COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Colorado Mesa University's Sophia Cornish was named as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's first Women's Wrestler of the Week of the 2026-27 season, it was announced by conference officials on Tuesday morning.
 
The Maverick junior went 5-0 on the opening weekend of the season, winning the 117-pound Maverick Open title on Sunday after pinning Ashlee Marron Rodriguez of Texas Woman's during the Mavs' 32-14 RMAC dual victory over the Pioneers on Saturday night.
 
The Trabuco Canyon, California native and Tesoro High School product also surpassed the 50-win mark for her career and is now 52-18.
 
After recording a pin just 1:25 into her bout of the Mavs' Saturday night dual, Cornish recorded three straight technical fall wins in the earlier rounds of Sunday's tournament, outscoring those opponents by a combined 32-2 margin.  She then beat Adams State's Flavia Nagatani by a 16-9 score in the final.  Nagatani was ranked fifth in the National Wrestling Coaches Association's NCAA Super VI Region Preseason Rankings.
 
Cornish, ranked fourth in the regional preseason rankings in the 124-pound weight class, has now won the Maverick Open in two of her three collegiate seasons.  She is also the defending RMAC Champion at 117 pounds and was a national tournament qualifier as a freshman in 2025.
 
Tuesday's RMAC Wrestler of the Week honor is the second of her career after also earning the Jan. 20, 2026 honor last season.
 
The Mavericks, ranked eighth in the national preseason rankings, will send a contingent of mostly younger wrestlers to compete in this Saturday's Luke Cornerman Open in Richfield, Utah.