Eastern New Mexico’s Ezra Bagwell and Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Racheal Somoye were tabbed Lone Star Conference Academic Athletes of the Year on Wednesday when league officials announced the LSC’s annual academic awards for men’s and women’s outdoor track and field.
 
      Bagwell, who was also the 2019 LSC Indoor Track and Field Academic Athlete of the Year, earned the men’s highest academic honor, while Somoye earned the women’s top honor.
 
      The Greyhounds Bagwell led a group of 11 track and field stars on the LSC Men’s All-Academic Team, while the Javelinas Somoye headlined 11 standouts on the LSC Women’s All-Academic Team.
 
      To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average and have reached sophomore status both athletically and academically. The Academic Player of Year award and All-Academic Team are selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the league’s sports information directors voting based on both academic and athletic achievement.
 
      On the men’s all-academic team with Bagwell was Angelo State’s Harry Maslen; Cameron’s Steffen Riestenpatt; DBU’s Trent Phelps; Lubbock Christian’s Jacob Nava and Josh Ybarra; Texas A&M-Commerce’s Trevor Montgomery; Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Lane Michna; and West Texas A&M’s Giovanni Pieters and Briggs Wittlake.
 
      Bagwell becomes a three-time honoree, while Maslen and Nava are repeat selections.
 
      Joining Somoye on the women’s side was teammate Madeleine Maltais; ASU’s Jordan Nash and Taylor Hall; DBU’s Leah Lewis and Micaela Lamb; ENMU’s Caroline Bachman; Midwestern State’s Mercy Yermo; Tarleton’s Gretzel Jimenez; A&M-C’s Maggie Waites; and WT’s Fatim Affessi
 
      Nash, Yermo, Jimenez, Maltais, and Affessi claimed a spot on the all-academic team for the second straight year.
 
      Overall, 22 men and women were selected to the All-Academic teams.

2019 LSC OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
 
MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Player	Team	Yr.	Major	Hometown
Isaiah Martin	Angelo State	Grad	Coaching, Rec., Sport and Fitness Admin.	San Antonio, Texas
Harry Maslen	Angelo State	Sr.	Chemistry	Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Steffen Riestenpatt	Cameron	Jr.	Biology	Bissendorf, Germany
Trent Phelps	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Kinesiology	Tyler, Texas
Ezra Bagwell	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	Electronics Engineering	Clayton, N.M.
Jacob Nava	Lubbock Christian	So.	Finance	Abilene, Texas
Josh Ybarra	Lubbock Christian	Jr.	Business Administration	San Antonio, Texas
Trevor Montgomery	Texas A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Human Performance	Whitney, Texas
Lane Michna	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Jr.	Agribusiness	Lorena, Texas
Giovanni Pieters	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Master of Business Admin.	Aalter, Belgium
Briggs Wittlake	West Texas A&M	So.	Biology	Amarillo, Texas

LSC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Academic Athlete of the Year: Ezra Bagwell, Eastern New Mexico
 

Player	Team	Yr.	Major	Hometown
Jordan Nash	Angelo State	Grad	Coaching, Rec., Sport and Fitness Admin.	Grandview, Texas
Taylor Hall	Angelo State	Grad	Coaching, Rec., Sport and Fitness Admin.	Abilene, Texas
Leah Lewis	Dallas Baptist	Jr.	Education	College Station, Texas
Micaela Lamb	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Accounting	Glendora, California
Caroline Bachman	Eastern New Mexico	So.	Biology	Grants, New Mexico
Mercy Yermo	Midwestern State	Jr.	Humanities & Exer. Physiology	Bandera, Texas
Gretzel Jimenez	Tarleton State	Jr.	Physical Therapy	China Spring, Texas
Maggie Waites	Texas A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Biological Sciences	Vicksburg, Mississippi
Racheal Somoye	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	Business Administration	Houston, Texas
Madeleine Maltais	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Jr.	Chemical Engineering	Corpus Christi, Texas
Fatim Affessi	West Texas A&M	Jr.	Psychology	Geneva, Switzerland

 
LSC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Academic Athlete of the Year: Racheal Somoye, Texas A&M-Kingsville