Midwestern State’s Vjekoslav Stipanic
and Northeastern State’s Michaela Romanova were named
Men’s and Women’s Academic Players of the Year,
respectively, to highlight the Lone Star Conference tennis academic
awards announced Thursday by league officials.
Stipanic earned Academic Player of the Year acclaim
for his success on the courts and in the classroom. He led
the team which also included Mustangs teammate Daniel McMullan,
Cameron’s Thomas Peixoto and Diego Troiano, East
Central’s Andres Nunez and Abilene Christian’s Bryan
Joiner.
Romanova claimed Academic Player of the Year honors
on the women’s side for her work on the court and in the
classroom. She was joined on the team by fellow RiverHawks
Karolina Cichon and Zuzanna Osinska, ACU’s Natalie Friend,
Central Oklahoma’s Julia Shviadok and ECU’s Julia
Arguello.
In addition to these six men and six women being
named to the LSC's All-Academic Teams, four men and eight women
were named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in recognition of
their excellence in the classroom. In all, 24 student-athletes were
distinguished.
To be eligible for LSC academic honors,
student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average and
have reached sophomore status both athletically and academically.
The Academic Player of Year award and All-Academic Team are
selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the
league's sports information directors voting on the basis of both
academic and athletic achievement. All qualifying student-athletes
not selected for the All-Academic Team are then named to the
Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2010 LSC TENNIS ALL-ACADEMIC
AWARDS
MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC
TEAM
Player
Team
Yr. Major
Hometown
Vjekoslav
Stipanic
Midwestern
State
Jr. Mech.
Engineering
Tivat, Montenegro
Thomas
Peixoto
Cameron
So.
Agriculture
Campo Grande, Brazil
Andres
Nunez
East
Central
Jr. Business
Finance
Santiago, Chile
Bryan
Joiner
Abilene
Christian
Jr.
Finance
Lubbock, Texas
Diego
Troiano
Cameron
Sr.
Economics
Dracena, Brazil
Daniel
McMullan
Midwestern
State
Jr. Mech.
Engineering
Houston, Texas
LSC Men’s Tennis
Academic Player of the Year: Vjekoslav Stipanic,
Midwestern State
MEN’S
COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL
Abilene Christian:
Cody McCarty, So.; Karl Bein, Jr.;
East Central:
Carlos Muro, So.;
Southeastern
Oklahoma: Oriol Cortes, So.
WOMEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC
TEAM
Player
Team
Yr. Major
Hometown
Michaela
Romanova Northeastern
State
Jr.
Finance
Kosice,
Slovakia
Natalie
Friend
Abilene Christian
Jr.
Nutrition
Tulsa, Okla.
Julia
Shviadok
Central Oklahoma
So. Actuarial
Science
Brest, Belarus
Karolina
Cichon
Northeastern State
Jr. Health
Services
Skarzysko-Kamienna,
Poland
Zuzanna
Osinska
Northeastern State
Sr. Health &
Kinesiology Warsaw,
Poland
Julia
Arguello
East
Central
Sr. Mass Communications
Corientes, Argentina
LSC Women’s Tennis
Academic Player of the Year: Michaela Romanova,
Northeastern State
WOMEN’S
COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL
Abilene Christian:
Lauren White, Jr.;
Cameron: Carolina
Mullor, Sr.;
Central Oklahoma:
Lacy Caldwell, Jr.;
East Central:
Kendra Coltrain, Jr.; Noelia Caballero, Sr.;
Midwestern State:
Kaja Banas, Sr.;
Southeastern
Oklahoma: Sara Schmidt, So.; Mayra Leal, So.