West Texas A&M sophomore
Noah Pagotto is the 2025 Lone Star Conference Men’s Basketball Academic Player of the Year and leads the five-player Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team announced by the Conference on Wednesday (March 5).
Majoring in Pre-Engineering, Pagotto carried a 4.0 grade-point average and has earned LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll citation in each of his three semesters at WT. A 6-7 guard from Wollongong, Australia, Pagotto leads the Buffs in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and is second among scorers (14.0 ppg) with starts in all 28 games. Pagotto was an LSC All-Freshman Team pick a year ago
Pagotto is joined on the 2025 LSC Men’s Basketball All-Academic team by Xavion Brown, DBU; Ty Caswell and Aaron Gonzales, Lubbock Christian; and Nikolaus Gustavson, UT Tyler.
Gonzales is a three-time and Caswell a two-time LSC Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team member.
The Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team, selected by vote of the LSC sports information directors, recognizes student-athlete accomplishments in the classroom and in their sport 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.
Pagotto will be a candidate for the 2024-25 LSC Fred Jacoby Academic Athlete of the Year award to be announced in June.
2025 LSC Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team
Academic Player of the Year: Noah Pagotto, West Texas A&M
| Player |
Team |
Yr |
Pos |
Field of Study |
Hometown |
| Xavion Brown |
DBU |
Jr. |
G |
Kinesiology |
Sacramento, Calif. |
| Ty Caswell |
Lubbock Christian |
Gr. |
F |
Accounting |
Wichita Falls, Texas |
| Aaron Gonzales |
Lubbock Christian |
Sr. |
G |
Mathematics |
Spring, Texas |
| Nikolas Gustavson |
UT Tyler |
Sr. |
G |
Computer Science |
Helsinki, Finland |
| Noah Pagotto |
West Texas A&M |
So. |
G |
Pre-Engineering |
Wollongong, Australia |