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Two Angelo State University Rambelles softball players have earned Lone Star Conference Golden Glove Awards for their defensive play during the 2022 regular season. Sophomore cather Keilei Garcia of Hemet, Calif., and junior second baseman Ashlyn Lerma of Highland Village are ASU's 2022 Golden Glove Award winners. Garcia posted a .971 fielding percentage behind the plate, threw out 15 baserunners and allowed only 21 stolen bases all season, the lowest total in the LSC. Lerma won her second straight Golden Glove after posting a .982 fielding percentage at second base. They helped lead the Rambelles to a 38-9 overall record and 22-8 mark in the LSC - and ASU is No. 3 in the latest NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings. They begin play at the LSC Tournament in Tyler on Friday. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Two Angelo State University Rambelles softball players have been named to the Lone Star Conference All-Academic Team for their performances in the classroom and on the field during the 2022 regular season. Third baseman Paxton Scheurer, a graduate student from Mansfield, has been named the LSC Softball Academic Player of the Year. She is joined on the LSC All-Academic Team by her teammate, junior second baseman Ashlyn Lerma of Highland Village. Scheurer is working toward her master's degree in industrial/organization psychology and is carrying a 4.0 GPA. She was also named LSC Player of the Year. Lerma has a 3.94 GPA majoring in finance. She makes the All-Academic Team for the second straight year and is also an All-LSC first-team selection. They helped lead the Rambelles to a 38-9 overall record and 22-8 mark in the LSC - and ASU is No. 3 in the latest NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings. They begin play at the LSC Tournament in Tyler on Friday. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Five players on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team have earned All-Lone Star Conference postseason honors for their performances during the 2022 regular season. Third baseman Paxton Sheurer of Mansfield was named the LSC Player of the Year and was selected to the All-LSC first team, along with second baseman Ashlyn Lerma of Highland Village, and pitcher Genesis Armendariz of Hobbs, N.M. Utility player Ashlyn Box of Christoval and outfielder Lindsey Evans of Corpus Christi were named to the All-LSC second team. The Rambelles finished the regular season 38-9 overall and 22-8 in the LSC - and they are No. 3 in the latest NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings. They begin play at the LSC Tournament in Tyler on Friday. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Four members of the Angelo State University Rambelles track and field team have collectively earned the Lone Star Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week honor for Week 7 of the outdoor season ending May 1. ASU's 4x400-meter relay team made up of Zykia McDaniel of Converse, Genevie Rivera of San Antonio, Maricia Spence of Christiana, Jamaica, and Shiean Walters of Coleman took first place at the Oliver Jackson Twilight meet in Abilene. Their time of 3:41.73 improved their provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships and is the fifth-fastest time in all of D-II this season. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Angelo State University honored its 2022 Outstanding Graduate Students during the annual Graduate Research Symposium and Awards Ceremony on April 29. Students representing 22 different graduate degree programs and all five of ASU's academic colleges were recognized during the ceremony. The complete list of honorees, listed by their hometowns, colleges and degree programs, is available at angelo.edu/news.

Morgan Preston of Vicksburg, Michigan, has been selected to receive Angelo State University's 2022 Presidential Award as the top graduate in her class, while five other ASU graduating seniors have been selected for 2021-22 Distinguished Student Awards from their respective academic colleges. Preston will be recognized at ASU's May 13-14 commencement ceremonies, along with the five Distinguished Student Award honorees. The Distinguished Student Award recipients are: Krystyn Irby of Odessa - Archer College of Health and Human Services Price Tarbet of Big Spring - College of Arts and Humanities Caroline Huseman of Amarillo - College of Education Mia van Rheede van Oudtshoorn of Kroonstad, South Africa - College of Science and Engineering Connor Blake of Boerne - Norris-Vincent College of Business. ASU's Academic Excellence Committee hosted an awards ceremony May 2 in the Houston Harte University Center to honor all the award recipients and nominees. See more details at angelo.edu/news.

