West Texas A&M’s Kilee Halbert topped the Lone Star Conference Softball All-Academic team which was announced at the LSC Softball Championship banquet.

      A sophomore nursing major from Dalhart, Texas, Halbert is 21-1 in the circle for the Lady Buffs.  She boasts a 2.10 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 136.2 innings pitched.  Halbert is the first WT player to earn top academic honors.

      Joining Halbert on the All-Academic Team are teammates Allie Smith and Tori Bayer; Texas A&M-Commerce’s Monica Cherry and Kylene Hatton; Texas Woman's Katy Stephens and Nicole Nordie; Angelo State’s Kelly Johnson and Tarleton State’s Melody Mayse.

        Bayer, Stephens, and Mayse were repeat selections.

        To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 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.
 
2016 LSC SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS

Player	Team	Yr.	Pos.	Major	Hometown
Kilee Halbert	West Texas A&M	So.	P	Nursing	Dalhart, Texas
Allie Smith	West Texas A&M	So.	IF/DP	Broadcast Journalism	Flower Mound, Texas
Tori Bayer	West Texas A&M	Sr.	P	Sports & Exercise Science	Floresville, Texas
Monica Cherry	Texas A&M-Commerce	So.	SS	Sports & Rec Mgmt	Dallas, Texas
Katy Stephens	Texas Woman's	Jr.	1B	Mathematics	Gladewater, Texas
Kylene Hatton	Texas A&M-Commerce	So.	LF	Mathematics	Simi Valley, Calif.
Kelly Johnson	Angelo State	Jr.	OF	Pre-Nursing	Double Oak, Texas
Melody Mayse	Tarleton State	Sr.	OF	Nursing	Grandview, Texas
Nicole Nordie	Texas Woman's	Jr.	SS	Health Studies	Sanger, Texas

LSC Softball Academic Player of the Year: Kilee Halbert, West Texas A&M