Thirty-five members of the graduating class of 2026 are recipients of the Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athlete Award presented by the Conference and the student-athlete's institution.
 
Each academic year, the Conference presents a Scholar-Athlete Award to one male and one female student-athlete who is a member of the graduating class at each LSC institution. Award recipients are selected by their campus and represent outstanding accomplishments in scholarship, athletics, and leadership. Honorees must have participated for at least two years in their sport.
 
In addition to representing each of the 18 Lone Star Conference institutions, the 2025-26 award recipients competed on 16 of the 19 championship sports sponsored by the league. Included are College Sports Communicators Academic All-America and All-District honorees; LSC Academic Athletes of the Year and All-Academic team members as well as All-Conference award recipients.
 
Among the Class of 2026 honorees also individuals who received All-Conference awards and athletes who led their respective teams to NCAA Division II national and regional titles in addition to LSC tournament and season championships.
  
Class of 2026 Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athletes
 

Scholar-Athlete	Institution	Field of Study	Sport	Hometown
Ireland Ferguson	Angelo State	Marketing	Volleyball	Venice, Fla.
Austin Beck	Angelo State	MBA	Baseball	Allen, Texas
Jenna Goessel	Cameron	Psychology	Tennis	Munich, Germany
Will Bradley	Cameron	Accounting	Baseball	Norman, Okla.
Parker Coe	DBU	Education	Soccer	Carrollton, Texas
Xavion Brown	DBU	MS Kinesiology	Basketball	Sacramento, Calif.
Julieta Ceja	Eastern New Mexico	Electronics Engineering Tech	Basketball	Jiquilpan, Michoacán
Christian Griego	Eastern New Mexico	Physical Education	Football	Los Lunas, N.M.
Lily Bickley	Lubbock Christian	Biology	Volleyball	Fort Worth, Texas
Kelly Giese	Lubbock Christian	Management	Tennis	Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Lillia Besedin	Midwestern State	General Business	Soccer	Gilbert, Ariz.
Seth Bearden	Midwestern State	MS Sports Administration	Golf	Crowell, Texas
Jill Dickson	Oklahoma Christian	Marketing Management	Softball	Edmond, Okla.
Kameron Shropshire	Oklahoma Christian	Mechanical Engineering	Track and Field	Poteau, Okla.
Kylen Padgett	St. Edward's	Business Administration	Softball	Huffman, Texas
Mason Courtney	St. Edward's	Biology/Health Professions	Basketball	Clifton Park, N.Y.
Courtney McClellan	St. Mary's	Criminology	Stunt	New Braunfels, Texas
Luke Mulkey	St. Mary's	Management	Soccer	Parker, Texas
Ariana Escalante	Sul Ross State	Biology	X-Country, Basketball	El Paso, Texas
Joseph Binder	Sul Ross State	Kinesiology/Education	Baseball	Missouri City, Texas
Janize Castillo	Texas A&M International	Business	Soccer	Albuquerque, N.M.
Eddie Saenz	Texas A&M International	Kinesiology/Exercise Science	Baseball	Laredo, Texas
Madison Ramos	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Education	Track and Field	Port Isabel, Texas
Jack Turner	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Business Management	Football	Round Rock, Texas
Gabby Elliott	Texas Woman's	Kinesiology	Basketball	San Antonio, Texas
Claire Pollack	UT Dallas	Biology	Softball	League City, Texas
Benjamin Dubois	UT Dallas	Psychology	Tennis	Bromont, Quebec
Natalia Salas	UT Permian Basin	Management	Soccer	San Jose, Costa Rica
Ben Patterson	UT Permian Basin	Petroleum Engineering	Football	Fort Worth, Texas
Juliane Frueh	UT Tyler	Economics	Track & Field	Munich, Germany
Carel Wessel	UT Tyler	Finance	Tennis	Bucharest, Romania
Emily Liskai	West Texas A&M	Political Science	Softball	Waterville, Ohio
Isaac Botsio	West Texas A&M	Environmental Science	Track & Field	Takoradi, Ghana
Alexandria Klemke	Western New Mexico	Business Marketing	Golf	Goodyear, Ariz.
Diego Diaz	Western New Mexico	Accounting	Football	Frisco, Texas