Abilene Christian’s Tyler Sheppard was tabbed Academic Player of the Year and joined four others on the All-Academic Team Monday night as Lone Star Conference officials announced the academic honors for men’s golf at the championship awards banquet.
Sheppard, a senior finance major from Midland, Texas, earned the league’s top academic honor and was joined by Wildcat teammates Adam Carpenter and Cyril Bouniol, Incarnate Word’s Josh Hart and Southwestern Oklahoma’s Dakota Brown on the team.
Sheppard has been in the hunt looking for his first collegiate win with two top-10 finishes including a runner-up finish in the fall at the Queens Invitational at TPC Sawgrass.
To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average and be at least a sophomore, both academically and athletically. 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.
2011 Men’s Golf All-Academic Team
Player Team Year Major Hometown
Tyler Sheppard Abilene Christian Sr. Finance Midland, Texas
Josh Hart Incarnate Word Sr. Banking & Finance Castroville, Texas
Adam Carpenter Abilene Christian So. Finance Little Rock, Ark.
Cyril Bouniol Abilene Christian Sr. Management Laloubere, France
Dakota Brown Southwestern Oklahoma So. Pre-Pharmacy Mt. Vernon, Mo.
LSC Men’s Golf Academic Player of the Year: Tyler Sheppard, Abilene Christian