West Texas A&M’s Ryan Quaid was named Academic Player of the Year to headline the Lone Star Conference All-Academic Men’s Basketball Team, that was announced Wednesday by league officials at the LSC Awards Banquet in Frisco, Texas.
      Joining Quaid on the squad was teammate Rylan Gerber, UT Permian Basin’s Josh Morris and Sammy Allen, and Western New Mexico’s Alex Gonzalez-Alvarez.
      Quaid was recognized for the second straight year.
      To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must have reached sophomore status and carry at least a 3.30 grade point average. The All-Academic Team is 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.
 
2018 LSC MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS

Player	School	Year	Position	Major	Hometown
Josh Morris	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Forward	Criminology	Newark, New Jersey
Sammy Allen	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Guard	Criminology	Oakland, California
Ryan Quaid	West Texas A&M	Jr.	Guard	Accounting	Fort Collins, Colorado
Rylan Gerber	West Texas A&M	Grad	Guard	Sports & Exercise Science	Dumas, Texas
Alex Gonzalez-Alvarez	Western New Mexico	So.	Guard	Mathematics	Madrid, Spain

 
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
LSC Academic Player of the Year:  Ryan Quaid, West Texas A&M
 
LSC Academic Player of the Year         
2018.... Ryan Quaid, West Texas A&M
2017.... Nemanja Krtolica, Midwestern State
2016.... Jakob Damstra, Tarleton State
2015.... Jakob Damstra, Tarleton State
2014.... Kyle Lantz, Eastern New Mexico
2013.... Andrew Davis, Texas A&M-Commerce
2012.... Andrew Davis, Texas A&M-Commerce
2011.... Tyler Phillips, Central Oklahoma
2010.... Kallan Glasgow, Cameron
2009.... David Thomas, Central Oklahoma
2008.... Tyler Cooper, West Texas A&M
2007.... Tyler Cooper, West Texas A&M
2006.... Tyler Cooper, West Texas A&M
2005.... Justin James, Midwestern State