Abilene Christian’s Alex Carpenter and
Tarleton State’s Carla Cooper were honored as Lone Star
Conference Players of the Year Sunday night as the league’s
annual postseason golf awards were announced at the championships
banquet, held in conjunction with the LSC Championships at WinStar
Golf Course.
League officials announced the
all-conference teams and individual awards at the banquet. This
marks the sixth year for golf’s postseason awards to be voted
on by league coaches. Before, all-conference honors had been
determined only by results at the LSC tournament.
Carpenter has recorded three wins
along with five top-10 finishes in nine tournaments with a 71.77
scoring average. With eight top-17 finishes, the freshman is
ranked No. 1 in the South Central Region by Golfstat.
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Cooper, the reigning player of
the year, has won four tournaments this year with a 74.5 scoring
average. The top-rated player in the West Region and No. 4 in
the country, she has finished in the top-10 of every tournament to
help the TexAnns win six team titles.
ACU’s Carpenter also earned
Freshman of Year honors and the Wildcats Mike Campbell was named
Coach of the Year for the men.
On the women’s side,
Northeastern State’s Whitney McAteer picked up Freshman of
the Year honors, while the TexAnns Jerry Doyle was named Coach of
the Year.
Carpenter was the unanimous
choice on the men’s first team All-LSC and was joined by ACU
teammate Cyril Bouniol, Midwestern State’s Travis Klutts,
Cameron’s Jason Timmis and Central Oklahoma’s Andrew
Green.
Cooper headlined the list on the
women’s first team All-LSC, along with Angelo State’s
Raelyn Smith, NSU’s McAteer and Tarleton teammates Jacqueline
Lau and Melanie Tham.
A total of 10 more players were
named to the second team for both men and women, while another
eight men’s players and seven women’s players were
recognized as honorable mention All-LSC selections.
2010 Men’s Golf All-Conference
FIRST TEAM
Player
Team
Year
Hometown
Alex
Carpenter
Abilene Christian
Fr.
Little Rock, Ark.
Cyril
Bouniol
Abilene Christian
Jr.
France
Travis
Klutts
Midwestern State
Jr.
Lake Kiowa, Texas
Jason
Timmis
Cameron
Jr.
Stokes-on-Trent
Andrew
Green
Central
Oklahoma
So.
Edmond, Okla.
SECOND TEAM
Player
Team
Year
Hometown
Adam
Carpenter
Abilene Christian
Fr.
Little Rock, Ark.
Zac
Pool
East Central
Sr.
Poteau, Okla.
Robbe
Trout
Cameron
Sr.
Whitesboro, Texas
Chad
Bryant
Midwestern State
So.
Newcastle, Okla.
Danny
Jun
Texas
A&M-Commerce
Sr.
Langley, B.
C.
HONORABLE MENTION
Abilene Christian: Tyler Sheppard, Jr.;
Cameron: Brett Leavell, Sr.;
Central Oklahoma: Dillon Rust, R-Fr;
Northeastern State: Brady Wood, Sr.; Kyle
Fouts, Fr.;
Southeastern Okla.: Boston Brittain, Sr.;
Southwestern Okla.: Brad Leeper, Sr.;
West Texas A&M: Colin Cruz, Jr.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Player of the Year: Alex Carpenter, Abilene
Christian
Freshman of the
Year: Alex Carpenter, Abilene
Christian
Coach of the Year:
Mike Campbell, Abilene Christian
2010 Women’s Golf All-Conference
FIRST TEAM
Player
Team
Year
Hometown
Carla
Cooper
Tarleton State
Jr.
Arlington, Texas
Raelyn
Smith
Angelo State
Sr.
Odessa, Texas
Whitney
McAteer
Northeastern State
Fr.
Jenks, Okla.
Jacqueline
Lau
Tarleton State
Fr.
Malaysia
Melanie
Tham
Tarleton State
Jr.
Malaysia
SECOND TEAM
Player
Team
Year
Hometown
Andrea
Lowe
Tarleton State
Sr.
Joshua, Texas
Cassy
Knight
Central
Oklahoma
Sr.
Tahlequah, Okla.
Hammerli
Sriyai
West Texas A&M
So.
Bangkok
Katie
Miller
Northeastern State
Sr.
Turpin, Okla.
Katy
Ward
Tarleton State
So.
Aledo, Texas
HONORABLE MENTION
Angelo
State: Krista Czarnecki, Fr.;
Cameron: Kass McGrath, Sr.;
Central
Oklahoma: Erica Bensch,
So.; Midwestern State: Kendra Whittley,
Fr.; Kyla Whittley, Jr.;
Northeastern
State: Liz Cagle, Sr.; West Texas
A&M: Sara Coe, So.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Player of the Year: Carla Cooper, Tarleton State
Freshman of the
Year: Whitney McAteer, Northeastern State
Coach of the Year:
Jerry Doyle, Tarleton State
