Texas A&M-Commerce wide receiver Taylor Fore topped the 2011 Lone Star Conference football academic awards, which were announced by league officials on Thursday.
Fore, a senior kinesiology major from Fort Worth, Texas, was selected as Academic Player of the Year. He led the Lions in receptions (58) and receiving yards (561) and is tied for second in the LSC in catches per game (5.8) and 10th in average yards per game (56.1).
A total of 11 players were named to the LSC All-Academic Team, which recognizes both academic and athletic achievement.
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 honors, student-athletes must have played in at least 50 percent of team’s contests, reached sophomore athletic and academic standing (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible), completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution, and have a minimum 3.30 cumulative grade point average based on the 4.0 system for his/her entire collegiate career.
With Fore on the All-Academic Team was West Texas A&M’s Dustin Vaughan and Aaron Mullane, Angelo State’s Blake Hamblin and Nate Bayless, Texas A&M-Kingsville’s James Cannell, Midwestern State’s Tyler Maner, Eastern New Mexico’s Wesley Wood and Seth Bailey, Abilene Christian’s Thor Woerner, and Incarnate Word’s Charles Segura.
2011 LSC FOOTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
Team |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Taylor Fore |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Sr. |
WR |
Kinesiology |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| Dustin Vaughan |
West Texas A&M |
So. |
QB |
Pre-Medicine |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Blake Hamblin |
Angelo State |
So. |
QB |
Business |
Rowlett, Texas |
| James Cannell |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
Grad |
DT |
Accounting |
El Campo, Texas |
| Tyler Maner |
Midwestern State |
Sr. |
DB |
Finance |
Fredericksburg, Texas |
| Wesley Wood |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
QB |
Mathematics Educ. |
Muleshoe, Texas |
| Nate Bayless |
Angelo State |
Grad |
TE |
Business |
Burkburnett, Texas |
| Thor Woerner |
Abilene Christian |
So. |
LB |
Physical Science |
Marble Falls, Texas |
| Charles Segura |
Incarnate Word |
Jr. |
OG |
Accounting |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Aaron Mullane |
West Texas A&M |
Jr. |
OL |
Pre-Medicine |
Amarillo, Texas |
| Seth Bailey |
Eastern New Mexico |
So. |
WR |
Ag. Business & Math |
Texico, N.M. |
Special Recognition
Academic Player of the Year: Taylor Fore, Texas A&M-Commerce