RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Monday that junior Reshaun Walkes, of the men's soccer team, is the Message Envy Student-Athlete of the Week.
 
Walkes opened the season with quite the performance as he recorded his first-career hat trick against the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in the season opener on Friday. 
 
Walkes scored all three goals for the Vaqueros against UCA as he scored once in the first half and then add two goals in the second half, one of which was on a penalty kick. 
 
Walkes became the ninth player in program history to score three or more goals in a match.
 
The Vaqueros are back in action on Friday when they face the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) at 7 p.m. as part of the Soccer for the Cure Tournament. 

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