BEAUMONT, Texas – Lamar University senior Marissa Gross, from women's soccer, has been named the Walk-Ons Student-Athlete of the Month for October.
 
A senior from South Grand Prairie, Gross has been the sparkplug for the Lamar University soccer team that currently sits in first place fighting for another Southland Conference regular-season title. She leads not only Lamar, but the Southland Conference, with 10 goals, which ranks her among the nation's top 30 scorers. Along the way she tallied three multi-goal games, five game-winners and converted three penalty kicks. Earlier this season she became just the 10^th Cardinal in program history to reach double-digit goals, and the fifth to record a goal in four consecutive matches. A former SLC Offensive Player of the Week selection, the Cardinals enter the regular-season finale with a 9-2-5 (.719) overall record and a 6-1-2 (.778) mark in conference play.