DENVER, Colo. – The New Mexico State Athletic department proudly placed 73 student-athletes on the 2016 Academic All-Western Athletic Conference and 2015-16 Academic All-WAC Freshman/Transfer team.
"It's great to see our student-athletes excelling both in competition and in the classroom," NM State Director of Athletics Mario Moccia said. "The ability to balance their academic and athletic time commitments and still compete at the highest levels is a testament to the hard work they put in. Winning the commissioner's cup for the second consecutive year clearly shows that we have incredible student-athletes at New Mexico State.