Abilene Christian’s Alex Carpenter and Tarleton State’s Jacqueline Lau were recognized as Lone Star Conference Players of the Year Sunday night as the league’s annual postseason golf awards were announced at the championships banquet, held in conjunction with the LSC Championships in Trophy Club, Texas.

      League officials announced the all-conference teams and individual awards at the banquet. This marks the eighth year for golf’s postseason awards to be voted on by league coaches. Before, all-conference honors had been determined only by results at the LSC tournament.

      Carpenter, who earned player of the year acclaim for the third straight year, won three events and had eight top-10 finishes this season. The junior is the No. 10 ranked player in NCAA Division II with an average score of 71.81.

      Lau finished in the top-10 of every tournament with a 75.71 scoring average. The junior is ranked No. 11 in Division II.

      ACU’s Corbin Renner earned Freshman of Year honors and the Wildcats Mike Campbell was named Coach of the Year for the third consecutive year on the men’s side.

      For the women, Midwestern State’s Brenna Moore picked up Freshman of the Year honors, while the Mustangs Jeff Ray was named Coach of the Year.

      Carpenter was a nearly unanimous choice on the men’s first team All-LSC along with ACU teammates Trey Sullivan and Renner, West Texas A&M’s Ben Hargis and MSU’s Derek Oland.

      Joining Lau on the women’s first team All-LSC was TexAnn teammate Sharon Lau, MSU’s Moore, Incarnate Word’s Flower Castillo and WTAMU’s Alisa White.

      A total of 10 more players were named to the second team for both men and women, while another three men’s players and three women’s players were recognized as honorable mention All-LSC selections.

2012 Men’s Golf All-Conference