The annual Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athlete Award winners for 2008-09 were announced on Wednesday, with 29 student-athletes honored by league officials.

      Each academic year, the LSC presents a Scholar-Athlete Award to one male and one female student-athlete at each member institution. These student-athletes are selected as representatives of the outstanding accomplishments in athletics, scholarship and leadership that are displayed on each LSC campus during the year.

      To be eligible for consideration, student-athletes must have participated at least two years in their sport and must have exhausted their athletic eligibility.

      Besides representing each of the league's 15 member institutions, this year's recipients represent nine of the 16 sports that are sponsored by the conference.  Basketball had the most Scholar-Athletes with five selections.

      The 2008-09 Scholar-Athletes led their respective teams to four conference championships and two LSC divisional titles. 

      Texas is home for 12 of the honorees, with eight from Oklahoma, two from New Mexico and one each from Utah, Kentucky, Louisiana, Canada, France, Chile and Poland.

      This year's LSC Scholar-Athlete Award recipients are:

         Member Institution    Scholar-Athlete                Sport(s)             Hometown

               Abilene Christian    Camille Vandendriessche   Track and Field    Paris, France  

                                              Audrey Maxwell-Lively       Basketball            Abilene, Texas

                     Angelo State    Christopher Odom               Baseball              Frisco, Texas

                                              Amber Korb                         Soccer                Sandy, Utah

                            Cameron    Jenna Boren                        Softball                Waurika, Okla.

                                              Cristian Easton                    Tennis                 Santiago, Chile               

              Central Oklahoma    Mallory Markus                    Basketball            Kingfisher, Okla.

                                              Andrew Foshee                  Baseball              Guthrie, Okla.

                       East Central    Tyler Pybas                         Baseball              Ringling, Okla.

                                              Laura Kuestersteffen         Softball                Konawa, Okla.

         Eastern New Mexico    Jacob Wiklund                     CC/Track&Field    Cloudcroft, N.M.

                                              Hillary Gintowt                     Soccer                Gallup, N.M.

              Midwestern State    Allison Schreiber                 Volleyball             Windthorst, Texas

                                              Brannon Calvert                  Soccer                Pryor, Okla.

            Northeastern State    Zuzanna Osinska                Tennis                 Warsaw, Poland            

                                              Jeff Cox                              Golf                     Norman, Okla.

    Southeastern Oklahoma    Deana Brooks                     Tennis                 Dripping Springs, Texas

                                              Ryan Bowen                       Baseball              Cameron, Okla.

Southwestern Oklahoma      Kaci Carpenter                    Softball                Murray, Ky.

                                              Scott Kulczycki                   Golf                     Regina, Saskatechewan

                    Tarleton State    Marlin Cloudy                       Basketball            Center, Texas

                                              Emily Richardson                 Volleyball             Georgetown, Texas

     Texas A&M-Commerce    Logan Kelly                         Track and Field    Van Alstyne, Texas

                                              Melissa DoRemus                Soccer                Mesquite, Texas

       Texas A&M-Kingsville    LaKeisha Jones                  Basketball            Winnsboro, La.

                                              Abel Garcia                         Track and Field    Del Rio, Texas

                Texas Woman's    Kandis Schroeder               Volleyball             Windthorst, Texas

              West Texas A&M    Jared Brock                         Football                Abernathy, Texas

                                              Emily Brister                        Basketball            Amarillo, Texas