COMMERCE – East Texas A&M University men's basketball player Noah Pagotto and women's golfer Linnea Olsson are this week's Dixie Turman State Farm Agency Student-Athletes of the Week. 
 
Pagotto (Wollongong, Australia) averaged 18.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in two games last week as the Lions went 1-1. He totaled a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Southeastern, while he scored 26 points along with eight rebounds against UIW. The Lions host HCU on Monday at 6:30 p.m. for their final home game of the season.  

Olsson (Beddingestrand, Sweden) finished third at the Islanders Collegiate Invitational last week, shooting a score of 224 in the three rebounds. It was her first top 5 finish as a Lion, while East Texas A&M took fifth in the tournament as a team as well. The Lion women's golf team returns to action on March 9-10 at the Riverbend Intercollegiate in Sugar Land.  

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
Oct. 27	Gillian McKenzie, Soccer	Janis Erll, Men's Golf
Nov. 4	Edith Martinez, Women's Cross Country	Paul Odidi, Football
Nov. 10	Nevaeh Smith, Volleyball	Ronnie Harrison, Men's Basketball
Nov. 17	Mareva Heck, Women's Cross Country	Eric Rodriguez, Football
Nov. 26	Tiani Ellison, Women's Basketball	Damian Garcia, Men's Basketball
Dec. 10	Reza Po, Women's Basketball	Gianni Hunt, Men's Basketball
Dec. 22	Cora Horvath, Women's Basketball	Noah Pagotto, Men's Basketball
Jan. 5	Nina Horvath, Women's Basketball	Josh Taylor, Men's Basketball
Jan. 12	Ahmya Boyce, Women's Basketball	Tay Mosher, Men's Basketball
Jan. 19	Jenneil Jacobie, Women's Track & Field	Myles Redding, Men's Track and Field
Feb. 2	Reza Po, Women's Basketball	Oguz Uyar, Men's Track and Field
Feb. 10	Peyton Berry, Women's Track & Field	Gianni Hunt, Men's Basketball
Feb. 16	Tatum Wright, Softball	Cooper Watt, Men's Golf
Feb. 23	Linnea Olsson, Women's Golf	Noah Pagotto, Men's Basketball