica McDow, So.
Micaela Milavec, Sr.
Alexandria Otero, Jr.
Danielle Smith, Sr.
Sarina Stockton, Jr.

Volleyball
Jordan Abalos, Sr.
Briana Ainsworth, Jr.
Megan Hart, Jr.
Brigette Lowe, So.
Kaylee Neal, Sr.
Kassandra Tohm, Sr.

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

DENVER, CO - Abel Ketema received the Western Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week award for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1, the league announced on Tuesday. This is Ketema's first weekly honor this season and the first of his career at New Mexico State.

"Abel is someone still learning how to push himself in cross country. He is slowly getting out of his middle-distance mindset and is seeing how great he can be in the 8k and 10k races," assistant cross country coach Joseph Rath said. "I'm very happy to see he is getting recognition as he is one of the nicest, hard-working student athletes I have had the chance to coach!"  Continue Reading This Post >>

DENVER, CO - The Western Athletic Conference today announced the 2016 Academic All-WAC honorees from men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s contests. A total of 17 student-athletes from New Mexico State were named to the list.

Men's Cross Country
Ricardo De Santiago, Sr.
Marco Perez, Sr.

Women' Cross Country
Cassey Amberg, Jr.
Crissey Amberg, Jr.
Nichole Gomez, So.
Regina Marquez, So.

Women's Soccer
Gabby Campbell, Sr.
Audriana Chavez, So.
Aileen Galicia, So.
Zorena Hazen, So.
Ashley Martin, So.
Rebecca Mazzie, So.
Alexandria Otero, So.
Dominique Rivera, So.
Sarina Stockton, So.

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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Freshman Kimberly Salinas has been named to the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team for the 2015-16 season.

To qualify for this honor, student-athletes must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and have either finished the indoor track and field season ranked in the top 96 in an individual event, the top 48 in a relay event or have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships, including preliminary rounds, in the outdoor season.

Salinas, a native of Las Cruces, N.M., finished her first season at NM State with a 3.54 GPA. In addition, she competed in the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the Javelin and finished with a mark of 41.39m (135 ft. 9 in.). She qualified for the NCAA Preliminary Rounds by the winning the Western Athletic Conference championship in the Javelin with a mark of 46.13m (151 ft. 4 in.).  Continue Reading This Post >>

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - NM State cross country has set a competitive schedule for the 2016 season. The Aggies will compete in six regular season meets, including the Kachina Classic Open, which they will host in Las Cruces.

“We are really excited for this upcoming season,” said assistant coach Joseph Rath. “We are excited to add the Charles Bowles Invitational at Willamette this year, since there will be several teams there and some good competition.”

NM State begins the 2016 campaign with two meets on the road. The team will travel to Ruidoso, N.M. on Sept. 2 to compete against Texas Tech in a dual meet to open the season. They will then travel to El Paso, Texas to compete in the UTEP Lori Fitzgerald Open, hosted by I-10 rival UTEP.  Continue Reading This Post >>

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - New Mexico State Men's and Women's Cross Country teams have received the All-Academic Award from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

"I have been the coach here [at NM State] for nine years and our women's cross country team has received this honor for nine straight years, with the men winning it six out of the nine years," said head coach Orin Richburg. "It is our job to help our athletes achieve academic success, as well as athletic success."

The men's cross country team finished the 2015 season with a team Grade Point Average 3.171. The women's cross country team finished with a team Grade Point Average of 3.449.

DENVER, CO - The 2015 academic all-WAC men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and volleyball teams have been announced for the fall. A total of 258 student-athletes including 18 New Mexico State student-athletes representing men's and women's cross country, soccer and volleyball, were named to the list for the fall. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests. The following is a list of the Aggies' fall sport honorees:

Men's Cross Country
Ricardo De Santiago, Jr.
Brett Finton, So.
Stephen Wallace, Jr.

Women's Cross Country
Cristina Amberg, So.
Sofia Bali, So.
Jacqueline DuBois, So.
Mikayla Pulliam, So.
Sydney Salas, So.

Women's Soccer
Gabrielle Campbell, Jr.
Mikaela Haley, Sr.
Micaela Milavec, So.
Alexis Rienks, So.

Volleyball
Nathalie Castellanos, Sr.
Taylor Livoti, Sr.
Bradley Nash, Sr.
Kaylee Neal, So.
Andrea Tauai, Sr.
Kassandra Tohm, So.  Continue Reading This Post >>