The Lone Star Conference recognized 14 student-athletes for their academic achievements Wednesday evening when league officials announced the volleyball academic awards at the LSC Championship banquet.
Angelo State led the selections with five All-Academic honorees including the LSC Academic Player of the Year for the second straight year in Katie MacLeay.
MacLeay, a senior biology major from San Antonio, leads the LSC with 623 digs and 5.28 per set this season. She has 1,774 career digs, which ranks second all-time at ASU.
LSC Champion Tarleton State and West Texas A&M each added two honorees, while Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Texas Woman’s each had one selection.
The All-Academic team is selected by the league’s sports information directors, who select players based on both athletic and academic 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.
MacLeay is joined on the All-Academic team by Rambelle teammates Maggi Jo Keffury, Kelley Hasbrouck, Abbie Lynn, and Brianna Sotello; ENMU’s Courtney Lawson; TAMUK’s Brett Zaccardo; WT’s Lauren Britten and Lexi Davis; TWU’s Torie Talkington; A&M-C’s Taryn Driver; MSU’s Morgan Haire; and TSU’s Macie Walker and Meg Umbel.
In addition to MacLeay, Lawson, Britten, Davis, and Driver were repeat selections.
2015 LSC VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
Team |
Yr. |
Pos. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Katie MacLeay |
Angelo State |
Sr. |
L |
Biology |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Courtney Lawson |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
OH |
Psychology |
Rio Rancho, N.M. |
| Brett Zaccardo |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
So. |
L |
Kinesiology |
Amarillo, Texas |
| Lauren Britten |
West Texas A&M |
Jr. |
L |
Business |
Amarillo, Texas |
| Torie Talkington |
Texas Woman's |
Sr. |
L |
Business Administration |
Emory, Texas |
| Taryn Driver |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Jr. |
OH |
Accounting |
Montgomery, Texas |
| Morgan Haire |
Midwestern State |
So. |
DS |
Mass Communications |
Frisco, Texas |
| Macie Walker |
Tarleton State |
Sr. |
S |
Kinesiology |
Hutto, Texas |
| Maggi Jo Keffury |
Angelo State |
Sr. |
S |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
Arroyo, Calif. |
| Meg Umbel |
Tarleton State |
Sr. |
MB |
Biology |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Kelly Hasbrouck |
Angelo State |
So. |
S/DS |
Exercise Science |
New Braunfels, Texas |
| Abbie Lynn |
Angelo State |
So. |
RS |
Exercise Science |
Amarillo, Texas |
| Lexi Davis |
West Texas A&M |
Sr. |
MB |
Business Management |
Dumas, Texas |
| Brianna Sotello |
Angelo State |
So. |
OH |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
San Antonio, Texas |
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Player of the Year: Katie MacLeay, Angelo State