Texas A&M-Commerce’s Kristov Martinez headlined the 2018 Lone Star Conference football academic awards, announced by league officials on Friday.
Martinez, a senior secondary education and business administration major from Edinburg, Texas, earned Academic Player of the Year honors.
A total of 11 players were named to the LSC All-Academic Team, which recognizes both academic and athletic achievement.
The All-Academic Team is selected by the league's sports information directors, who vote on the basis of both academic and athletic achievement. To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must have played in at least 50 percent of team’s contests, reached sophomore athletic and academic standing (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible), completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution, and have a minimum 3.30 cumulative grade point average based on the 4.0 system for his/her entire collegiate career.
Joining Martinez on the All-Academic Team was Lion teammate Garrett Blubaugh; Angelo State’s Josh Jacks and Grant Aschenbeck; Eastern New Mexico’s Russell Montoya and Wyatt Strand; Midwestern State’s Jacob Sherrill and Layton Rabb; Tarleton State’s Brant Bailey; and West Texas A&M’s John Cummings and Michael Whitfield.
Martinez and Aschenbeck are both three-time all-academic honorees, while Jacks, Sherrill, Rabb, Blubaugh, Whitfield, and Montoya were repeat selections.
2018 LSC FOOTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
Team |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Josh Jacks |
Angelo State |
OL |
Jr. |
Biology |
Round Rock, Texas |
| Grant Aschenbeck |
Angelo State |
LB |
Grad |
Business Administration |
East Bernard, Texas |
| Russell Montoya |
Eastern New Mexico |
WR |
Sr. |
Accounting |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Wyatt Strand |
Eastern New Mexico |
QB |
Jr. |
Math & Agricultural Science |
Logan, New Mexico |
| Layton Rabb |
Midwestern State |
QB |
Sr. |
Finance |
Llano, Texas |
| Jacob Sherrill |
Midwestern State |
LB/LS |
Sr. |
Pre-Med |
Burleson, Texas |
| Brant Bailey |
Tarleton State |
TE |
Jr. |
Kinesiology |
Eastland, Texas |
| Kristov Martinez |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
K |
Sr. |
Sec. Educ./Business Admin. |
Edinburg, Texas |
| Garrett Blubaugh |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
LB |
Sr. |
Biological Sciences |
Keller, Texas |
| John Cummings |
West Texas A&M |
P |
Grad |
Criminal Justice |
Plano, Texas |
| Michael Whitfield |
West Texas A&M |
OL |
Grad |
Criminal Justice |
Odessa, Texas |
Special Recognition
Academic Player of the Year: Kristov Martinez, Texas A&M-Commerce