INDIANAPOLIS - Mya Mendoza earned the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women's Wrestler of the Week award on Wednesday. She is the first women's wrestler to win this award in program history. 

Mendoza typically wrestles at 180, but moved up to 207 in this past weekend's Fred Johnson dual hosted by Augustana (Ill.). The dual featured Augustana and Carthage (Wis.) (5-7). She earned five points for UIU after pinning Jasmin Ocampo (Carthage) at 2:06.

The Peacocks travel to Plymouth, Wis., to wrestle in the Lakeland Scramble on Sunday. The meet will begin at 12:30 p.m.

Mya Mendoza (207, Sr., Lompoc, Calif. / Allan Hancock College)

• Picked up a win via fall and scored five team points at the Fred Johnson Duals

• Moved up a weight class to 207 pounds from 180 pounds

• Defeated Jasmin Ocampo of Carthage (Mo.) with a fall at 2:06

• Picked up her fifth win of the season