A total of 38 student athletic trainers were honored by the Lone Star Conference on Wednesday as the league announced its annual Athletic Training Student Academic Award winners for 2008-09.

      Each academic year, the LSC recognizes student athletic trainers who devote numerous hours to assist with the operation of the athletics department while also finding the time to excel in the classroom. To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student athletic trainers must carry at least a 3.20 grade point average with a minimum of 24 semester hours at the nominating institution. The qualifications mirror those required of student-athletes to gain LSC All-Academic recognition.

      This year's honorees represent six of the LSC's 15 member institutions, with East Central having a league-high 11 honorees.  Southwestern Oklahoma added nine selections, while Angelo State had seven recipients, Tarleton State five, West Texas A&M four and Texas A&M-Commerce two.

      This year's LSC Athletic Training Student Academic Award recipients are:

Angelo State: David Lee,    Jillian Giannandrea Mustion, Sara Meadows, Scott E. Itz, Lauren Hogwood, Nikki Briseno, Chelsea Procter.

East Central: Brittany Jones, ShaRetta Enyim, Jessica Fixico, Ashlee Burger, Nicole Sanchez, Timothy Arnold, Jason Acosta, Amber Scheck, Amanda Cowan, Kacey Laird, Kyle Walls.

Southwestern Oklahoma: Heather Hock, Kayla Nieman, Paula Harry, James Stephens, Morgan Brewer, Stetson Schmitt, Lindsay Carson, Lauren Gladden, Madelynn Sayers.

Tarleton State: Charla Arendt, Will Hooper, Abby Houston, Chase Remini, Meredith York.

Texas A&M-Commerce: Tim Neal, Jerica Coleman.

West Texas A&M: Charles Legmeg, Shila Province, Rebecca Walker, Joshua Bowles.