Ena Ovcina of Tidaholm, Sweden, a graduate student on the Angelo State University Belles tennis team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Tennis Academic Player of the Year for the 2021-22 season. The All-Academic Team is chosen by the LSC's sports information directors, who select players on the basis of both athletic and academic achievement. To be eligible, student-athletes must have played in at least 50% of team's contests, reached sophomore standing, completed at least one full academic year, and have a minimum 3.30 cumulative grade point average for their entire collegiate career. Ovcina is pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at ASU. She was also named to the All-LSC first team for doubles, along with her partner, Valentina Gonzalez. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Eighteen Angelo State University student-athletes received a variety of individual postseason awards at the annual Holland's Sports Banquet hosted by the ASU Athletic Department and sponsored by Holland's Jewelry. Fourteen student-athletes received the Holland's Award for their respective sports as voted on by their teammates. At the banquet, 14 students were given the Holland's award in their respective sports as voted on by their teammates. The winner exemplifies what it means to be an ASU student-athlete in competition, in the classroom, and in the community. Winners are Ellington Pettus (athletic training), Koby Kelton (baseball), Andre Nunley (men's basketball), Sawyer Lloyd (women's basketball), Wesley Rogers (men's cross country), Jacquelyn Crenwelge (women's cross country), Nick Ellisor (men's track & field), Antonija Radic (women's track & field), Darrick Dickerson (football), Ena Ovcina (women's tennis), Ashlyn Lerma (softball), Patrizia Schaefer (women's golf), Cassidy Hill (women's soccer) and Sophia Berg (women's volleyball). Additionally, Jackson Hardy (baseball) and Paxton Scheurer (softball) received the Athletic Academic Excellence Awards, Avery McNeme (soccer) was named the Kathleen Brasfield Female Athlete of the Year, and Jordan Williams (baseball) was named the Phil George Male Athlete of the Year. See more details at angelosports.com.

Six members of the Angelo State University Belles tennis team have earned All-Lone Star Conference postseason accolades for their performances during the 2021-22 season. Dianela Rodriguez, a junior from Mexico City, Mexico, was named the LSC Women's Player of the Year and was also an All-LSC first-team selection for singles. Graduate students Ena Ovcina of Tidaholm, Sweden, and Valentina Gonzalez of Medellin, Colombia, were named to the All-LSC first team for doubles. Sophomore Ayda Guler of Sydney, Australia, and freshman Ramitha Irrinki of Round Rock were named to the All-LSC second team for doubles. They also earned All-LSC honorable mention for singles, along with freshman Eva Schwartz of L'isle-Sur-La-Sorgue, France. Gonzalez was also named to the LSC Women's Tennis Sportsmanship Team. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Ayda Guler of Sydney, Australia, a sophomore on the Angelo State University Belles tennis team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Player of the Week for Week 12 of the spring season ending April 24. As the Belles went 2-0 over the final weekend of the regular season, Guler went 4-0 across singles and doubles play. She helped lead the Belles to a road win over Texas A&M-Kingsville and and a home win over Western New Mexico to clinch a share of the LSC regular-season title. This is Guler's first LSC weekly award of her ASU career. The Belles open play in the LSC Tournament on Thursday against UT Tyler in Arlington. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) national honor society has awarded 29 pre-membership Certificates of Merit to freshmen in the top 2.5% of their class and sophomores in the top 5% of their class in recognition of their academic success and as encouragement to join PKP when they are eligible as juniors. PKP is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society encompassing all academic disciplines. Invitations to join PKP are extended to juniors in the top 7.5% of their class and to seniors and graduate students in the top 10% of their class. See the full list of certificate recipients at angelo.edu/news.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) national honor society recently inducted its spring 2022 class of 57 new student members during a special virtual initiation ceremony on Facebook. PKP is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for students in all academic disciplines. Invitations to join PKP are extended to juniors in the top 7.5% of their class and to seniors and graduate students in the top 10% of their class. See the full list of inductees, listed by their hometowns, at angelo.edu/news.

Maria Sierra Sanz of Gijon, Asturias, Spain, a member of the Angelo State University Rambelles golf team, has earned All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention for her performance during the 2021-22 season. Sierra Sanz finished in the top 10 in six of the season's eight tournaments, including runner-up performances at the West Texas A&M Fall Invitational and the Oklahoma Intercollegiate. She posted an average score of 79.43 over 21 rounds. She is the first ASU golfer to earn an All-LSC postseason honor since the 2015-16 season. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Seven student members of Angelo State University's athletic training staff have been recognized with 2021-22 Lone Star Conference Athletic Training Student Academic Awards. Each academic year, the LSC recognizes student athletic trainers who devote numerous hours to assist with the operation of the athletics department while also finding the time to excel in the classroom. To be eligible, student athletic trainers must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average with a minimum of 24 credit hours. The qualifications mirror those required of student-athletes to gain LSC All-Academic recognition. See more details on the LSC website.

