COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- Lobo freshman Alesia Garcia's first week is school turned out to be pretty great. Garcia, who netted her first two goals at the close of her first week of college, was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week. It was a weekend for first-year players in the Mountain West as another freshman, Nevada goalkeeper Kendal Stovall was the Defensive Player of the Week.
Garcia, who hails from Aurora, Colorado and prepped at Cherokee Trail High School, scored a pair of game-winning goals for the Lobos. Against Pacific on Friday, August 24, Garcia came off the bench to score her first collegiate goal in the 72nd minute of play, that goal coming on her first collegiate shot attempt.