Lone Star Conference champion Abilene Christian had 16 first-team selections and five individual award winners honored Friday when the annual football awards for the league's South Division were announced by LSC officials.

      The Wildcats, who claimed its first outright LSC crown since 1973 with a perfect 10-0 season, had 11 players on the first-team offense and five more on the top defense, plus two-time Offensive Back of the Year Bernard Scott, Offensive Lineman of the Year Tony Washington, Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year and Freshman of the Year Aston Whiteside and Coach of the Year Chris Thomsen.  ACU is the No. 1 seed in Super Region Four and has a first-round bye before hosting a second-round game on Saturday, November 22.

      West Texas A&M had 17 players honored on the first- and second-teams with nine on offense and eight on defense.  The Buffaloes (10-1) are the fourth seed and will host No. 5 seed Central Washington (10-1) this Saturday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Division II playoffs.  The winner of the game advances to the second round to play against top seed ACU in Abilene, Texas.

      WTAMU had three earn special awards with Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year Eugene Sims, two-time Linebacker of the Year Jared Brock and Receiver of the Year Charly Martin.

      Texas A&M-Kingsville had nine first- and second-teamers including Defensive Back of the Year Jabir Perkins and Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, while Tarleton State put eight total players on the top two teams.

      Midwestern State had two first-team and one second-team pick, while Angelo State had one on each team and Eastern New Mexico had one second-teamer.

      Overall, 102 student-athletes were recognized by the LSC's postseason awards program, with 34 players named to the first team, 30 on the second team and another 38 gaining honorable mention. The all-conference honors were selected by the head coaches of the seven South Division teams.

2008 LSC SOUTH DIVISION FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

Player                          Team               Pos.         Year     Hometown

Billy Malone                ACU                QB           Sr.        Paris, Texas

Bernard Scott               ACU                RB           Sr.        Vernon, Texas

Roderick Smith            TSU                 RB           Jr.        Mesquite, Texas

Emery Dudensing        ACU                FB            So.       Rule, Texas

Charly Martin              WTAMU          WR          Sr.        Farmington, N.M.

Johnny Knox               ACU                WR          Sr.        Houston, Texas

Jareko Taylor               TAMUK          WR          Sr.        Detroit, Mich.

Edmund Gates             ACU                WR          So.       Vernon, Texas

Trey Simeone              ACU                TE           Jr.        Plano, Texas

Kendrick Holloway      ACU                TE           Sr.        Dallas, Texas

Jason Watson               ASU                 TE           Sr.        Ennis, Texas

Joseph Thompson       ACU                OG           Sr.        Dallas, Texas

Devin Livingston         TSU                 OG           Sr.        San Antonio, Texas

Markeith Wesley          TAMUK          OG           Jr.        Navasota, Texas

Tony Washington        ACU                OT           Jr.        New Orleans, La.

J'Marcus Webb            WTAMU          OT           Jr.        Mesquite, Texas

Sam Collins                 ACU                C              Sr.        Denton, Texas

Matt Adams                 ACU                PK           Sr.        Abilene, Texas

Garrett Lindholm         TSU                 PK           Jr.        Pflugerville, Texas

BeeJay Mathis              MSU                RS            Jr.        Dallas, Texas

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

Player                          Team               Pos.         Year     Hometown

Broderick Marshall      WTAMU          DT           Jr.        Austin, Texas

Todd Zoglmann           MSU                DT           Sr.        Owasso, Okla.

Aston Whiteside          ACU                DE           R-Fr.    Vernon, Texas

Vantrise Studivant       ACU                DE           Sr.        Riviera Beach, Fla.

Mike Kern                   ACU                ILB          Sr.        Leander, Texas

Marcus Phillips            TSU                 ILB          Jr.        Humble, Texas

Jared Brock                  WTAMU          OLB         Sr.        Abernathy, Texas

Fred Thompson           ACU                OLB         So.       Houston, Texas

Tramaine Wright          TSU                 CB           Sr.        Everman, Texas

Bralon Davis                WTAMU          CB           Jr.        Dallas, Texas

Tony Harp                   ACU                S              Jr.        San Antonio, Texas

Jabir Perkins                TAMUK          S              Sr.        Irving, Texas

Darnell Johnson           WTAMU          S              Sr.        Killeen, Texas

Cody Smith                  TAMUK          P              Jr.        Kingwood, Texas

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

Player                          Team               Pos.         Year     Hometown

Keith Null                    WTAMU          QB           Sr.        Lampassas, Texas

Daniel Thomas            ASU                 RB           Sr.        Taylor, Texas

Keithon Flemming       WTAMU          RB           So.       Mesquite, Texas

George Murray            TSU                 FB            Sr.        Stephenville, Texas

Seth Hayden                WTAMU          WR          Sr.        Picayune, Miss.

