DALLAS – NM State’s Devin Elam, WKU’s Erica Houge and Louisiana Tech’s Bryannah Campos earned the first Conference USA Softball weekly honors of the 2026 season.
 
Elam garners Player of the Week honors, while Houge is the Pitcher of the Week, and Campos is the Freshman of the Week.
 
Player of the Week – Devin Elam, NM State – Senior – OF – Long Beach, Calif.
Elam delivered a power-filled week for the Aggies (3-3), providing timely pop with her bat in three of NM State’s wins. She homered in victories over UMass Lowell, UT Arlington and Utah Valley, including a two-homer performance against UVU that proved decisive in a 7-6 triumph. In the opener against UMass Lowell, Elam blew the game open with a three-run blast and roped a two-run double in the following frame as she scored or knocked in seven of the team’s eight runs. That evening against UTA, she provided the eventual game-winning runs with a two-run shot in to put the Aggies ahead 11-8. On Saturday, Elam put NM State on the board with a solo homer in the fourth and sparked a three-run comeback in the final inning with a leadoff home run.
 
Pitcher of the Week – Erica Houge, WKU – Sophomore – Collins, Iowa
Houge led the Tops to their best start since 2021 (4-1), going 3-0 with a flawless ERA, 16 strikeouts, no walks and a .153 opponent batting average. Across the three shutouts she pitched in, she was responsible for 16.2 of the 20.2 scoreless innings. Houge threw one complete game shutout against Georgia Southern – a 1-0 triumph – in which she only gave up three hits in 6.2 innings of work and finished with two strikeouts. In that same game, she only needed 63 pitches to complete the win. In Houge’s first start of the season, she tossed five shutout innings against Greensboro with seven strikeouts and just four hits allowed. Houge wrapped up the weekend with another seven punchouts in five scoreless frames in a 2-0 decision over Eastern Illinois.
 
Freshman of the Week – Bryannah Campos, LA Tech – Pitcher – San Antonio, Texas
Campos had an opening weekend to remember, as the left-hander went 2-0 with one save in the Southern Miss Black and Gold Challenge. The Texas native logged 10.2 innings across three appearances, including one start. Campos did not allow a single run, while allowing just four hits and two walks in her first three collegiate outings. Campos made her debut against UAB, pitching the final 2.0 innings to earn a save. She allowed no runs, no hits, and no walks in her first game, and would go on to make her first career start against SEMO just 35 minutes later. Campos excelled, allowing no runs, two hits, and one walk. She returned to the circle in relief on Sunday against Southern Miss, pitching the final 4.2 innings of an 8-3 extra-inning win. Campos allowed two hits, no runs, one walk and struck out three. 
 
2026 CUSA Players of the Week
F9      Devin Elam, NM State
 
2026 CUSA Pitchers of the Week
F9      Erica Houge, WKU
 
2026 CUSA Freshmen of the Week
F9      Bryannah Campos, LA Tech