The Lone Star Conference recognized 14 student-athletes for their academic achievements Wednesday evening when league officials announced the volleyball academic awards at the LSC Championship banquet.
Angelo State’s Meghan Parker, a junior exercise science major from San Antonio, Texas, headlined the team as the LSC Academic Player of the Year.
Texas A&M-Commerce led the selections with three All-Academic honorees. LSC Champion Tarleton State and Eastern New Mexico each added two honorees, while Angelo State, Cameron, Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas Woman's, UT Permian Basin, and West Texas A&M each had one selection.
The All-Academic team is selected by the league’s sports information directors, who select players based on both athletic and academic 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 Parker was CU’s Paige Dixon; ENMU’s Jennifer Martinez and Jasmine Gannon; MSU’s Sarah Glawe; Tarleton’s Adrianna Knutson and Hannah McManus; A&M-C’s Jaslyn Wacker, Jaryn Wacker, and Shelley Chapron; TAMUK’s Madison Brabham; TWU’s Courtney Noel; UTPB’s Skyler Friel; and WT’s Lindsey Smith.
Jaslyn Wacker and Knutson were named to the squad for the third year, while Parker, Jaryn Wacker, Noel, and Dixon were repeat selections.
2018 LSC VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
Team |
Yr. |
Pos. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Meghan Parker |
Angelo State |
Jr. |
Setter |
Exercise Science |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Paige Dixon |
Cameron |
Sr. |
OH/RS |
Biology |
Paris, Texas |
| Jennifer Martinez |
Eastern New Mexico |
Sr. |
MB |
Political Science |
Lynnwood, Washington |
| Jasmine Gannon |
Eastern New Mexico |
So. |
OH |
Mathematics for Sec. Educ. |
Clovis, New Mexico |
| Sarah Glawe |
Midwestern State |
So. |
Setter |
Early Childhood Dev. |
Allen, Texas |
| Adrianna Knutson |
Tarleton State |
Sr. |
Libero |
Kinesiology |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Hannah McManus |
Tarleton State |
Sr. |
MB |
Kinesiology |
Caldwell, Texas |
| Jaslyn Wacker |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Sr. |
MB |
Accounting |
Austin, Texas |
| Jaryn Wacker |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Sr. |
OH |
Finance and Spanish |
Austin, Texas |
| Shelley Chapron |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Jr. |
MB |
Public Health |
Houston, Texas |
| Madison Brabham |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
Sr. |
OH |
Business Marketing |
Kingwood, Texas |
| Courtney Noel |
Texas Woman's |
Jr. |
MB |
Mathematics |
Nederland, Texas |
| Skyler Friel |
UT Permian Basin |
Jr. |
MB |
Kinesiology |
Rowlett, Texas |
| Lindsey Smith |
West Texas A&M |
Jr. |
MB |
Psychology |
Fort Worth, Texas |
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Player of the Year: Meghan Parker, Angelo State