Ryan Lincoln               TAMUK          WR          So.       Bastrop, Texas

Jonathan Ferguson       ACU                WR          Sr.        Belton, Texas                  

Damian Couthren         TAMUK          WR          So.       Bastrop, Texas

Tanner Maher              TSU                 TE           Jr.        Mount Claire, Calif.

Devo Dorsey               WTAMU          OG           Sr.        Corinth, Miss.

Royland Tubbs            ACU                OG           So.       Angleton, Texas

Trevis Turner              ACU                OT           So.       Dallas, Texas

Eldridge Sims              MSU                OT           Sr.        Compton, Calif.

Tommy Crowley          WTAMU          C              Sr.        Kailua, Hawaii

James Chandler            WTAMU          PK           Jr.        London

Wayne McKnight         WTAMU          RS            Sr.        Cedar Hill, S.C.

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

Player                          Team               Pos.         Year     Hometown

Ron Green                   ENMU             DT           Sr.        Lakeland, Fla.

Jimmy Saddler-McQueen    TAMUK          DT           Jr.        Houston, Texas

Eugene Sims                WTAMU          DE           Jr.        Mt.Olive, Miss.

Jamaal Steamer            TSU                 DE           Jr.        Temple, Texas

Mike Martinez             TAMUK          ILB          Sr.        Calallen, Texas

Eldon Grimslid            WTAMU          ILB          Sr.        Holmen, Wis.

Bryson Lewis              ACU                OLB         So.       Dallas, Texas

John Reeves                 TAMUK          OLB         Jr.        Bay City, Texas

Alex Harbison             ACU                CB           Jr.        Pinole, Calif.

Craig Harris                 ACU                CB           Jr.        Bellville, Texas

Jeremy Hibbler            ENMU             S              Sr.        Amarillo, Texas

Nick Fellows                ACU                S              Sr.        Dallas, Texas

Curtis Jefferson           WTAMU          S              R-Fr.    Houston, Texas

Cort Johnson               WTAMU          P              Sr.        Amarillo, Texas

SPECIAL AWARDS

Offensive Back of the Year

Bernard Scott, ACU

Receiver of the Year

Charly Martin, WTAMU

Offensive Lineman of the Year

Tony Washington, ACU

Defensive Back of the Year

Jabir Perkins, TAMUK

Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year

Aston Whiteside, ACU,

Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, TAMUK,

and Eugene Sims, WTAMU

Linebacker of the Year

Jared Brock, WTAMU

Freshman of the Year

Aston Whiteside, ACU

Coach of the Year

Chris Thomsen, ACU

HONORABLE MENTION

Player                  Team       Pos. Year

Dillion Sullivan    MSU        OG   Jr.

Jorge Guerra        TAMUK  OT   Jr.

Lance Calloway   MSU        C      Jr.

Dustin Washburn TSU         C      Jr.

Carl Johnson        WTAMU  TE   Sr.

Jesse Poku           ENMU     WR  So.

Darian Dale          ENMU     WR  Fr.

James Davis         MSU        WR  Sr.

Andy Tanner       MSU        WR  Jr.

Billy Garza           TAMUK  QB   Sr.

Marcus Mathis     MSU        RB   So.

Billy Martin         TAMUK  RB   Sr.

Travis Evans       TSU         RS    Sr.

Jabir Perkins        TAMUK  RS    Sr.

Clavens Charles   TAMUK  RS    Sr.

T.J.Nickelberry    WTAMU  DT   Sr.

Cody Smith          ASU         DT   So.

Kellen Belcher     MSU        DT   Sr.

Brandon Swain    WTAMU  DE   Sr.

Jarrell Warren      MSU        DE   Sr.

Alonzo Horton     TSU         DE   Jr.

Jimmy Lugo         TAMUK  DE   Jr.

Tyrrell Herndon   TAMUK  DE   Sr.

Nathan Uland       ENMU     ILB  So.

Jacob Martin        MSU        ILB  Sr.

Jordan Cortez       ASU         ILB  Sr.

Eric Edwards       ACU        ILB  So.

Edward Cantrell   ASU         OLB Sr.

Darius Borrtters   MSU        OLB Sr.

Texavier Henry    ENMU     OLB Jr.

Antoine Cumby   MSU        CB   Jr.

Derrick Thomas   TAMUK  CB   R-Fr.

Eric John             TAMUK  CB   Jr.

Drew Cuffee        ACU        CB   Fr.

Micah Hill            MSU        CB   So.

Herman Walker    MSU        S      Sr.

Kyle Hopf            TSU         P      Jr.

Ben White            MSU        P      Sr.