Tarleton State quarterback Zed Woerner topped the 2016 Lone Star Conference football academic awards, which were announced by league officials on Friday.
Woerner, a junior kinesiology major from Marble Falls, Texas, was named the Academic Player of the Year.
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 Woerner on the All-Academic Team was Texan teammate Cody Burtscher; West Texas A&M’s Dillon Vaughan and Garrett Neuman; Angelo State’s Rance Layton and Grant Aschenbeck; Texas A&M-Commerce’s Kristov Martinez and Justice Luce; Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Aundra Long; Oklahoma Panhandle State’s Sequoia Smith; and Eastern New Mexico’s Brad Hardin.
Burtscher is a three-time all-academic honoree, while Woerner, Vaughan and Neuman are repeat selections.
2016 LSC FOOTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
Team |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Zed Woerner |
Tarleton State |
Jr. |
QB |
Kinesiology |
Marble Falls, Texas |
| Cody Burtscher |
Tarleton State |
Sr. |
LB |
Bio-Medical Science |
Glen Rose, Texas |
| Dillon Vaughan |
West Texas A&M |
Jr. |
OL |
Finance |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Garrett Neuman |
West Texas A&M |
Jr. |
OL |
Business Management |
Hondo, Texas |
| Rance Layton |
Angelo State |
Grad. |
OL |
Integrated Agribusiness |
Seminole, Texas |
| Kristov Martinez |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
So. |
K |
Management |
Edinburg, Texas |
| Aundra Long |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
Sr. |
OL |
History |
Huntsville, Texas |
| Grant Aschenbeck |
Angelo State |
So. |
LB |
Integrated Agribusiness |
East Bernard, Texas |
| Sequoia Smith |
Oklahoma Panhandle State |
So. |
DE |
Animal Science |
Boyd, Texas |
| Justice Luce |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
So. |
WR |
Psychology |
Lucas, Texas |
| Brad Hardin |
Eastern New Mexico |
So. |
LB |
Physical Education |
Aztec, N.M. |
Special Recognition
Academic Player of the Year: Zed Woerner, Tarleton State