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Cross Country: All-Academic teams released

UT Permian Basin’s Nicholas Wittkopp and West Texas A&M’s Aubrey Watson earned top honors Thursday as Lone Star Conference officials announced the league's cross country all-academic awards.

      Wittkopp was named the LSC Men's Academic Runner of the Year, while Watson took home LSC Women's Academic Runner of the Year acclaim.  Both were voted to the LSC All-Academic team, which recognized 10 runners -- five men and five women -- for both academic and athletic achievement. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.30 cumulative grade point average.  The All-Academic teams are voted upon by the league's sports information directors.

      Wittkopp led the men’s squad with Tarleton State’s Jarred Elizondo, Texas A&M-Commerce’s Sergio Marcuello, Western New Mexico’s Michael Anzures, and Cameron’s Steffen Riestenpatt.

      Watson was joined on the women’s All-Academic team by Tarleton’s Gretzel Jimenez, A&M-C’s Brandi Stalder, Midwestern State Mercy Yermo, and Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Jade Guerrero.

      The runners will compete in the LSC Cross Country Championships Saturday, November 3 in Canyon, Texas.
 
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Runner  Team   Year  Major  Hometown
Nicholas Wittkopp UT Permian Basin Sr. Kinesiology Dove, Texas
Jarred Elizondo Tarleton State Jr. Engineering  Bandera, Texas
Sergio Marcuello Texas A&M-Commerce Sr. Business Administration Cuenca, Spain
Michael Anzures Western New Mexico So. Kinesiology Seboyeta, New Mexico
Steffen Riestenpatt Cameron So. Biology Bissendorf, Germany

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Runner of the Year: Nicholas Wittkopp, UT Permian Basin


WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Runner  Team   Year  Major  Hometown
Aubrey Watson West Texas A&M Jr. Sports and exercise science Amarillo, Texas
Gretzel Jimenez Tarleton State Jr. Physical Therapy China Spring, TX
Brandi Stalder Texas A&M-Commerce Jr. Environmental Science Sanger, Texas
Mercy Yermo Midwestern State So. Exercise Physiology Bandera, Texas
Jade Guerrero Texas A&M-Kingsville Sr. Environmental Engineering Corpus Christi, Texas

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Runner of the Year: Aubrey Watson, West Texas A&M