For the first time this year Dodge City athletics has a an athlete earn NJCAA National "Player of the Week" honors and it comes in the sport of football as Emanuel Aguilar earns the NJCAA National Special Teams "Player of the Week." The honor is the third time a KJCCC athlete has been selected for the award this season. 
 
Aguilar and the Conquistadors earned a 25-24 come-from-behind victory over Iowa Central most recently to improve to 3-2 on the season. The Conqs specials teams played a factor in the contest yet again in several ways including Aguilar who was 2-2 on field goal attempts, along with hitting his lone extra point attempt and handling kickoff duties. 
 
The Dodge City native started the Conqs scoring in the second quarter with a 24-yard field goal and would hit an extra point and then a 32-yard field goal in the second stanza, also. He also averaged 63.2 on his six kickoffs for the day in the contest. 
 
On the season Aguilar is 5-9 on field goals with a long of 45-yards and 6-7 on extra point attempts, while averaging 56.9 yards on kickoffs for the season. 
 
The Conqs are back in action on Saturday, October 5th with a noon kickoff against #1 Hutchinson on the road.