LSC Scholar Athletes Announced

From the LSC Office

The annual Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athlete Award winners for 2007-08 were announced on Monday, with 29 student-athletes honored by league officials.

Each academic year, the LSC presents a Scholar-Athlete Award to one male and one female student-athlete at each member institution. These student-athletes are selected as representatives of the outstanding accomplishments in athletics, scholarship and leadership that are displayed on each LSC campus during the year.
To be eligible for consideration, student-athletes must have participated at least two years in their sport and must have exhausted their athletic eligibility.

Besides representing each of the league's 15 member institutions, this year's recipients represent 10 of the 16 sports that are sponsored by the conference. Football and softball had the most Scholar-Athletes with seven selections each.

The 2007-08 Scholar-Athletes led their respective teams to six LSC divisional titles and one regular season championship.

Texas is home for 16 of the honorees, with five from Oklahoma, two from New Mexico and one each from Kansas, Colorado, Canada, South Africa, Missouri and Florida.

This year's LSC Scholar-Athlete Award recipients are:

Abilene Christian

Ben Maynard Baseball Loveland, Colo.
Alex Guiton Basketball Bedford, Texas

Angelo State

Whitney Meeks Softball Denton, Texas
Josh Hammerquist Football Flower Mound, Texas

Cameron

Merrisa Martinuzzi Basketball Ontario, Canada
Jorey Price Baseball Elk City, Okla.

Central Oklahoma

Alli Blake Softball Oklahoma City, Okla.
Chance Tatum Golf Pawnee, Okla.

East Central

Chris Kriel Tennis East London, S Africa

Betty Hernandez Cross Country Bowie, Texas

Eastern New Mexico

Keith Vargas Soccer Rio Rancho, N.M.
Stephanie Sanchez Soccer Belen, N.M.

Midwestern State

Kristen Stonecipher Softball Flower Mound, Texas
Tony Burson Football Bellville, Texas

Northeastern State

Nick Willson Football Douglassville, Texas
Kelsey Totten Softball Shawnee, Okla.

Southeastern Oklahoma

Cliff Eddings Football Coalgate, Okla.
Ashley Graham Softball Grand Prairie, Texas

Southwestern Oklahoma

Rachel Ingram Cross Country Springfield, Mo.
Josh Postin Football Andover, Kan.

Tarleton State

Kelli Gayle Softball Angleton, Texas
Ranardrick Phillips Football Madison, Fla.

Texas A&M-Commerce

Trae Grimes Football Round Rock, Texas
Jackie Orr Volleyball Mesquite, Texas

Texas A&M-Kingsville

Isaac Saldivar Track and Field Cotulla, Texas
Julia Canales Softball Kingsville, Texas

Texas Woman's

Romy Luna Soccer Lewisville, Texas

West Texas A&M

Jisel Bailon Cross Country El Paso, Texas
Tyler Cooper Basketball Amarillo, Texas