Abilene Christian claimed the Academic Player of the Year awards as Ryan Hudson was the pick on the men's side and Meagan Brown took top honors for the women to highlight the Lone Star Conference tennis academic awards announced Friday by league officials.

      Hudson earned Academic Player of the Year acclaim for his work on the courts and in the classroom.  He was joined on the men's team by Midwestern State's Travis Stegner and John Svard, East Central's Colin Helton and Southeastern Oklahoma's Danilo Hiraoka and Marcos Freitas.

      On the women's side, ACU's Brown took Academic Player of the Year honors for her success on the court and in the classroom.  She led the team which also included her teammate Irene Squillaci, Tarleton State's Melanie Zilles, Central Oklahoma's Dominika Kovacikova, SOSU's Deanna Brooks and Northeastern State's Emina Spirtovic.

      In addition to these six men and six women being named to the LSC's All-Academic Teams, four men and 15 women were named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in recognition of their excellence in the classroom. In all, 31 student-athletes were distinguished.

      To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.20 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 on the basis of both academic and athletic achievement. All qualifying student-athletes not selected for the All-Academic Team are then named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2008 LSC TENNIS ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS

MEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

    Player                    Team                                      Yr.       Major                  Hometown

    Ryan Hudson       Abilene Christian                 Jr.        Biochemistry    Abilene, Texas

    Travis Stegner      Midwestern State                 So.      Finance             Wichita Falls, Texas

    John Svard           Midwestern State                 So.      Finance             Lerum, Sweden

    Colin Helton         East Central                          So.      Psychology       Fort Worth, Texas

    Danilo Hiraoka     Southeastern Oklahoma    So.      Business           Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Marcos Freitas     Southeastern Oklahoma    Jr.        HPER                 Sao Paulo, Brazil

LSC Men's Tennis Academic Player of the Year: Ryan Hudson, Abilene Christian

MEN'S COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL

AbileneChristian: Hutton Jones Jr., Jr.; East Central: Chris Kriel, Sr.; Mitch Sholty, So.;

Southeastern Oklahoma: Matt Kelso, Jr.

WOMEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

    Player                            Team                                  Yr.   Major                          Hometown

    Meagan Brown            Abilene Christian             Sr.   Health-Sciences      Sprinfield, Mo.

    Melanie Zilles               Tarleton State                   Jr.    Management            Leverkusen, Germany

    Irene Squillaci              Abilene Christian             So.  Business                   Foz De Iguacu, Brazil

    Dominika Kovacikova    Central Oklahoma       Sr.   Biology                      Pretoria, South Africa

    Deanna Brooks            Southeastern Oklahoma        So.      Occupational S&H       Dripping Springs, Texas

    Emina Spirtovic           Northeastern State          So.  Psychology               Stockholm, Sweden

LSC Women's Tennis Academic Player of the Year: Meagan Brown, Abilene Christian

WOMEN'S COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL

AbileneChristian: Aleksandra Vucic, Jr.; Sarah Drummond, Jr.;

Central Oklahoma:  Kasey Adams, Jr.; Amy Cabato, Jr.; Julie Vo, Jr.; Dasha Titkina, Sr.;

East Central: Erin Miller, So.; Julia Arguello, So.; Karlien Lotter, Sr.;  

MidwesternState: Ann Sophie Indeherberge, So.; Melissa dos Prazeres-Silva, Jr.;

Southeastern Oklahoma: Amber Thompson, So.; Jenna Newton, Sr.;

TarletonState: Jade Charlot, So.; Shannon Jordan, Sr.