Nitz, Meyer headline women's basketball
academic honors
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - A total of
40 student-athletes were honored Tuesday as the Lone Star
Conference women's basketball academic honors were announced by
league officials at the LSC Awards Banquet in Bartlesville, Okla.
The recognition included an
All-Academic Team, with an Academic Player of the Year, for the LSC
North and South Divisions, plus a Commissioner's Honor Roll for
each division.
Northeastern State's Cristy Nitz
took LSC North Division Academic Player of the Year honors, while
Abilene Christian's Jamie Meyer was the LSC South Division Academic
Player of the Year.
To be eligible for LSC academic
honors, student-athletes must have reached sophomore status and
carry at least a 3.30 grade point average. The All-Academic Team is
selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the
league's sports information directors voting on the basis of both
academic and athletic achievement. All qualifying student-athletes
not selected for the All-Academic Team are then named to the Honor
Roll.
Nitz is a two-year starter who
has appeared in 26 games this season with 25 starts. The sophomore
pre-professional health major is second on the team in scoring at
8.9 points per game. In LSC North action she is putting up 10.1
points per outing, shooting .524 from the field, .417 from
three-point range and grabbing nearly four rebounds per contest.
Joining Nitz on the North
Division All-Academic Team was teammate Sarah Millar, along with
Southeastern Oklahoma's Destiny Brown, Southwestern Oklahoma's
Madison Cabaniss and Central Oklahoma's Ashley Beckley.
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| ACU's Jamie Meyer
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Meyer leads the LSC in scoring
with 20.2 points per game, which ranks 10th in the
nation, and is 5th with 7.2 rebounds a game. The
senior early childhood education major has led the Wildcats in
scoring 16 times this season. A two-time All-LSC South
Division performer, this is her third straight all-academic
conference team selection.
On the South Division
All-Academic Team with Meyer were teammates Jody Meyer and Kathryn
Kundmueller, plus West Texas A&M's Holly Isaacs and Joni Unruh.
2010 LSC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC
AWARDS
NORTH DIVISION - ALL-ACADEMIC
TEAM
Player,
Pos.
School
Year
Major
Hometown/High School
Cristy Nitz,
F
Northeastern
State
So. Pre-Prof.
Health Dewey, Okla./Dewey
Destiny Brown,
F
Southeastern Oklahoma
Sr.
Biology
Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater
Madison Cabaniss,
G
Southwestern Oklahoma
Jr. Health
Science Arapaho,
Okla./Arapaho
Ashley Beckley,
F
Central
Oklahoma
Jr. Special
Educ.
Turpin, Okla./Turpin
Sarah Millar,
G
Northeastern
State
Sr.
Chemistry
Melbourne, Australia/The Knox
NORTH DIVISION COMMISSIONER'S HONOR
ROLL
Cameron: Amber Schroer, P, Sr.;
Central Oklahoma: Traci
Murphree, F, Sr.; Kasey Tweed, G, Jr.;
East Central: Jordan Thompson,
G, So.; Danielle Cox, F, Sr.; Angela Kalanoska, F, Sr.;
Northeastern State: Jessica
White, G, Sr.; Jasmine Wright, G, So.;
Southeastern Okla.: Ashley
Hobbs, F, So.; Kacey Russell, G, Sr.; Jessica Hesse, F, So.;
Elizabeth Dean, F, So.; Christin Nichols, G, Jr.;
Southwestern Okla.: Courtney
Harper, F, So.;
Texas Woman's: Keshia Bolds, G,
Sr.; Jessica Durr, G, Sr.
NORTH DIVISION -- SPECIAL
RECOGNITION
LSC North Division Academic Player of the
Year: Cristy Nitz, Northeastern State
SOUTH DIVISION -- ALL-ACADEMIC
TEAM
Player,
Pos.
School
Year
Major
Hometown/High School
Jamie Meyer,
F
Abilene Christian
Sr. Early Child
Ed. Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock
Holly Isaacs,
G
West Texas A&M
Sr.
Pre-Pharmacy Brownfield,
Texas/Trinity Christian
Jody Meyer,
F
Abilene Christian
Sr.
Accounting
Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock
Joni Unruh,
G
West Texas A&M
Jr.
Biology
Amarillo, Texas/Amarillo
Kathryn Kundmueller, PG Abilene
Christian
Sr.
Psychology
Fort Worth, Texas/Fort Worth Christian
SOUTH DIVISION COMMISSIONER'S HONOR
ROLL
Abilene
Christian: Joanna Harner, G, Sr.; Sara Montgomery,
G, Sr.;
Angelo State: Cassi Wright, G,
So.; Lindsey Leatherman-Schaertl, F, Sr.;
Eastern New Mexico: Tori
Northcutt, PG, Jr.;
Midwestern State: Karissa Lang,
G, So.; Jazman Patterson, F, So.; Cierra Thompson, F, So.;
Tarleton State: Tori Skarke, F,
So.; Lisa Parker, G, So.; Shelby Adamson, G, So.; Sonya Sundberg,
G, Jr.;
Texas A&M-Kingsville: Dyana
Bullinger, G, Sr.;
West Texas A&M: Megan
McLain, G, Jr.
SOUTH DIVISION -- SPECIAL
RECOGNITION
LSC South Division Academic Player of the
Year: Jamie Meyer, Abilene Christian