Texas A&M-Commerce’s Turner Pool and Terra Truitt earned top acclaim Friday as Lone Star Conference officials announced the league's cross country all-academic awards.
Pool was named the LSC Men's Academic Runner of the Year, while Truitt took home LSC Women's Academic Runner of the Year acclaim. Both were voted to the LSC All-Academic team, which recognized 10 runners -- five men and five women -- for both academic and athletic achievement. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.30 cumulative grade point average. The All-Academic teams are voted upon by the league's sports information directors.
Pool was joined on the men’s All-Academic team by teammate Trevor Montgomery, Eastern New Mexico’s Lorenzo Juarez, and Angelo State’s Reese Montgomery and Justice Medina. Pool was honored for the second straight year.
Truitt led the women’s squad that included ASU’s Claudia Ramirez, Midwestern State’s Stefanie Blaine and Sara Smith, and Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Kaitlyn Tharp. Truitt and Ramirez were recognized for the second consecutive year.
All the runners will compete in the LSC Cross Country Championships Saturday, October 22 in Commerce, Texas.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Runner |
Team |
Year |
Major |
Hometown |
| Turner Pool |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Jr. |
Finance & Accounting |
Frisco, Texas |
| Lorenzo Juarez |
Eastern New Mexico |
So. |
Biology |
Lovington, NM |
| Reese Montgomery |
Angelo State |
So. |
Computer Science |
Dalhart, Texas |
| Trevor Montgomery |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
So. |
Kinesiology & Sports Studies |
Whitney, Texas |
| Justice Medina |
Angelo State |
So. |
Communication |
San Antonio |
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Runner of the Year: Turner Pool, Texas A&M-Commerce
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Runner |
Team |
Year |
Major |
Hometown |
| Terra Truitt |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Sr. |
Social Work |
Pampa, Texas |
| Claudia Ramirez |
Angelo State |
Grad |
Curriculum & Instructional |
Del Rio, Texas |
| Stefanie Blaine |
Midwestern State |
So. |
Chemistry |
Arlington, Texas |
| Sara Smith |
Midwestern State |
So. |
Athletic Training |
Dalhart, Texas |
| Kaitlyn Tharp |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
So. |
Marketing |
Dallas, Texas |
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Runner of the Year: Terra Truitt, Texas A&M-Commerce