Midwestern State catcher Lauren Craig and
Angelo State second baseman Alix Dean headlined the Lone Star
Conference North and South Division All-Academic teams,
respectively; as the league’s annual softball academic awards
were announced Thursday at the championship banquet.
Craig claimed North Division
Academic Player of the Year honors, while Dean was tabbed South
Division Academic Player of the Year for the second consecutive
year.
Craig was joined by nine
additional standouts on the LSC North Division All-Academic Team,
while nine others joined Dean on the South Division All-Academic
Team. Additionally, 38 more softball players were named to
the LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
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To be eligible for LSC academic
honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point
average and have reached sophomore status both athletically and
academically. The Academic Player of Year award and All-Academic
Team are 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 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
In all, 58 softball players
were distinguished through the league’s academic awards
program, including at least one from all 14 softball-playing member
institutions.
Joining Craig on the North
Division All-Academic Team was Mustang teammate Nicki Duff, East
Central’s Nicole Sanchez and Emily Kennemer, Northeastern
State’s Lacee Craig, Cameron’s Carrie Harvey and Ashton
McBride, Central Oklahoma’s Molly Shivers and Megan Bentley
and Southwestern Oklahoma’s Stacey Creger.
On the South All-Academic Team
along with Dean were Texas Woman’s Billie Callahan, Eastern
New Mexico’s Alex Mayo Otis and Michelle Anderson, Tarleton
State’s Julie Norris, West Texas A&M’s Amber Farr,
Kaitlyn Witte and Kristina Myles.
2010 LSC SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
NORTH DIVISION ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Player, Pos.
Team
Yr. Major
Hometown
Lauren Craig,
C
Midwestern
State
Sr.
Psychology
Frisco, Texas
Nicole Sanchez,
OF
East
Central
Jr. Ath.
Training/Kines. Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Lacee Craig,
P
Northeastern
State
Sr.
MBA
Bartlesville, Okla.
Emily Kennemer,
1B
East
Central
So. Kinesiology Education Mesquite,
Texas
Carrie Harvey,
P
Cameron
So.
Accounting
Burkburnett, Texas
Ashton McBride, P/OF/1B
Cameron
Sr. Health & Phy.
Educ. Ponder, Texas
Molly Shivers,
P/OF
Central
Oklahoma
Sr. Mechanical Engineering Meeker, Okla.
Megan Bentley,
OF
Central
Oklahoma
Jr.
Education
Midwest City, Okla.
Nicki Duff,
OF
Midwestern
State
So.
Education
Plano, Texas
Stacey Creger,
3B
Southwestern Oklahoma Sr.
Biology
Mustang, Okla.
LSC North Division Softball Academic Player of the
Year: Lauren Craig, Midwestern State
NORTH DIVISION COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL
Cameron: Micah Lierly, Sr.; Sherry Tetreault,
Sr.;
Central Oklahoma: Rachel Lowery, So.; Brittany
Zimmerman, Sr.;
East Central: Hillary Hughes, Sr.;
Stefanie Watson, Jr.; Ellen Estabrooks, So.;
Midwestern State: Mallory Mooney, So.;
Northeastern State: Shelbi Bowin, So.; Megan
Heskett, So.; Jenny Collins, Sr.; Ashley Rogers, Jr.;
Southeastern Oklahoma: Cassy Tice, Jr.; Morgan
Miller, So.;
Southwestern Oklahoma: Deven Brandt, So.;
Raven Staats, So.
SOUTH DIVISION ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Player, Pos.
Team
Yr. Major
Hometown
Alix Dean,
2B
Angelo
State
Jr.
Psychology
Collinsville, Texas
Billie Callahan,
OF
Texas
Woman's
Sr.
Kinesiology
Austin, Texas
Alex Mayo Otis, DP/RF
Eastern New Mexico
Sr. Physical
Education
Phoenix
Ariz.
Julie Norris,
P/UT
Tarleton
State
Sr.
Kinesiology
Garland, Texas
Amber Farr,
IF
West Texas
A&M
Sr. Sports & Exer. Science
Collinsville, Texas
Melissa St. Clair,
C
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Sr. Business
Admin.
Garden City, Kan.
Michelle Anderson, C/3B Eastern New
Mexico
Sr. Computer
Science
Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Jessica Schneider,
UT
Texas A&M-Kingsville
So.
Pre-Pharmacy
Flatonia, Texas
Kaitlyn Witte,
IF/P
West Texas
A&M
Jr. Sports & Exer.
Science Midland, Texas
Kristina Myles,
IF
West Texas
A&M
So. General
Business
Southlake, Texas
LSC South Division Softball Academic Player of the
Year: Alix Dean, Angelo State
SOUTH DIVISION COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL
Abilene Christian: Nancy Sawyers, Sr.; Kim
White, Jr.; Caitlin Nabors, Sr.;
Angelo State: Chelsea Nelson, Sr.; Nicole
Wellmann, So.; Megan Pumphrey, Sr.;
Eastern New Mexico: Samantha Davis, So.;
Kimberly Crouse, Sr.; Jessica Childers, Sr.;
Texas A&M-Kingsville: Dalia Marroquin, Sr.;
Kaycee Bryan, So.; Beth Etter, So.;
Texas Woman’s: Carly
Case, Sr.; Hayley Siebman, Jr.; Jordan Giesen, So.; Amy Menge, So.;
Megan Warren, Jr.; West Texas A&M: Marci
Womack, So.; Christie Russell, Jr.; Chantel Pearson, Jr.; Whitney
Midkiff, So.; Rachel Cavallaro, Sr.