The Lone Star Conference recognized 59 student-athletes for
their academic achievements Wednesday evening when league officials
announced the volleyball academic awards at the LSC Championship
banquet.
Regular season champion West
Texas A&M led the selections to the All-Academic team, placing
three on the 14-player squad, followed by Texas Woman's and
Southwestern Oklahoma, who each had two honorees. The All-Academic
team commemorates both academic and athletic achievement.
The Lady Buffs' Lauren Thedford
was selected as LSC Academic Player of the Year. The junior outside
hitter is a political science major and has a perfect 4.0
cumulative grade point average. She was a 2008 LSC All-Academic
selection and a member of the 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine
Academic All-District first team. This season, she has played in
all 34 matches with 31 starts and notched 22 service aces and 183
kills.
The All-Academic Team is selected
by the league's sports information directors, who vote on the basis
of both academic and athletic achievement. To be eligible for LSC
academic recognition, student-athletes need at least a 3.30 grade
point average and must be at least a sophomore. All academically
qualified student-athletes not selected for the All-Academic Team
are then named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Joining Thedford on the
All-Academic team were her WTAMU teammates Melissa Harper and Katie
Rickwartz, TWU's Jessica Crow and Kendra Coulson, SWOSU's Tara
Gibby and Emily Walter, Tarleton State's Shay Gracy, Abilene
Christian's Shawna Hines, Texas A&M-Kingsville's Kristin
Chancellor, Texas A&M-Commerce's Lauren Flynn, Midwestern
State's Tiana Bond, Southeastern Oklahoma's Destiny Brown and
Angelo State's Kimber Duncan.
2009 Lone Star Conference Volleyball
All-Academic Team
Player,
Pos.
Team
Year
Major
Hometown
Lauren Thedford,
OH West Texas
A&M
Jr. Political
Science
Carrollton, Texas
Shay Gracy,
MB
Tarleton
State
Sr. Kinesiology
(Master's)
Stephenville, Texas
Shawna Hines,
MB
Abilene
Christian
Jr. Business
Management Aurora,
Colo.
Emily Walter,
MB
Southwestern Oklahoma
Sr.
Pre-Pharmacy
Azle, Texas
Melissa Harper,
MB
West Texas
A&M
Sr.
Education
Peoria, Ariz.
Kristin Chancellor, MB Texas
A&M-Kingsville
Sr.
Psychology
Bellville, Texas
Jessica Crow,
S
Texas
Woman's
Sr. Elementary
Education
Longview, Texas
Kendra Coulson,
L
Texas
Woman's
Jr. Legal
Studies
Abilene, Texas
Katie Rickwartz,
S
West Texas
A&M
Sr.
Marketing
Canyon, Texas
Lauren Flynn,
L
Texas A&M-Commerce
Sr. Interdis. Studies/Elem.
Educ.
Deer Park, Texas
Tiana Bond,
RS
Midwestern
State
So. Environmental
Sciences Lillian, Texas
Destiny Brown, RS/OH Southeastern
Oklahoma Sr.
Biology
Stillwater, Okla.
Tara Gibby,
OH
Southwestern Oklahoma
Sr.
Marketing
Sulphur Springs, Texas
Kimber Duncan, L/OH
Angelo
State
Sr.
Communications
Prineville, Ore.
Lone Star Conference Special
Recognition
Academic Player of the Year:
Lauren Thedford, West Texas A&M
Commissioner's Honor
Roll
Abilene Christian: Aubree Vick,
So.; Kelsie Edwards, So.; Jordan Schilling, Jr.; Ijeoma Moronu,
Jr.;
Jennie Hutt, So.; Michelle Bacon, Sr.;
Angelo State: Alaina Sivells,
Sr.; Kayla Smith, So.;
Cameron: Amber Schroer, Sr.;
East Central: Sarah Henry, So.;
Holly Hicks, Sr.; Megan Kimak, So.; Jacqueline Sparks, Sr.; Shayla
May, So.;
Emily Holombek, Sr.
Eastern New Mexico: Caitlin
Murphy, Sr.; Grace Brandt, Jr; Jessica King, So.;
Midwestern State: Kari
Damjanovic, Jr.; Hillary White, So.; Kiara Jordan, So.
Southeastern Oklahoma State:
Mashequa Gentry, Sr.; Jackie Arend, Jr.; Gabby Ortiz, Sr.; Jordan
Parks, Jr.;
Raelynn Beaty, Jr.; Brittany McDonald, So.;
Southwestern Oklahoma State:
Stephanie Parker, So.; Kristen Kaufman, Sr.; Kayla Bader, So.
Tarleton State: Shea McBrearty,
Jr.;
Texas A&M-Commerce: Perla
Faudoa, Sr.; Amy Addison, Sr.;
Texas A&M-Kingsville:
Casey Chancellor, Jr.; Amanda Waclawczyk, So.; Kirby Krueger, Sr.
Texas Woman's: Danielle
Pegues, Sr.; Sydney Veitenheimer, Jr.; Danielle Veitenheimer, Jr.;
Hayley Summers, So.; Arden Richardson, So.; Heather Maddox, Sr.;
Katelyn Osborne, So.; Alyson Harlan, Jr.
West Texas A&M:
Natalie Johnson, Sr.