April 20, 2009

THACKERVILLE, Okla. - West Texas A&M senior Brandon Holub has been named to the Lone Star Conference men’s golf all-Academic Team and junior Roy Holdeman has earned LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll honors, as announced by the league Sunday night. The awards announcement came at a pre-tournament function in Thackerville, Okla., where the LSC Golf Championship will be held on Monday and Tuesday.

The all-Academic team is comprised of WT’s Holub, senior, Gilbert, Ariz.; Northeastern State’s Jeff Cox, senior, Norman, Okla., and Kevin King, senior, Midwest City, Okla.; Abilene Christian’s Patrick Hanauer, senior, Aachen, Germany and Cyril Bouniol, sophomore, Laloubere, France.

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Cox was named as LSC Men’s Golf Academic Player of the Year.

Joining Holdeman on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll are Abilene Christian’s Jeff Warr and Charles Levitte; Cameron’s Brett Leavell; East Central’s Michael Vassella; Northeastern State’s Colby Ricks and Brady Wood; Southeastern Oklahoma’s Weslee Vance; Southwestern Oklahoma’s Scott Kulczycki and Luke Phillips and Texas A&M-Commerce’s Danny Jun.

To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.20 grade point average and be at least a sophomore, both academically and athletically. 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.