Abilene Christian's Ryan Hudson was named Lone Star Conference men's tennis Player of the year on Thursday as the annual awards were announced.

      Hudson was the choice for men's top player and earned first team All-LSC honors as well.

      The all-conference honors were voted upon by the head coaches at each LSC member institution for the first time in 2008.  Previously, the results of the LSC Individual Championships Tournament determined the team.

      Individual awards went to East Central's Cristobal Nunez and Southeastern Oklahoma's Benjamin Disney for Sportsmanship Player of the Year, Midwestern State's Vjekoslav Stipanic and SOSU's Nikita Ryshchenko for Freshman of the Year, Cameron's Daniel Pazos for Newcomer of the Year and the Aggies James Helvey for Coach of the Year.

      A total of 21 student-athletes from five member institutions were recognized through the LSC's all-conference program.

ALL-CONFERENCE MEN'S SINGLES

Athlete                                       School                                     Year     Hometown

Ryan Hudson                            Abilene Christian                    Jr.        Abilene, Texas

Jordi Mullor                              Cameron                                  Sr.       Mexico

Juan Nunez                               Abilene Christian                    Jr.        Torreon, Mexico

Pyotr Sitnikov                           East Central                             Jr.        Moscow, Russia

Daniel Pazos                             Cameron                                  Jr.        Venezuala

Nicolas Mascheroni                  Cameron                                  Sr.       Uruguay

Cristobal Nunez                        East Central                             Jr.        Santiago, Chile

Benjamin Disley                        Southeastern Oklahoma          So.       Shropshire

ALL-CONFERENCE MEN'S DOUBLES

Athlete                                       School                                     Year     Hometown

Ryan Hudson                            Abilene Christian                    Jr.        Abilene, Texas

Juan Nunez                               Abilene Christian                    Jr.        Torreon, Mexico

Daniel Pazos                             Cameron                                  Sr.       Venezuala

Jordi Mullor                              Cameron                                  Sr.       Mexico

Cristobal Nunez                        East Central                             Jr.        Santiago, Chile

Camilo Munoz                          East Central                             Jr.        Santiago, Chile

Cristian Easton                          Cameron                                  Jr.        Chile

Nicolas Mascheroni                  Cameron                                  Sr.       Uruguay

MEN'S SPECIAL AWARDS

Player of the Year: Ryan Hudson, Abilene Christian

Sportsmanship Player of the Year: Cristobal Nunez, East Central

and Benjamin Disley, Southeastern Oklahoma

Freshman of the Year: Vjekoslav Stipanic, Midwestern State

and Nikita Ryshchenko, Southeastern Oklahoma State

Newcomer of the Year: Daniel Pazos, Cameron

Coaches of the Year: James Helvey, Cameron

MEN'S HONORABLE MENTION

Abilene Christian: Luke Hawk, So.; Joey Farias, Jr.; Hutton Jones Jr., Jr.;

Cameron: Agustin Criado, Sr.; Southeastern Oklahoma: Nikita Ryashchenko, Fr.;