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AVERY MARCHINO
For the third time in the 2025-26 season, Seward County sophomore guard Avery Marchino has been named the KJCCC Division 1 Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Marchino previously won the award in week three and week 13 and now earns it in week 15.
Marchino tallied a career-high 38 points in Seward's 91-52 home win over Independence on Wednesday evening. Marchino finished with 38 points on 15-27 (55.6 percent) shooting, adding eight rebounds, four assists, and two steals in the victory. The 38 points are tied for the fifth most in a single game in Seward County history.
She leads the KJCCC averaging 20.6 points per game, ranks fourth in the league with a 79.8 percent free throw percentage and is seventh in the league averaging 7.3 rebounds per game.
MICHAEL LUJAN
Seward baseball sophomore right-handed pitcher Michael Lujan was named the KJCCC West Week 4 Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
Lujan, a Grand Prairie, Texas, native, helped Seward to a win in game three of a four-game series with Vernon College with a strong start on the mound. Lujan tossed six scoreless innings, picking up the win for the Saints after striking out nine and scattering five hits and one walk throughout his start.
Lujan and relief pitcher Cooper Turner helped shut the Chaparrals out in game three as Seward won 9-0.
He is the first Seward baseball student-athlete to win a weekly award this season.
The Saints return to action this weekend, hosting Otero in a four-game series this weekend.
