Northwestern Mutual Student-Athlete of the Week, Jan. 20-26

Sacramento State junior Zach Coniglio has been selected as the Northwestern Mutual Sacramento State Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 20-26. Competing at the Jacksons Invitational in Nampa, Idaho, on Jan. 24-25, Coniglio finished first in the shot put with a personal best of 60-feet, 10.5-inches. That distance vaulted the Martinez, Calif., native to the top of the Big Sky standings and placed him 24th in NCAA Div. I this season. Coniglio, who is the defending conference champion in the indoor and outdoor shot put, now leads the Big Sky by over five feet. His distance is the second best in school history and the longest since David Nichols set the Sacramento State record in 2007.

Previous Northwestern Mutual Student-Athletes of the Week (2013-14)
Week 1: Sloan Lovett, Volleyball
Week 2: Alyssa Anderson, Women's Soccer
Week 3: DeAndre Carter, Football
Week 4: Hannah Gendron, Women's Soccer 
Week 5: Darnell Sankey, Football
Week 6: Rachel Mitchell, Women's Cross Country
Week 7: Gabriela Trenton, Women's Soccer
Week 8: Todd Davis, Football
Week 9: Courtney Dietrich, Volleyball
Week 10: Garret Safron, Football
Week 11: Alle Moreno, Women's Basketball
Week 12: Reesey Byers, Cross Country
Week 13: Morgan Stanley, Volleyball
Week 14: Mikh McKinney, Men's Basketball
Week 15: Alle Moreno, Women's Basketball
Week 16: Alex Tiffin, Men's Basketball
Week 17: Takara Burse, Women's Basketball
Week 18: Kailey Hansen, Gymnastics
Week 19: Dylan Garrity, Men's Basketball
Week 20: Julia Konner, Gymnastics