Midwestern State’s Nemanja Krtolica was named Academic Player of the Year to headline the Lone Star Conference All-Academic Men’s Basketball Team, that was announced Wednesday by league officials at the LSC Awards Banquet in Allen, Texas.
      Krtolica has played in 27 games averaging 2.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in 12.6 minutes per game for the Mustangs.  The sophomore notched a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds earlier this season against Our Lady of the Lake.
      To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must have reached sophomore status and carry at least a 3.30 grade point average. The All-Academic Team is 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.
      Joining Krtolica on the squad was West Texas A&M’s Eric Golightly Jr. and Ryan Quaid, Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Thomas Diaz, and Western New Mexico’s Emery Range.
      Diaz was recognized for the second straight year.
 
2017 LSC MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS

Player	School	Year	Position	Major	Hometown
Nemanja Krtolica	Midwestern State	So.	Forward	Finance	Banja Luka, Bosnia
Eric Golightly Jr.	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Guard	Sports & Exercise Science	Chickasha, Okla.
Ryan Quaid	West Texas A&M	So.	Guard	Accounting	Fort Collins, Colo.
Thomas Diaz	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	Forward	Management	Bogota, Colombia
Emery Range	Western New Mexico	Sr.	Guard	Business Administration	Grand Rapids, Mich.

 
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
LSC Academic Player of the Year:  Nemanja Krtolica, Midwestern State