The Las Vegas, New Mexico, area Subway® restaurants and Manger Regina Denardo is pleased to announce that men's basketball junior guard Kendrick Nichols has been named the Subway Eat Fresh Student-Athlete of the Week on Monday (Jan. 26).

Nichols scored a career-best 32 points on 11-19 (57.8 percent shooting). Finding himself with only one point in the first 16:34 of the game, and the Cowboys down 30-25 to rival Western New Mexico, he scored 10 of the final 12 Highlands points in the first half as the home team took a 37-34 lead into the break.

Nichols was not finished as he had 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting in the second half as the Cowboys recorded their biggest win in more than two years, 92-69 against the Mustangs. Nichols scored 31 of the teams final 67 points. He hit 11 of his final 15 shots from the field (73.3 percent) after missing his first four shots of the game.

New for the 2014-2015 school year, a Subway® Student-Athlete of the Week will be chosen every week for the athletic year. Every student-athlete chosen for the weekly award will be eligible to win the Subway Eat Fresh® Student-Athlete of the Year award following the 2014-2015 academic year. While the weekly award will be based on athletic prowess, the yearly award will be bestowed upon an athlete based on success not only on the playing field, but also in the classroom and community involvement.