COMMERCE – East Texas A&M University men's cross country runner Jeremiah Garcia and volleyball player Haley Mullaney are this week's Dixie Turman State Farm Agency Student-Athletes of the Week. 
 
Garcia (Northwest Eaton) won the Watson Classic on Friday in Clinton, Mississippi, with a time of 24:26.15 in the eight-kilometer race as the Lion men took second in their final race before the conference championships next week, which are hosted by Northwestern State on October 31. 
 
Mullaney (Victory Christian Academy) averaged 7.25 assists in eight sets last week as the Lions went 2-0. She also added 14 digs, three aces, two kills, and a pair of blocks. Mullaney had 32 assists in the three-set win over Nicholls on Wednesday and then added 26 against McNeese in the five-set win on Sunday. 

The Lion volleyball hosts SFA on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and then Lamar on Saturday at 1 p.m.   
 
The Dixie Turman State Farm Agency Student-Athletes of the Week is awarded by Lion Athletics each week during the academic year in partnership with Dixie Turman State Farm Agency.
 
2025-26 DIXIE TURMAN STATE FARM STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Date	Female	Male
Sept. 9	Haleigh Risner, Women's Cross Country	Ozlo Rigby, Football
Sept. 15	Marie Baertz, Women's Golf	Jeremiah Garcia, Men's Cross Country
Sept. 22	Alana Lawless-Felarca, Soccer	Davis Seybert, Men's Golf
Sept. 29	Gracie Campbell, Volleyball	Christian Jourdain, Football
Oct. 5	Kristen Sueltz, Soccer	EJ Oakmon, Football
Oct. 13	Jade Washington, Volleyball	Janis Erll, Men's Golf
Oct. 20	Haley Mullaney, Volleyball	Jeremiah Garcia, Men's Cross Country