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Jordan Wheaton, women's track & field and Inigo Iriarte, men's soccer; SNHU Student-Athletes of the Week

SNHU Student-Athletes of the Week: Dec. 1-7

Southern New Hampshire University Athletics
Student-Athletes of the Week (December 1-7, 2025)

Female Athlete of the Week: Jordan Wheaton - Women's Track & Field - Jr.
After running 9.00 in the prelims at the Plymouth State University Winter Classic on Friday, Jordan Wheaton (Hooksett, N.H.) stormed to victory in the 60-meter hurdles with a program-record 8.97 in the finals. She also added a win in the high jump at 1.58m. She then re-wrote the 60m hurdles record again 24 hours later at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at Boston University on Saturday with an 8.86. She added a new personal best of 42.85 in the 300 meters.

Male Athlete of the Week: Inigo Iriarte - Men's Soccer - Jr., B
Inigo Iriarte (Pamplona, Spain) registered a goal and an assist for men's soccer in Saturday's 5-0 NCAA quarterfinal victory over Gannon University. Iriarte also helped anchor a back line that recorded its third clean sheet of the NCAA postseason, helping the Penmen punch their ticket to the semifinals for the fourth time in program history. Second-seeded SNHU will take on third-seeded Midwestern State University on Friday (Dec. 12) at 8 p.m. EST.

Other Penmen Notables: 
Martin Zapata - Men's Soccer - Jr., M
Martin Zapata (Pamplona, Spain) scored a goal and dished an assist in men's soccer's quarterfinal win over Gannon University. Zapata set the tone with the first goal of the match in the 19th minute.

Alejo Caceres - Men's Soccer - Sr., M
Alejo Caceres (Cordóba, Argentina) collected a pair of assists in the victory.

Ugo Nwachukwu - Men's Basketball - Sr., F
Ugo Nwachukwu (Imo State, Nigeria) recorded 16.5 points, 9.5 rebound, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while shooting 60.9 percent (14-23) from the floor and 83.3 percent (5-6) from the stripe, during an 0-2 week for men's basketball. Nwachukwu posted 13 points (6-11 FG, 1-2 FT), eight rebounds, two assists and three steals in a 72-60 loss to Bentley University on Wednesday, before notching 20 points (8-12 FG, 4-4 FT), 11 boards and a pair of helpers in Saturday's 78-71 defeat at Assumption University.
 
Jojo Wallace - Men's Basketball - So., G
Jojo Wallace (Milford, Conn.) tallied 18.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists, while knocking down 40.5 percent (15-37) of his shots from the field and 75 percent (6-8) from the line. Wallace netted a game-high 22 points (10-23 FG, 1-5 3-FG, 1-1 FT), grabbed three rebounds and dished three assists versus Bentley, and then scored 15 points (5-14 FG, 5-7 FT) to go with five rebounds at Assumption.

Sean Guerin - Men's Ice Hockey - Jr., G
Sean Guerin (Chicago, Ill.) stopped 27 of 28 shots in men's ice hockey's 3-1 victory over Post University on Friday.

Brendan Lynch - Men's Ice Hockey - Sr., F
Brendan Lynch (Nepean, Ont.) scored the go-ahead goal against the Eagles with 4:12 left in the third period.

Kyle Slingerland - Men's Ice Hockey - So., F
Kyle Slingerland notched a goal and an assist in the win, including an empty-netter with 1:37 left to seal it.

Hope Sinclair - Women's Track & Field - Sr.
Hope Sinclair (Hampton, N.H.) dominated the 60 meters at the PSU Winter Classic on Friday, setting a new program record with a time of 7.76 in the prelims, before securing a first-place finish in the finals at 7.77. She turned around Saturday at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at BU and notched a new personal best of 42.85 in the 300 meters.

Hannah Sippel - Women's Track & Field - So.
Hannah Sippel (Chester, N.H.) set a new program record in the 300 meters at BU on Saturday with a mark of 41.96.
 

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