Lone Star Conference regular season champion West Texas A&M had four first-team selections on the All-LSC volleyball team announced by league officials Wednesday evening during a banquet at the LSC Championship.

      WTAMU, which posted a flawless 13-0 league record and is hosting of the LSC Volleyball Championship that starts tomorrow, had a total of seven honorees.  Laura Prinsen, Katie Rickwartz, Melissa Harper and Sara Contreras earned first team honors, while Ashley Dyer, Lauren Thedford and Natalie Johnson were honorable mention selections.

      Additionally, Prinsen was tabbed Offensive Player of the Year, Rickwartz was Setter of the Year and Contreras was Co-Libero of the Year in the balloting of LSC head coaches.

      Tarleton State had six players recognized including first-teamers Shay Gracy and Missy Castro; second-team picks Emily Richardson and Allison Hill and honorable mention selections Shea McBrearty and Jessie Hartman.  The TexAnns Mary Domine Schindler earned Coach of the Year honors.

      Abilene Christian and Midwestern State each had five players honored.  The Wildcats Shawna Hines was named Defensive Player of the Year.

      Texas A&M-Commerce's Lauren Flynn shared Libero of the Year honors, Southeastern Oklahoma's Lunden Azuara was tabbed Freshman of the Year and East Central's Holly Hicks was Newcomer of the Year.

      A total of 42 student-athletes were recognized by the LSC postseason awards program.

      Angelo State and A&M-C each had three total selections, while Central Oklahoma, Texas Woman's, SOSU, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Southwestern Oklahoma added two, plus East Central, Cameron and Eastern New Mexico had one.

2008 LSC VOLLEYBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS

FIRST TEAM

Pos.          Player                                Team                                                  Year           Hometown

RS             Laura Prinsen                   West Texas A&M                            Jr.                Spring, Texas

S                Katie Rickwartz               West Texas A&M                            Jr.                Canyon, Texas

S                Allison Schreiber              Midwestern State                             Sr.               Windthorst, Texas

MB           Melissa Harper                 West Texas A&M                            Jr.                Peoria, Ariz.

MB           Alysha Pritt                       Midwestern State                             Jr.                Wichita Falls, Texas

S                Holly Hicks                       East Central                                      Jr.                Round Rock, Texas

OH            Kristen Wilson                  Central Oklahoma                          So.              Moore, Okla.

RS             Lindsay Paziuk                Cameron                                           Jr.                Prince George, B.C.

MB           Shawna Hines                  Abilene Christian                             So.              Aurora, Colo.

MB           Shay Gracy                       Tarleton State                                  Sr.               Stephenville, Texas

MB           Kandis Schroeder            Texas Woman's                               Sr.               Windthorst, Texas

OH            Lunden Azuara                Southeastern Oklahoma State      Fr.               Frisco, Texas

L               Sara Contreras                 West Texas A&M                            Sr.               Amarillo, Texas

OH            Missy Castro                    Tarleton State                                  Sr.               Azle, Texas

SECOND TEAM

Pos.          Player                                Team                                                  Year           Hometown

OH            Sha Tramble                     Texas A&M-Kingsville                   So.              Houston, Texas

OH            Kimber Duncan               Angelo State                                     Jr.                Prineville, Ore.

L               Lauren Flynn                    Texas A&M-Commerce                Jr.                Deer Park, Texas

S                Ijeoma Moronu               Abilene Christian                             So.              Fort Worth, Texas

MB           Emily Richardson            Tarleton State                                  Sr.               Georgetown, Texas

MB           Alaina Sivells                    Angelo State                                     Jr.                Marble Falls, Texas

S                Perla Faudoa                    Texas A&M-Commerce                Jr.                Juarez, Mexico

OH            Katie King                        Texas Woman's                               Sr.               Kaufman, Texas

OH            Allison Hill                        Tarleton State                                  Sr.               San Angelo, Texas

MB           Morgan Ballard               Texas A&M-Commerce                So.              Sherman                , Texas

MB           Kacia Sandburg               Southwestern Oklahoma State     Sr.               Moore, Okla.

L               Caitlin Murphy                Eastern New Mexico                       Jr.                Amarillo, Texas

MB           Jordan Schilling                Abilene Christian                             So.              Coppell, Texas

S                Tess Brindock                  Angelo State                                     Sr.               Rockwall, Texas

HONORABLE MENTION

Pos.          Player                                Team                                                  Year           Hometown

OH            Jennie Hutt                       Abilene Christian                             Fr.               Papillion, Neb.

MB           Ashley Dyer                      West Texas A&M                            Jr.                Perryton, Texas

S                Meghan Wedberg            Central Oklahoma                          Jr.                Flower Mound, Texas

RS             Whitney Maxwell            Midwestern State                             Sr.               Mabank, Texas

L               Shay Velasquez               Midwestern State                             Sr.               Amarillo, Texas

OH            Destiny Brown                 Southeastern Oklahoma State      Jr.                Stillwater, Okla.

L               Virginia Hernandez         Texas A&M-Kingsville                   So.              Katy, Texas

OH            Lauren Thedford             West Texas A&M                            So.              Carrollton, Texas

MB           Sesley Graves                   Midwestern State                             Jr.                Wichita Falls, Texas

L               Shea McBrearty              Tarleton State                                  So.              Dripping Springs,  Texas

S                Kristen Kaufman            Southwestern Oklahoma State     Jr.                Euless, Texas

S                Jessie Hartman                Tarleton State                                  Fr.               San Antonio, Texas

L               Amy Wilson                      Abilene Christian                             Sr.               Abilene, Texas

OH            Natalie Johnson               West Texas A&M                            Jr.                Cortez, Colo.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Offensive Player of the Year: Laura Prinsen, West Texas A&M

Defensive Player of the Year: Shawna Hines, Abilene Christian

Setter of the Year: Katie Rickwartz, West Texas A&M

Libero of the Year: Lauren Flynn, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Sara Contreras, West Texas A&M

Freshman of the Year: Lunden Azuara, Southeastern Oklahoma State

Newcomer of the Year: Holly Hicks, East Central

Coach of the Year: Mary Domine Schindler, Tarleton State