DALLAS – Conference USA announced its first weekly awards of the 2026-27 Women's Basketball season on Monday afternoon. Freshman Stacy Chovino powered the Aggies to a 1-1 week to kick off the year and was named CUSA Freshman of the Week.
 
The Paris, France native made her collegiate debut this past week, notching 67 minutes of play across a pair of starts. In the season opener against San Diego, Chovino made her presence felt on both ends of the floor, tallying six points and nine rebounds, while chipping in two steals, one block and one assist.
 
Her breakout performance came in Friday morning's home matchup with Southern Utah. The 5-foot-11 forward showed off her scoring touch, putting in 25 points while going 12-for-20 from the field – including 12 points in the fourth quarter alone.
 
Her most important points of the night came with just two seconds remaining, scoring a putback layup that completed an 11-point comeback and gave the Aggies their first lead of the contest.
 
Finishing with 25 points in the 64-63 victory, Chovino tallied the most points by a CUSA student-athlete this season, while her 12 field goals made also rank best in the conference through the first week of play.
 
She currently paces the conference in field goals made (15), while ranking fourth in rebounds (8.5 per game), fifth in field goal percentage (.500), sixth in total points (31), seventh in points per game (17.5) and blocks per game (1.0). Chovino also ranks 20^th in steals per game, averaging 2.0 per contest.
 
Chovino and the Aggies return to the court on Tuesday night for a rivalry matchup with UTEP from GECU Arena at the Don Haskins Center. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. MT in El Paso, with the match streaming live on the Mountain West Network, with live stats available at nmstatesports.com/stats.
 
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