Lone Star Conference members Angelo State, Cameron, Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman's each had student-athletes recognized as inaugural recipients of the Division II Athletics Directors Association (DII ADA) Academic Achievement Awards presented by WeatherPORT.

      The Academic Achievement Awards is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.  To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher, have attended the nominating institution a minimum of two years (or four semesters) and have been an active member of his or her intercollegiate team during the 2007-08 academic year.

      Sixty-seven NCAA D-II institutions participated in the program this year with 2,188 student-athletes honored.  TWU had 26 honorees, ASU 23, CU 17 and A&M-C 13.

      LSC student-athletes honored by the D-II ADA were:

Angelo State

Steven Barraza, Men's Cross Country/Track and Field

Kristen Boister, Women's Soccer

Kristene Crockett, Women's Track and Field

Kimber Duncan, Women's Volleyball

Bradley Durst, Baseball

Marianne Glutz, Women's Soccer

Joshua Hammerquist, Football

Brittney Heath, Women's Cross Country/Track and Field

Janna Henderson, Women's Track and Field

Laryssa Hise, Women's Track and Field

Catherine Knaub, Women's Soccer

Amber Korb, Women's Soccer

Lindsey Leatherman, Women's Basketball/Track and Field

Rebecca Martin, Women's Soccer

Whitney Meeks, Softball

Andria Nussey, Women's Cross Country/Track and Field

Christopher Odom, Baseball

Matthew Owens, Football

Vanessa Rodriquez, Softball

Kendall Smith, Men's Cross Country/Track and Field

Lucy Thompson, Women's Soccer

Lauren Weishuhn, Women's Basketball

Christian Willman, Women's Soccer

Cameron

Jarrett Bailey, Baseball

Bryan Nichols, Baseball

Kyle Nyhart, Baseball

Brooks Pollard, Baseball

Jorey Price, Baseball

Megan Atkins, Basketball-Women

Merissa Martinuzzi, Basketball-Women

Mubashar Haidat, Cross Country - Men

Julius Kosgei, Cross Country - Men

Peter Svajlen, Golf-Men

Renee Breeze, Golf-Women

Marrick Wooten, Golf-Women

Jenna Boren, Softball

Ashton McBride, Softball

Viviana Seca, Tennis-Women

Whitney Long, Volleyball

Danielle Thomas, Volleyball

Texas A&M-Commerce

Kelly Logan, MCC, MTR

Tyler Tyndell, MCC, MTR

Brandon Womack, MCC, MTR

Leslea Traylor, WCC, WTR

Timothy Miller, MFB

Daniel Rios, MFB

Lacy Alexander, WSO

Erika Bonola, WSO

Josh Conder, MTR

Anthony Tosie, MTR

Jacquelyn Orr, WVB

Jana Starkweather, WVB

Brittany Williams, WVB

Texas Woman's

Jennifer Schilb, W Basketball

Abby Arledge, W Volleyball

Jessica Crow, W Volleyball

Danielle Veitenheimer, W Volleyball

Kandis Schroeder, W Volleyball

Sharon Schaffner, W Volleyball

Allison  Packer, Softball

Billie  Callahan, Softball

Shian Smitherman, Softball

Megan Peiser, Softball

Carly Case, Softball

Chastity Hayter, W Soccer

Chelsie Kale, W Soccer

Romy Luna, W Soccer

Jacqueline Horner, W Soccer

Alyson Evans, W Soccer

Keri Mille,r W Gymnastics

Leslie Pladson, W Gymnastics

Alexa  Brennan, W Gymnastics

Brittany Parker, W Gymnastics

Brista Michael, W Gymnastics

Amie Boles, W Gymnastics

Amy Hulbert, W Gymnastics

Jennifer Kingsbury, W Gymnastics

Nicole Poling, W Gymnastics

Courtney Templet, W Gymnastics

About DII ADA: The DII ADA is the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities; enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics; and establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the profession of Division II athletics directors. For more information about the DII ADA, please visit www.nacda.com. The DII ADA is administered by NACDA. In its 44th year, NACDA is the professional and educational association for more than 6,500 college athletics administrators at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. More than 2,200 athletics administrators annually attend the NACDA Convention. Additionally, NACDA administers 11 professional associations for the separate business units that report directly to the athletics director.

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