COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce student-athletes
Alyssa LeBlanc from the softball team and
Mariana Shostak from the women's track & field team are named the Under Armour Student-Athletes of the Week on Monday morning.
LeBlanc (Katy) pitched 12 shutout innings this past weekend. She tossed a seven inning no hitter in a 1-0 win for the Lions, while striking out seven against Henderson State, facing the minimum amount of batters. She struck out eight in the five inning win against Cameron on Friday. She is second in the conference with 147 strikeouts this season. She also added two hits offensively.
Shostak (Lviv, Ukraine) competed in three events this past week and set two school records as well as two top marks in Division II. She raced to a time of 52.40 seconds in the 400 meter dash at Arizona State tto set a new school record and is the top mark in Division II, she also set the school record and new No. 1 in Division II in 4x400m (3:38.36), and timed 45.94 seconds in the 4x100, which is eighth in country.
The Lion softball team hosts Oklahoma Christian for a doubleheader on Tuesday at noon and closes out the regular season at No. 1 UT Tyler on Saturday. The track & field team hosts the East Texas Quad on Thursday.
The Under Armour Student-Athlete of the Week will be awarded by Lion Athletics each week through the remainder of the academic year.
| 2021-22 Under Armour Student-Athletes of the Week |
| Sep. 22 |
Alex Speer, Men's Cross Country |
| Sep. 27 |
Leslie Campuzano, Soccer |
| Oct. 4 |
Celeste Vela, Volleyball |
| Oct. 11 |
Cora Welch, Soccer |
| Oct. 18 |
Dominique Ramsey, Football |
| Oct. 25 |
Lyric Hebert, Volleyball |
| Nov. 1 |
Alex Shillow, Football |
| Nov. 8 |
Karalie Morrison, Soccer |
| Nov. 15 |
Cedrick Wilcox III, Football |
| Nov. 22 |
Jairus Roberson and Alphonso Willis, Men's Basketball |
| Nov. 29 |
DesiRay Kernal, Women's Basketball |
| Dec. 7 |
Clashon Gaffney, Men's Basketball |
| Dec. 13 |
Augustine Ene, Men's Basketball |
| Jan. 3 |
Augustine Ene, Men's Basketball |
| Jan. 10 |
Dyani Robinson, Women's Basketball |
| Jan. 17 |
Dorian Norris, Women's Basketball |
| Jan. 24 |
Delan Edwin, Men's Track and Field |
| Jan. 31 |
Maïa Maury, Women's Track and Field |
| Feb. 7 |
Demarcus Demonia, Men's Basketball |
| Feb. 14 |
Ushan Perera, Men's Track and Field & Chania Wright, Women's Basketball |
| Feb. 21 |
Alyssa LeBlanc & Uxua Modrego, Softball |
| Feb. 28 |
Minna Svaerd, Women's Track and Field |
| March 9 |
Juliana Louis, Women's Basketball |
| March 15 |
Ushan Perera, Men's Track and Field & Sabrina Anguiano, Softball |
| March 21 |
Chanlee Oakes, Softball |
| March 28 |
Sophie-Charlott Hempel, Women's Golf |
| April 4 |
J.T. Smith, Men's Track and Field |
| April 11 |
Kittiphong Phaithuncharoensuk, Men's Golf |
| April 25 |
Alyssa LeBlanc, Softball & Mariana Shostak, Women's Track & Field |
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