RICHARDSON, TEXAS – The UT Tyler softball and men's cross country programs have been named Lone Star Conference Academic Champions for having the highest team GPA in their individual sports.
 
Texas Woman's claimed the women's academic excellence award, and St. Edward's picked up the men's academic excellence award.
 
The overall award winners were determined by a point system, with points distributed according to finish by sport in those that the LSC sponsors after a conference-wide comparison of team GPAs. The member institution with the highest team GPA in each sport was named the Sport Academic Champion and earned five (5) points toward the overall award. The runner-up in each sport picked up four (4) points and third-place three (3) points toward the overall award. Any program with a Team GPA of 2.00 and above earned one (1) point. Points for each member institution were totaled by gender and then divided by that institution's number of counter programs in that gender to arrive at the comparison value.
 
UT Tyler softball earned their second straight award, this season posting a 3.694 GPA. Men's cross country recorded their third straight victory after coming in with a team GPA of 3.631.
 
The full list of champions can be found below.
 

Women's

Sport	School	GPA
Women's Basketball	Texas Woman's	3.883
Women's Cross Country	Angelo State	3.754
Women's Golf	West Texas A&M	3.91
Women's Soccer	Texas Woman's	3.693
Softball	UT Tyler	3.694
Stunt	Texas Woman's	3.418
Volleyball	St. Edward's	3.777
Women's Indoor Track and Field	Lubbock Christian	3.558
Women's Outdoor Track and Field	Lubbock Christian	3.558
Women's Tennis	Western New Mexico	3.863

Men's

Sport	School	GPA
Baseball	St. Mary's	3.434
Men's Basketball	West Texas A&M	3.438
Men's Cross Country	UT Tyler	3.631
Football	Eastern New Mexico	2.859
Men's Golf	Western New Mexico	3.703
Men's Indoor Track and Field	St. Edward's	3.439
Men's Outdoor Track and Field	St. Edward's	3.439
Men's Soccer	Lubbock Christian	3.563
Men's Tennis	Western New Mexico	3.805