Oklahoma Panhandle State University

The Oklahoma Panhandle State University Aggies have picked up numerous honors and surpassed historic milestones in the 2025-26 year. Aggies' teams, too, have experienced incredible success in the fall season. Men's soccer, women's soccer and women's volleyball each made it to the SAC Tournament, the first time in OPSU history that all three teams made it in the same year. The men's soccer team broke program records for most consecutive home shutouts and fewest goals allowed per game in a season. Panhandle State women's soccer set the program's single-season wins record and became the first team to earn a point against a ranked opponent. Volleyball tied its longest winning streak since 2021 with a five-match heater early in the SAC season, and it saw the program's first ever NAIA National Athlete of the Week winner. The 2025 Aggie football team became the first since 1990 to win its season-opener on the road, as it upset Peru State College. OPSU men's and women's rodeo teams have already combined for a trio of top-three finishes and two individual all-around champions.

Individual honors collected include one NAIA National Athlete of the Week and 14 SAC Athlete of the Week honors, while multiple individual program records have fallen in both men's and women's cross country. Several milestones and program-firsts have also been achieved across the board.
 

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NAIA PROGRAMS

Baseball (Season not started)

Men's Basketball 

Women's Basketball 

Men's Cross Country

• Joshua Samaron
  • Top-10 Finish at NMHU XC Jam (Sept. 26)
• Trevor Youngblood
  • Set 6k Program Record (Sept. 11)
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 8-14)
  • Set 7k Program Record (Sept. 26)
  • Top-10 Finish at NMHU XC Jam (Sept. 26)
  • SAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 22-28)

Women's Cross Country

• Shania Chavez
  • Set 4k Program Record (Sept. 11)
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 8-14)
  • SAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 8-14)
• Carolina Valenzuela 
  • Top-10 Finish at NMHU XC Jam (Sept. 26)
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 22-28)
  • Set 6k Program Record (Oct. 11)
  • Set 6k Program Record (Oct. 25)
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 20-26)

Football

• Charles Holmes III 
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 13-20)
• Rylan Johnson 
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 6-12)
• Nate Orta
  • Aggie of the Week (Aug. 25-31)
• David Zeller
  • SAC Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 29-Oct. 5)

Men's Golf

• Xavyer Mosqueda
  • Recorded an albatross at Central Plains Invite (Sept. 22)
• Thantup Saengvut 
  • Top-10 Finish at Carmichael Cup (Sept. 9)
  • Top-Five Finish at Central Plains Invite (Sept. 22-23)
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 22-28)
  • SAC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 22-28)
• Worathan Thammachokecharoen
  • Top-10 Finish at SCU Invite (Sept. 2-3)
  • Top-10 Finish at Carmichael Cup (Sept. 9)

Men's Soccer SEASON COMPLETE: TIED BEST SIX-GAME START IN PROGRAM HISTORY AT 4-1-1, BROKE PROGRAM RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE HOME SHUTOUTS (FOUR), ALLOWED FEWEST GOALS PER GAME IN PROGRAM HISTORY (1.35), MADE THE SAC TOURNAMENT, FINISHED WITH A 6-6-5 RECORD.

• Pablo Benavides 
  • SAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 13-19)
• Olai Caicoya 
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 20-26)
• Othman Gherab 
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 15-21)
• Aron Kanyai
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 1-7)

Women's Soccer

• Emma Contreras 
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 6-12)
• Emma Daskalov
  • Surpassed 20 Career Points (Sept. 10)
  • Became First Player in Program History to Score a Goal in Three Straight Games (Sept. 10) 
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 13-20)
• AlaraLynn Gunderson
  • Surpassed 100 Career Saves (Sept. 10)
• Toriana Holt
  • Became Second Player in Program History to Score a Goal in Three Straight Games (Oct. 28)
• Celeste Maldonado
  • Aggie of the Week (Aug. 25-31)

Softball (Season not started)

Men's Track & Field (Season not started)

Women's Track & Field (Season not started)

Volleyball

• Taylore Alsaid 
  • Surpassed 500 Career Kills (Oct. 11)
  • SAC Defender of the Week (Oct. 20-26)
• Elena Kagiali
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 15-21)
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 29-Oct. 5)
  • SAC Attacker of the Week (Oct. 6-12)
  • SAC Attacker of the Week (Oct. 13-19)
  • NAIA Attacker of the Week (Oct. 13-19)
  • SAC Attacker of the Week (Oct. 20-26)
  • SAC Attacker of the Week (Oct. 27-Nov. 2)
  • Broke NAIA Program Record (Since 2017) for Most Kills in a Season
  • Broke NAIA Program Record (Since 2017) for Most Kills in a Match
• Winiffer Rodriguez
  • SAC Defender of the Week (Oct. 6-12)
• Mia Sanchez
  • Surpassed 1,000 Career Assists (Aug. 30)
  • SAC Setter of the Week (Aug. 25-31)
  • SAC Setter of the Week (Sept. 15-21)
• Skyla Stark
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 1-7)
  • SAC Attacker of the Week (Sept. 8-14)

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NON-NAIA PROGRAMS

Equestrian

• Sydney Carey
  • Top-Three Finish in Rookie Horsemanship (Oct. 18-19)
• Ashlyn Eisenman
  • Top-Three Finish in Rookie Horsemanship (Oct. 18-19)
• Eva Johnson
  • Top-Five High Point Rider (Oct. 18-19)
  • Top-Three Finishes in Reining (Oct. 18-19)
  • Top-Three Finishes in Open Horsemanship (Oct. 18-19)
• Taydem Perryman 
  • Top-Three Finish in Level 1 Horsemanship (Oct. 18-19)
• Mitchell Ullom
  • First-Place Finish in Reining (Oct. 18-19)

Men's Rodeo

• Porter Hall
  • Won Team Roping Average at Colby Rodeo (Sept. 11-13)
  • Won Tie Down Roping Long Round at NWOSU Rodeo (Oct. 30-Nov. 1)
  • Won Tie Down Roping Average at NWOSU Rodeo (Oct. 30-Nov. 1)
• Riley Stark
  • Won Saddle Bronc Riding Short Round at OSU Rodeo (Oct. 2-4)
  • Won Saddle Bronc Riding Long Round at NWOSU Rodeo (Oct. 30-Nov. 1)
• Luke Tippmann
  • Men's All-Around Champion at OSU Rodeo (Oct. 2-4)
  • Aggie of the Week (Sept. 29-Oct. 5)

Women's Rodeo

• Layni Masters
  • Won Breakaway Roping Long Round at Colby Rodeo (Sept. 11-13)
• Camree Slavin
  • Women's All-Around Champion at NWOSU Rodeo (Oct. 30-Nov.1)
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 27-Nov. 2)

Shooting Sports 

• Cameron Smith
  • Aggie of the Week (Oct. 27-Nov. 2)