Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Makenzie Nieto

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/19/2018
  • Sport
    Softball
  • Bio
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Junior Makenzie Nieto has been named the Mississippi College Wright & Ferguson Female Athlete of the Week, it was announced on Monday (March 19).

Nieto (New Hudson, Mich.) helped lead the Lady Choctaws to a doubleheader split with #21 West Florida, coming off the bench to hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the fifth inning of a 10-4 win.

Nieto took the first pitch she saw over the left field wall and onto the adjacent baseball field to put the score out of reach. On the season, she is hitting .300 with three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI, including another pinch-hit home run in the series win over Lee last weekend.

Nieto and the Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Tuesday when they travel to Jackson, Tenn. for a doubleheader against Lane College. They will then travel to face #6 North Alabama in a three-game series this weekend.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/18/2018 Coco Hobson Women's Basketball
12/18/2018 Trai James Men's Basketball
12/10/2018 Dyllan Taylor Men's Basketball
12/10/2018 Jamilah Sanders Women's Basketball
12/3/2018 Marcus Lytle Men's Basketball
12/3/2018 Zairia Brown Women's Track
11/19/2018 Zariah Matthews Women's Basketball
11/19/2018 Tre Jenkins Men's Basketball
11/12/2018 Rita Okoro Women's Soccer
11/12/2018 Brandon Boston Men's Basketball
11/5/2018 Jill Brown Volleyball
11/5/2018 Jordan Pritchard Men's Cross Country
10/29/2018 Victor Bazan Men's Soccer
10/29/2018 Alisa Morozova Women's Tennis
10/22/2018 D.J. Smith Football
10/22/2018 Katie Taylor Women's Soccer
10/15/2018 Lauren Smith Women's Soccer
10/15/2018 Will Young Men's Cross Country
10/8/2018 Tiberias Lampkin Football
10/8/2018 Lexie Laurendine Volleyball
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