Incarnate Word pitcher Kirk Jewasko topped the Lone Star Conference Baseball All-Academic Team, as the league’s annual postseason awards were announced at the championship banquet Friday night held prior to the start of the LSC baseball championship in Abilene, Texas.
Jewasko was named Academic Player of the Year to headline the All-Academic team. He was joined by Cardinal teammates Ethan Lutz and Steven Vidaurri, East Central’s Dylon Howard, Tarleton State’s Tim Rainey, Eastern New Mexico’s Mike Medina and Mitch Wolfe, Southwestern Oklahoma’s Nelson Espinal and West Texas A&M’s Zach Walker.
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.
2011 LSC BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
Team |
Yr. |
Pos. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Kirk Jewasko |
Incarnate Word |
Jr. |
P |
Business Admin. |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Dylon Howard |
East Central |
Sr. |
OF |
Biology |
Ada, Okla. |
| Tim Rainey |
Tarleton State |
Sr. |
OF |
Kinesiology |
Royce City |
| Mike Medina |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
3B |
Criminal Justice |
Las Cruces, N.M. |
| Nelson Espinal |
Southwestern Oklahoma |
Sr. |
1B |
Accounting |
Carolina, PR |
| Ethan Lutz |
Incarnate Word |
Jr. |
P |
Computer Info. Sys. |
Bandera, Texas |
| Mitch Wolfe |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
1B |
History |
Litchfield Park, Ariz. |
| Zach Walker |
West Texas A&M |
Jr. |
P |
General Business |
Dallas, Texas |
| Steven Vidaurri |
Incarnate Word |
Sr. |
OF |
Engineering Mgmt. |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
LSC Baseball Academic Player of the Year: Kirk Jewasko, Incarnate Word