{
  "id": 12521981,
  "title": "Texas A&M Volleyball's Kyndal Stowers named Co-SEC Player of the Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/texas-a-m-volleyballs-kyndal-stowers-named-co-sec-player-of-the-week",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T02:07:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/texas-m-volleyballs-kyndal-stowers-020741647.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kyndal Stowers, a senior outside hitter for Texas A&M, received a well-deserved honor from the SEC after showcasing an exceptional offensive performance in her recent matches. The Aggies' softball player was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week, following the team's successful sweeps of opponents Alabama and Mississippi State at Reed Arena. This marks the first SEC weekly award of its kind for Stowers and the first for an attacker at Texas A&M since Logan Lednicky earned the award last season.\n\nStowers' impressive contributions on the court were evident in her statistics, averaging 6.33 points, 4.83 kills, and 1.33 aces per set across both victories. Her standout performance was demonstrated in the Mississippi State match, where she delivered a career-high of 21 kills, five aces, and one block. This surpassed Texas A&M's previous record for points in a three-set match, set by Shelby Sullivan in 2014, which was 25 points.\n\nThe conference officials' release highlighted Stowers' performance, emphasizing that she averaged 6.33 points and 4.83 kills per set over the pair of wins. She recorded career highs of 21 kills and five aces in the Mississippi State game and set a program record with 26.5 points in a three-set match. Stowers commenced the week with a strong showing against Alabama, recording eight kills, seven digs, three aces, two assists, and one block.\n\nFollowing her stellar performance, Stowers and the Aggies embark on a two-match road trip, facing Oklahoma on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT and Arkansas on Sunday at noon. Both games will be broadcasted on the SEC Network. For ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes, and opinions, readers can follow @AggiesWire on X and like their Facebook page.",
  "summary": "The SEC named Kyndal Stowers Player of the Week after she helped Texas A&M sweep Alabama and Mississippi State.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}