Lone Star Conference Academic Runners of the Year Lexi Maul of West Texas A&M and Adam Whitehead of DBU lead the 2024 LSC Cross Country All-Academic Team list announced by the conference on Monday (Nov. 11).
 
A junior from Pampa, Texas, Maul is majoring in sports and exercise science and carries a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average. She has earned LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in each of her four semesters. During the 2024 cross country season, Maul placed 20th at the LSC Championships, recording her season-best 6k time (22:31.38) and helping the Lady Buffs claim a second straight LSC women’s cross country title. Over her career, Maul has competed at both the NCAA South Central Regional and Division II national championship meets.
 
Whitehead, a two-time LSC All-Academic Team honoree (2023, ’24), is a mathematics major and carries a 3.83 grade-point average. A senior from Gilbert, Ariz., Whitehead has earned LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll citations eight times. Whitehead recorded his 2024 season-best 8k time at the LSC Championships (24:39.8), placing 11th to earn his third all-conference finish and help the Patriots to a fifth-place team showing. Whitehead has competed in four NCAA South Central Regional meets, including the 2024 race.
 
Maul is joined on the LSC All-Academic women’s team by DBU runners senior Emme O’Donnell, a three-time All-Academic honoree, and sophomore Lesli Salas; Kinley Cornelson, a Lubbock Christian sophomore; and junior Finley Hunting from UT Tyler.
 
In addition to Whitehead, the LSC All-Academic men's team includes sophomore Alfons Raawall of Lubbock Christian; St. Edward’s senior Omar Guzman and sophomore Hogan Heikkinen; and sophomore Michael Castorena of Western New Mexico.
 
The All-Academic Team, selected by vote of the LSC sports information directors, recognize student-athlete accomplishments in the classroom and on the cross country course. To be eligible for the All-Academic Team ballot, individuals must maintain a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average and have reached sophomore athletic eligibility.
 
Both Maul and Whitehead will be candidates for the LSC Fred Jacoby Academic Athlete of the Year awards announced in June.
 

2024 LSC Cross Country All-Academic Team
Honorees listed alphabetically by team
 
Women’s All-Academic
Academic Runner of the Year Lexi Maul, West Texas A&M
 

Emme O’Donnell	DBU	Sr.	Biology	Port Lavaca, Texas
Lesli Salas	DBU	So.	Commercial Art	San Angelo, Texas
Kinley Cornelsen	Lubbock Christian	So.	Exercise Science	Canyon, Texas
Finley Hunting	UT Tyler	So.	Psychology	San Antonio, Texas
Lexi Maul	West Texas A&M	Jr.	Sports & Exercise Science	Pampa, Texas

Men’s All-Academic
Academic Runner of the Year: Adam Whitehead, DBU
 

Adam Whitehead	DBU	Sr.	Mathematics	Gilbert, Ariz.
Alfons Raawall	Lubbock Christian	So.	Economics	Goteborg, Sweden
Omar Guzman	St. Edward’s	Sr.	Biochemistry	Buda, Texas
Hogan Heikkinen	St. Edward’s	So.	Marketing	Dallas, Texas
Michael Castorena	Western New Mexico	So.	Business/Accounting	El Paso, Texas