Angelo State’s Kami Norton and Chevy Robertson were named the Lone Star Conference Academic Athletes of the Year on Friday when league officials announced the LSC's annual academic awards for men's and women's indoor track and field.
Norton, who claimed top honors for the second straight year, led the 11 standouts on the LSC Women’s All-Academic team, while Robertson headlined a group of 11 on the LSC Men’s All-Academic team.
A senior kinesiology major from Albany, Texas, Norton is the Division II leader in the pentathlon with a score of 3,999. She is also ranked nationally in the long jump (6th), 60-meter hurdles (9th) and high jump (14th). Norton has seasonal bests of 8.59 in the 60-meter hurdles, 5-7 (1.70m) in the high jump and 19-7 (5.97m) in the long jump this season. This is her third academic honor as she earned the 2017 LSC Indoor and Outdoor awards as well.
Robertson, a sophomore physics major from Brownwood, Texas, has ran on the 4x400-meter relay twice and the distance medley relay once this season. He helped a relay run a time of 3:23.92 and the DMR to a time of 10:59.01. Robertson has competed in the 400-meters with a season best time altitude converted time of 50.19.
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 Athlete 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.
On the women's team with Norton was fellow Rambelle Kelby Pope; Eastern New Mexico’s Coley Norcross and Danee Bustos; Lubbock Christian’s Journee Cotton and Kaitlin Bell; Tarleton State’s Gretzel Jimenez; Midwestern State’s Mercy Yermo; West Texas A&M’s Nele Heinrich; and Texas A&M-Commerce’s Sarah Hogan and Maddie Shubert.
Joining Robertson on the men's all-academic team were teammates Jacob Reid and Harry Maslen; WT’s Owen Hind; ENMU’s Ezra Bagwell and Lorenzo Juarez; A&M-C’s Florian Obst, Trevor Montgomery, and Dylan Henderson; LCU’s Jacob Nava; and TSU’s Jarred Elizondo.
Overall, 22 men and women were selected to the All-Academic teams including five repeat selections (Norton, Cotton, Bagwell, Reid, and Maslen).
2018 LSC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
MEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Player |
Team |
Yr. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Chevy Robertson |
Angelo State |
So. |
Physics |
Brownwood, Texas |
| Owen Hind |
West Texas A&M |
Sr. |
MBA |
London, England |
| Ezra Bagwell |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
Electric Engineering Technology |
Clayton, New Mexico |
| Florian Obst |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Sr. |
Masters of Business Admin. |
Emmering, Germany |
| Trevor Montgomery |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Jr. |
Kinesiology & Sports Studies |
Whitney, Texas |
| Dylan Henderson |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
So. |
Kinesiology & Sports Studies |
Duncanville, Texas |
| Jacob Nava |
Lubbock Christian |
So. |
Finance |
Abilene, Texas |
| Jacob Reid |
Angelo State |
Jr. |
Exercise Science |
Wall, Texas |
| Jarred Elizondo |
Tarleton State |
So. |
Engineering |
Bandera, Texas |
| Harry Maslen |
Angelo State |
Jr. |
Chemistry |
Ilkley, West Yorkshire |
| Lorenzo Juarez |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
Biology |
Lovington, New Mexico |
LSC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Academic Athlete of the Year: Chevy Robertson, Angelo State
WOMEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Player |
Team |
Yr. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Kami Norton |
Angelo State |
Sr. |
Kinesiology |
Albany, Texas |
| Coley Norcross |
Eastern New Mexico |
Sr. |
Elementary/Special Education |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Journee Cotton |
Lubbock Christian |
So. |
English/Humanities |
Alamogordo, New Mexico |
| Kelby Pope |
Angelo State |
Jr. |
Nursing |
Kerrville, Texas |
| Gretzel Jimenez |
Tarleton State |
So. |
Physical Therapy |
China Spring, Texas |
| Mercy Yermo |
Midwestern State |
So. |
Exercise Physiology |
Bandera, Texas |
| Nele Heinrich |
West Texas A&M |
So. |
Business |
Guben, Germany |
| Sarah Hogan |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
Jr. |
Psychology |
Gatesville, Texas |
| Kaitlin Bell |
Lubbock Christian |
So. |
Humanities |
Gustine, Texas |
| Danee Bustos |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
Communicative Disorders |
Belen, New Mexico |
| Maddie Shubert |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
So. |
Criminal Justice and Sociology |
Rowlett, Texas |
LSC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Academic Athlete of the Year: Kami Norton, Angelo State