​Connie Limon has been voted by readers as the best high school head coach in Las Cruces for the 2025-26 preps season.Limon, the head coach of Organ Mountain’s girls soccer and girls basketball teams last season, was among 17 nominees from Las Cruces, Mayfield, Organ Mountain, Centennial and Mesilla Valley Christian across football, volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, baseball, softball, girls soccer, track and field, golf and tennis teams. The poll ran from July 1-16.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMORE SPORTS: Las Cruces native and former Centennial pitcher Santiago Garcia taken in the 12th round of 2026 MLB DraftLimon received 38.82% of the votes from readers and totaled 20,025. Organ Mountain track and field coach Gregory Mallory finished second with 16,450 votes. He will also coach the Knights’ football team in 2026. Rounding out the top five were Organ Mountain tennis coach Melanie Jorgensen with 3,020 votes, Las Cruces football coach Mark Lopez with 2,447 votes and Las Cruces wrestling coach Jimmy Nevarez with 2,374 votes.MORE SPORTS: Organ Mountain’s Ashley Galaz voted the best Las Cruces-area girls athlete from the 2025-26 seasonMORE SPORTS: Las Cruces-area preps season recap — state titles, individual brilliance and new recordsAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLimon guided the Knights’ girls soccer team to a District 3-5A championship in the 2025 season after going 9-1 in district play. Organ Mountain reached the quarterfinals of the 5A playoffs after defeating Albuquerque High in the first round and finished 18-4 overall. The Knights finished the season ranked No. 7 in New Mexico by MaxPreps.Under Limon’s watch, Ariyah Vazquez was named the Co-District 3-5A Player of the Year alongside Las Cruces High’s Raylene Carillo. Vazquez recorded 34 goal contributions (16 goals and 18 assists) and was one of Organ Mountain’s five first-team All-District 3-5A players in 2025 alongside Ashley Black, Koury Judd, Mia Dean and Dahlia Gonzalez. Five additional players earned second-team honors, including Kambria Floyd, Giselle Turnbow, Chloe Robey, Hailey Justus and Persephonie Cullins.Organ Mountain’s Siena Gonzales (12) goes up against Centennial’s Skyler De La Cruz during Friday night’s district game held at Centennial High School.The Knights went 11-15 in girls basketball during the 2025-26 season. Limon helped Siena Gonzales become an All-District 3-5A player. She averaged 9.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLimon stepped down from her coaching roles after the 2025-26 basketball season. Former Organ Mountain boys basketball assistant coach Nick Clark will succeed Limon as the Knights’ head girls basketball coach.A former New Mexico State women’s basketball player in the 1990s, Limon was inducted into the NM State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015 and ranks second in Aggies women’s basketball history with 532 assists. The university refers to her as “one of the top point guards in NMSU w