Central Oklahoma pitcher Alli Blake and Abilene Christian pitcher Kim McDonald highlighted the Lone Star Conference North and South Division All-Academic teams, respectively; as the league's annual softball academic awards were announced Wednesday by LSC officials.

      For the second straight year, Blake was the North Division Academic Player of the Year, while McDonald picked up South Division Academic Player of the Year honors.

      Blake was joined by 12 other stars on the LSC North Division All-Academic Team, while eight others joined McDonald on the South Division All-Academic Team.  Furthermore, 32 more softball players were named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

      To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.20 grade point average and have reached sophomore status both athletically and academically. The Academic Player of Year award and All-Academic Team are 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. All qualifying student-athletes not selected for the All-Academic Team are then named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll.

      In all, 54 softball players were distinguished through the league's academic awards program, including at least one from all 14 softball-playing member institutions.

      On the North All-Academic Team along with Blake were teammates Hillary Brandt and Meagan Campbell, Cameron's Jenna Boren and Whitney Richardson, Northeastern State's Shaelyn Moore, Aimee Bohannan, Kelsey Totten and Lauren Rome, Midwestern State's Kirsten Stonecipher and Katie Petersen, and Southeastern Oklahoma's Jami McAdoo and Ashley Graham.

      Joining McDonald on the South Division All-Academic Team were
Angelo State's Whitney Meeks, Macy Baker and Brittney Cargill, Texas Woman's Billie Callahan and Allie Packer, Tarleton State's Kelli Gayle and West Texas A&M's Erin Hartigan.

2008 LSC SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS

NORTH DIVISION ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Player, Pos.                              Team                                      Yr.   Major                                Hometown

Alli Blake, P                              Central Oklahoma              Sr.   Public Relations               Oklahoma City, Okla.

Jenna Boren, C                        Cameron                               Jr.    Biology                              Waurika, Texas

Shaelyn Moore, OF                 Northeastern State              Jr.    Medical Tech.                  Sapulpa, Okla.

Aimee Bohannan, SS             Northeastern State              Sr.   Health Performance       Owasso, Okla.

Kristen Stonecipher, 3B         Midwestern State                 Sr.   Exer. Psychology             Flower Mound, Texas

Hillary Brandt, P/OF               Central Oklahoma              Sr.   Nursing                              Edmond, Okla.

Jami McAdoo, P                      Southeastern Oklahoma    Jr.    General Studies                Rush Springs, Okla.

Whitney Richardson, OF        Cameron                               Sr.   Chemistry                         Gunter, Texas

Katie Petersen, P                      Midwestern State                 So.  Undecided                         Plano, Texas

Kelsey Totten, UT                   Northeastern State              Sr.   Marketing                         Shawnee, Okla.

Lauren Rome, C/OF               Northeastern State              Sr.   Management                    Pottsboro, Texas

Ashley Graham, OF                Southeastern Oklahoma    Sr.   Psychology                       Grand Prairie, Texas

Meagan Campbell, OF           Central Oklahoma              Sr.   Marketing                         Broken Arrow, Okla.

LSC North Division Softball Academic Player of the Year: Alli Blake, University of Central Oklahoma

NORTH DIVISION COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL

Cameron: Ashton McBride, So.; Courtney Clifford, So.; Central Oklahoma: Molly Shivers, So.;

Brittany Zimmerman, So.; East Central:  Laura Kuestersteffen, Jr.; Midwestern State: Lauren Craig, So.; Ashley Kuchenski, Sr.;  Northeastern State: Kaci Berg, Sr.; Southeastern Oklahoma:  Rachel Lynn, Sr.; Rachel Sill, Sr.; Lesley Boyd, Sr.; Southwestern Oklahoma:  Kaci Carpenter, Jr.; Meghan Browning, Jr.;

Teryn Mazurkewich, Sr.; Keri Glidewell, Jr.; Megan McGill, Sr.; Alex Zukerman, Jr.; Stacey Creger, So.;

Erin Hutton, Sr.

SOUTH DIVISION ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Player, Pos.                              Team                                      Yr.   Major                                Hometown

Kim McDonald, P                   Abilene Christian                 Sr.   Comm. Disorders             College Station, Texas

Whitney Meeks, OF                Angelo State                         Sr.   Int'l Business                    Denton, Texas

Billie Callahan, OF                  Texas Woman's                   So.  Kinesiology                       Austin, Texas

Macy Baker, SS                       Angelo State                         Jr.    Kinesiology                       Crowley, Texas

Allie Packer, P                          Texas Woman's                   So.  Psychology                       Grapevine, Texas

Brittney Cargill, 1B/P              Angelo State                         Sr.   Kinesiology                       Garland, Texas

Kelli Gayle, SS                         Tarleton State                      Sr.   Pre-Physical Therapy      Angleton, Texas

Erin Hartigan, IF                      West Texas A&M                Jr.    Broadcasting                    Omaha, Neb.

Courtney Rigamonti, P           Texas A&M-Kingsville       Jr.    Agriculture, Pre-Vet         Victoria, Texas

LSC South Division Softball Academic Player of the Year: Kim McDonald, Abilene Christian University

SOUTH DIVISION COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL

Angelo State: Vanessa Rodriguez, Sr.; Kristen Frye, So.;

Abilene Christian: Jessica Johnson, Sr.; Nancy Sawyers, So.; Kim Partin, Jr.;

Eastern New Mexico: Kristen Cruickshank, So.;

Tarleton State:  Nicole Cone, Jr.; Ashley Hitt, So.; Tamra Bradley, Jr.;

Texas Woman's: Tiffanie Boone, Jr.; Shian Smitherman, Jr.;

West Texas A&M: Amber Farr, So.; Breanna Adams, Jr.;