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SNHU Student-Athletes of the Week: August 31-September 6

Southern New Hampshire University Athletics
Student-Athletes of the Week (August 31-September 6
, 2026)

Female Athlete of the Week: Isabel Hughes - Women's Soccer - Sr., GK
Isabel Hughes (Phoenix, Ariz.) stopped 23 of 26 shots during a 1-2-0 week for women's soccer. Hughes made seven saves in a 2-1 loss at RV Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Monday, made seven more saves in a 3-0 shutout of Wilmington (Del.) University on Friday and then stopped nine of 10 shots in a 1-0 defeat against Thomas Jefferson University on Sunday. She was named the NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week earlier Monday.

Male Athlete of the Week: Inigo Burusco - Men's Soccer - 5th, F
Inigo Burusco (Pamplona, Spain) scored a pair of goals and dished an assist for five points in a 2-0-0 week for men's soccer. Burusco handed out a helper in a 3-0 win over Felician University on Wednesday, before striking twice in Saturday's 7-2 victory against Thomas Jefferson University. Burusco was named the NE10 Player of the Week earlier Monday for the second straight week.


Other Penmen Notables: 
Avary Hall - Women's Soccer - Sr., F
Avary Hall (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) registered five points on two goals and an assist for women's soccer. Hall scored the lone goal at Embry-Riddle and then found the back of the net and dished a helper in the blanking of Wilmington.
 
Alvaro Garcia - Men's Soccer - 5th, GK
Alvaro Garcia stopped all seven shots he faced over 150:54 of the two men's soccer matches. Garcia notched a four-save clean sheet in the 3-0 win over Felician, before making all three saves he needed to in the opening 60:54 versus Jefferson on Saturday. Garcia claimed NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week honors earlier Monday.
 
Eduardo Maia - Men's Soccer - Sr., B
Eduardo Maia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) helped anchor a back line that recorded a clean sheet, and limited opponents to two goals and 11 shots on target. Maia, who also scored a goal against Jefferson, was tabbed as the NE10 Defensive Player of the Week earlier Monday.
 
Dani Bujanda - Men's Soccer - Fr., M
Dani Bujanda scored a goal in each match, en route to receiving an NE10 Rookie of the Week nod earlier Monday.
 
Agustina Miranda Waigand - Field Hockey - So., GK
Agustina Miranda Waigand (Miami, Fla.) stopped 13 of 18 shots during a 1-1 week for field hockey. She made eight saves against No. 8 Bloomsburg University on Friday and five more against No. 9 Bentley University in a 2-1, shootout win Saturday. Miranda Waigand secured NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week honors earlier Monday. 

Jordyn Carroll - Women's Volleyball - Jr., OH
Jordyn Carroll (Moultonborough, N.H.) registered 40 kills (2.86 k/s), three aces (0.21 sa/s) and 19 digs (1.36 d/s) during an 0-4 week for women's volleyball. She posted a double-double of 14 kills and 11 digs, while adding a pair of aces, in a 3-1 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday. She added 13 kills on .267 hitting and five digs in another four-set loss to East Stroudsburg University later Saturday.
 
Valentina Bugnatto - Women's Volleyball - Fr., RS
Valentina Bugnatto (Wilmington, N.C.) recorded 26 kills (2.0 k/s), 10 aces (0.77 sa/s), eight digs (0.62 d/s) and four blocks (0.31 b/s). Her best outing came in a 3-1 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday when she tallied 12 kills, five aces and three digs.

Erika Wojcik - Women's Cross Country - Jr.
Erika Wojcik (North Andover, Mass.) captured the individual title at the 44th annual Shacklette Invitational, running the two-mile course in 11:45, as she finished 36 seconds ahead of teammate, freshman Kalison Marzolf (Derry, N.H.). 

Ross Wallace - Men's Cross Country - Fr.
Ross Wallace (Garden City, N.Y.) won the 44th annual Shacklette Invitational in his collegiate debut, completing the three-mile course in 15:15 – 26 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
 

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