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LSC trio cited for 2025 Division II President's Award for Academic Excellence

 
Lone Star Conference members Oklahoma Christian University, the University of Texas at Dallas and Texas Woman’s University have been recognized with the 2025 NCAA Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence and lead the list of conference institutions and sport programs recognized for classroom achievement in the latest Academic Success Rate data released by NCAA Division II.
 
The Presidents' Award for Academic Success recognizes Division II institutions who recorded an Academic Success Rate (ASR) at or above 90 percent. The awards are presented for a 15th year and tracked student-athlete progress and graduation over the last six academic years (2018-2024). In 2025, 43 Division II institutions were recognized with the President's Award for Academic Excellence.
 
"The Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence highlights what makes Division II truly distinctive — our unwavering commitment to the full success of our student-athletes," said Colleen Perry Keith, president at Goldey-Beacom College and president of the Division II Executive Board. "Achieving a 90 percent Academic Success Rate is an extraordinary accomplishment, and these institutions exemplify the balance of academic achievement, competitive excellence and personal growth that defines Division II."
 
Oklahoma Christian is a two-time recipient of the Academic Excellence Award and posted an ASR of 92 encompassing all its athletics teams over the latest six-year reporting period. Two of the Eagles' sport programs – women's basketball and volleyball – tallied perfect 100 percent ASRs followed by men’s soccer (97 ASR), women’s cross country/track & field (96 ASR) and softball (95 ASR).
 
LSC newcomer UT Dallas earned a second consecutive Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence posting a 91 percent ASR. The Comets had three sport programs with perfect 100 ASRs -- men’s and women’s cross country/track and field, and women’s golf. Seven UTD programs posted better than 90 percent ASRs led by women’s basketball (97 ASR), softball (96 ASR) and volleyball (95 ASR).
 
Texas Woman’s is a first-time recipient of the Academic Excellence Award and posted a 90 percent ASR encompassing all its athletics teams over the six-year reporting period. The Pioneers' softball (95 ASR) and volleyball (90 ASR), programs carried ASR scores of 90 or better. TWU’s non-LSC gymnastics program recorded a perfect 100 ASR.
 
For the third year, the LSC posted its highest by single sport ASR in women's golf (89) with four teams recording a perfect 100 ASR. Men’s tennis followed at an 85 ASR (three teams with a 100), softball at an 84 ASR (two teams with a 100) and women's tennis at an 83 ASR (two teams with a 100).
 
Sixty-one LSC athletics programs recorded an ASR at or above 90 percent, including 22 teams with a perfect 100 ASR and an additional 39 teams scoring between a 90-99 percent ASR.
 
LSC sport programs achieving a perfect 100 percent ASR (22 total).
  • Angelo State: Women's Tennis
  • Cameron: Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Softball, Men’s Tennis
  • DBU: Men’s Golf
  • Lubbock Christian: Women's Basketball
  • Oklahoma Christian: Women's Basketball, Volleyball
  • St. Edward’s: Volleyball
  • St. Mary's: Women's Golf, Softball, Men’s Tennis, Women's Tennis
  • Sul Ross State: Men's Soccer
  • UT Dallas: Women’s Golf, Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field
  • UT Tyler: Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Volleyball
  • Western New Mexico: Women's Golf
 
LSC sport programs with an ASR of 90-99 percent (39 total).
  • Angelo State: Baseball, Women's Golf, Volleyball
  • DBU: Men’s Basketball, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Volleyball
  • Lubbock Christian: Men's Basketball, Volleyball
  • Midwestern State: Men’s Golf
  • Oklahoma Christian: Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Women's Soccer, Softball
  • St. Edward's: Men's Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Men's Soccer, Softball
  • St. Mary's: Baseball, Women's Soccer, Volleyball
  • Texas A&M International: Men’s Soccer
  • Texas Woman's: Softball, Volleyball
  • UT Dallas: Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Softball, Women’s Tennis, Volleyball
  • UT Permian Basin: Men’s Tennis, Women's Tennis
  • UT Tyler: Baseball, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Softball, Women's Tennis
 
Notes
  • Calculation of the NCAA Division II ASR includes student-athletes who initially enroll or transfer into an institution and removes those who left the school in good academic standing. The most recent Academic Success Rate for student-athletes who entered college from the 2015-2018 years shows 77 percent of Division II student-athletes graduated within six years of their initial enrollment.
  • The students in the most recently added cohort (2018 entry) would typically have been in the second semester of their sophomore academic year when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.
 
The Lone Star Conference is committed to providing an elite competitive athletic environment for its NCAA Division II member institutions and nurturing its student-athletes' academic excellence, ethical and social development, and fostering leadership and community engagement. Founded on April 25, 1931, the LSC began as a five-member conference of Texas-based schools and is now an 18-member league spanning three states – Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The LSC conducts conference championships in 19 sports (nine men and 10 women).