A&M-Victoria’s Carter garners RRAC Player of the Week honors

Published 10:57 am Tuesday, March 10, 2026

By Sam Fowler Assistant Athletic Director-Communications Texas A&M University-Victoria

A&M-Victoria's Alyssa Carter swings at a pitch during a game with Texas A&M-San Antonio at the Victoria Youth Sports Complex on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Lily Standridge/A&M-Victoria Athletics)

WACO – Alyssa Carter made the most of her week in Gulf Shores, Alabama, for the Texas A&M University-Victoria softball team.

The Sugar Land native hit .438 over five games, driving in four runs with a pair of doubles at the Gulf Coast Invitational. She delivered a decisive two-run double against Bethel (TN) in the tournament finale on Sunday.

After that performance, the Red River Athletic Conference named her its Player of the Week on Monday, March 9.

This is the second week in a row for a Jaguar to win Player of the Week honors after Madison Carr earned the accolade last week with her clutch hitting against Texas A&M-San Antonio.

Thanks to hits in each of the Jaguars’ five games last week, Carter has now hit safely in each of the last 12 games for A&M-Victoria and has hits in 13 of the last 14 games. During her 12-game hitting streak, she’s hitting .514 with 13 RBIs.

Carter’s 19 RBIs this season is tied for the third most in the RRAC. The Jaguars’ 128 runs scored this season ranks 24th nationally while their .344 team batting average ranks 29th.

A&M-Victoria returns to conference play this week with a road trip to No. 9-ranked Our Lady of the Lake. The four-game series – the first three of which will be conference games – features two 12 p.m. doubleheaders.

A&M-Victoria’s Zeplin wins third RRAC Pitcher of the Week honor

For the third time this season and second week in a row, Texas A&M University-Victoria baseball’s Blane Zeplin has earned conference recognition.

The Victoria native was named Red River Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday.

This is the fourth time an A&M-Victoria pitcher has won the award and third consecutive week for the Jaguars to win the honor. Jacob Baker was the other Jaguar to win the award.

Zeplin is coming off a career-high 11 strikeouts in A&M-Victoria’s 9-4 win over Texas A&M-Texarkana in Game 2 of the series. The senior threw a seven-inning complete game, allowing three earned runs to eventually power the Jaguars (16-9, 7-2) to a sweep of the Eagles.

With the sweep, A&M-Victoria remains in second place in the RRAC standings, holding the head-to-head tiebreaker with Our Lady of the Lake.

Zeplin has reached 10+ strikeouts three times this season, and he is now tied for second in wins (5) and strikeouts (45) in the RRAC.

A&M-Victoria’s pitching ranks fourth in ERA (4.48) and boasts 184 strikeouts.

The Jaguars are back at home this weekend for a three-game series against Jarvis Christian. The series begins with Little League Appreciation Night at 7 p.m. on Friday, which will include an on-field ceremony to recognize Victoria’s Little Leaguers. Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. doubleheader will be the team’s annual BBQ plate fundraiser and silent auction.