Texas A&M-Commerce’s Alex Shillow topped the 2019 Lone Star Conference football academic awards, announced by league officials on Friday.
Shillow, a graduate student MBA major from Pflugerville, 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 Shillow on the All-Academic Team was teammate Dominique Ramsey; Angelo State’s Josh Jacks, Lawson Ayo, Payne Sullins, and Blake Harrison; Eastern New Mexico’s Wyatt Strand and Charles Countee; Tarleton State’s Brant Bailey; UT Permian Basin’s Chris Hoad; and Western New Mexico’s Anthony Harper.
Jacks is a three-time all-academic honoree, while Strand and Bailey were repeat selections.
2019 LSC FOOTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
Team |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Josh Jacks |
Angelo State |
Grad |
OL |
Business Administration |
Round Rock, Texas |
| Lawson Ayo |
Angelo State |
Sr. |
WR |
Marketing |
Sunnyvale, Texas |
| Payne Sullins |
Angelo State |
Grad |
QB |
Business Administration |
Gatesville, Texas |
| Blake Harrison |
Angelo State |
Grad |
OL |
Business Administration |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| Wyatt Strand |
Eastern New Mexico |
Grad |
QB |
Math & Agri. Sciences |
Logan, N.M. |
| Charles Countee |
Eastern New Mexico |
Grad |
DB |
Business Administration |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Brant Bailey |
Tarleton State |
Sr. |
TE |
Kinesiology |
Eastland, Texas |
| Alex Shillow |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Grad |
S |
Sports Management/MBA |
Pflugerville, Texas |
| Dominique Ramsey |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Jr. |
DB/RS |
Math & Elec. Engineering |
Converse, Texas |
| Chris Hoad |
UT Permian Basin |
Sr. |
LB |
Criminology |
Leander, Texas |
| Anthony Harper |
Western New Mexico |
Sr. |
OL |
History |
Stockton, Calif. |
Special Recognition
Academic Player of the Year: Alex Shillow, Texas A&M-Commerce