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LSC Track & Field All-Academic team announced

Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Bryce Martin, and West Texas A&M’s Zach Daniel and Bri Leeper were named Lone Star Conference Academic Athletes of the Year on Wednesday when league officials announced the LSC’s annual academic awards for men’s and women’s outdoor track and field.

      Martin and Daniel shared the men’s top honor, while Leeper earned the women’s highest academic honor.

      Martin and Daniel led a group of 11 track and field stars on the LSC Men’s All-Academic Team, while Leeper was joined by 11 standouts on the LSC Women’s All-Academic Team.

      A junior civil engineering major from Salado, Texas, Martin has a pole vault marking of 15-10 (4.83m) that ranks him 3rd in the LSC and 32nd in Division II.

      A junior sport and exercise sciences major from Crane, Texas, Daniel ran the fifth-fastest 5,000 meters in school history at the Texas Relays (14:47.16), and has a personal best time of 4:00.34 in the 1,500 meters.

      A senior broadcasting and electronic media major from Amarillo, Texas, Leeper currently ranks eighth in the LSC and 29th in the nation in the 200 meters with a time of 24.46.  The two-time Elite 89 winner also runs the second leg for the 4x100 meter relay (45.47) that ranks second in the nation.

      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 based on both academic and athletic achievement.

      On the men’s all-academic team with Martin and Daniel was TAMUK’s James Passely; WT’s John Ferrin and Jacob Norris; Tarleton State’s Jordan Jones and Dylan Willett; Angelo State’s Jacob Reid and Asael Arad; and Texas A&M-Commerce’s Turner Pool and Louis Simon.

      Martin and Daniel were repeat selections.

      Joining Leeper on the women’s side was teammates Libby Strickland, Jasmine Pitts, and Sommer Wilder; TSU’s Aly Coughlin; ASU’s Claudia Ramirez, Morgan Rodgers, and Amber Graham; A&M-C’s Terra Truitt; TAMUK’s Mariah Noyola; and ENMU’s Alexis Aguirre and Amber Saiz.

      Leeper and Strickland claimed a spot on the all-academic team for the third consecutive year.

      Overall, 23 men and women were selected to the All-Academic teams.
 
2016 LSC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
 
MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Player Team Yr. Major  Hometown
Bryce Martin Texas A&M-Kingsville Jr. Civil Engineering  Salado, Texas
Zach Daniel  West Texas A&M Jr. Sport and exercise sciences Crane, Texas 
Jordan Jones Tarleton State Sr. Criminal Justice Stephenville, Texas
Dylan Willett Tarleton State Sr. Family & Cons Sciences San Antonio, Texas
Jacob Reid Angelo State So. Exercise Science Wall, Texas
Asael Arad Angelo State Sr. International Business Shapira, Raanana, Israel
Turner Pool Texas A&M-Commerce So. Finance/Accounting Frisco, Texas
James Passely Texas A&M-Kingsville Jr. Architectural Engineering Portland, Jamaica 
John Ferrin West Texas A&M So. History Amarillo, Texas 
Jacob Norris West Texas A&M Jr. Sport and exercise sciences Forney, Texas
Louis Simon Texas A&M-Commerce So. Management Rostock, Deutschland
 
LSC Men’s Track & Field Academic Players of the Year: Bryce Martin, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Zach Daniel, West Texas A&M                                      
 

 
WOMEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Player Team Yr. Major  Hometown
Bri Leeper West Texas A&M Sr. Broadcasting/Elec Media Amarillo, Texas
Aly Coughlin Tarleton State Sr. Kinesiology Rockwall, Texas
Libby Strickland West Texas A&M Sr. Health Science Amarillo, Texas
Claudia Ramirez Angelo State Sr. Curriculum & Instruction Del Rio, Texas
Jasmine Pitts West Texas A&M Jr. Psychology Midlothian, Texas
Terra Truitt Texas A&M-Commerce Jr. Interdisciplinary Studies Pampa, Texas
Morgan Rodgers Angelo State So. Pre-Nursing Hamlin, Texas
Sommer Wilder West Texas A&M So. Psychology Canyon, Texas
Alexis Aguirre Eastern New Mexico So. Biology Artesia, N.M.
Mariah Noyola Texas A&M-Kingsville So. Management  Harlingen, Texas
Amber Graham Angelo State Sr. Kinesiology Cisco, Texas
Amber Saiz Eastern New Mexico Sr. Biology Belen, N.M.
 
LSC Women’s Track & Field Academic Player of the Year: Bri Leeper, West Texas A&M