Ramitha Irrinki of Round Rock, a freshman on the Angelo State University Belles tennis team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Player of the Week for Week 10 of the spring season ending on April 10. As the Belles swept three road matches over the weekend, Irrinki went 5-0 to help the Belles extend their winning streak to five matches overall. Against Arkansas Tech, she won, 7-5, in doubles before winning at line five in three sets in the Belles' 4-3 win. She and partner Ayda Guler won at line two, 6-0, as the Belles swept UAFS 7-0 overall. She closed out the week with a big performance against No. 6 Cameron, as she and Guler won, 7-6 (7-5), to clinch the doubles point. She then picked up 6-1, 6-2 win at line six as ASU upset the Aggies 5-2. This spring, Irrinki is 12-3 in singles play and 13-5 in doubles play. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Alpha Chi national honor society recently inducted 20 new members for the spring 2022 semester during a ceremony in the Houston Harte University Center. Alpha Chi is one of the nation's most prestigious honor societies that is open to students majoring in all academic disciplines. To be eligible, students must rank in the top 10% of seniors at their college or university, or in the top 7.5% of juniors. See the full list of inductees, listed by hometown and major, at angelo.edu/news.

Price Tarbet of Big Spring, a senior history major and Russian minor at Angelo State University, has been awarded a 2022 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for Russian language studies by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Shortly after he graduates from ASU in May, Tarbet will depart June 5 for 12 weeks of intensive Russian language and cultural training at the American University of Central Asia in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan. The U.S. Department of State sponsors the CLS Program as part of a larger U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans mastering foreign languages deemed critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity. The CLS Program was launched in 1972, and Tarbet is the first ASU student to earn the scholarship. See more details at angelo.edu/news.

Elvis Kryukov of Limassol, Cyprus, a sophomore on the Angelo State University Rams track and field team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week for Week 3 of the outdoor season ending on April 3. At ASU's annual David Noble Relays meet March 31 - April 2, Kryukov won the heptathlon with 7,529 points. He posted first-place finishes in the long jump, discus and javelin, and he finished second in three other events. He currently leads all of NCAA Division II in the decathlon. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Four members of Angelo State University's Ram Powerlifting Club finished in the top five in their respective contests, including one Gold Medalist and one national runner-up, at the U.S.A. Powerlifting Collegiate National Meet in Lombard, Illinois. Michael Vargas of Ozona won the Gold Medal in the 181-pound weight class of the Men's Collegiate Equipped contest to bring home a national title for ASU. Other top ASU finishers at the national meet, by category and weight class, were: Melissa Nunez of Monahans: 2nd Place, Women's Collegiate Equipped, 97 pounds Natalie Walker of Greenville: 3rd Place, Women's Collegiate Equipped, 114 pounds Britney George of Hawley: 4th Place, Women's Collegiate Equipped, 165 pounds Lifters complete three attempts each at squat, bench press and deadlift. The qualifying total is the sum of the highest weight lifted in each of the three disciplines. Vargas, the club president, posted a total sum weight of 1,697 pounds to win his Gold Medal. See more details at angelo.edu/news.

Autumn Cleveland of Roby and Morgan Preston of Vicksburg, Michigan, seniors in the Angelo State University Honors Program, won top prizes for their research presentations at the 2022 Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC) Conference in Wichita, Kansas. Cleveland, an English major, and Preston, an English/philosophy double major, each earned a Dennis Boe Award for exceptional research and writing by an undergraduate honors student. Each was presented a plaque and a $200 cash prize, and their work will be published in The Windmill, a scholarly journal featuring undergraduate research. Only three Dennis Boe Awards are presented annually. Cleveland's oral presentation and paper detailed her research on "Monstrous Paradigms: Frankenstein's Professors and the History of Science." Preston's oral presentation and paper detailed her research on "Madness, Justice, and Epistemic Limits in King Lear." See more details at angelo.edu/news.

Maricia Spence of Christiana, Jamaica, a freshman on the Angelo State University Rambelles track and field team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week for Week 3 of the outdoor season ending on April 3. At ASU's annual David Noble Relays meet, Spence won the heptathlon with 5,371 points, beating her previous personal best by over 500 points. She took first place in the 100-meter hurdles and shot put, and she currently leads all of NCAA Division II in the heptathlon. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Dianela Rodriguez of Mexico City, Mexico, a junior on the Angelo State University Belles tennis team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Player of the Week for Week 9 of the season ending April 3. Rodriguez set the tone for the Belles at line one in singles play as they claimed a pair of conference wins last weekend. Against Dallas Baptist University, she defeated the Lady Patriots' Caroline Hudson 6-4, 6-2 as the Belles claimed a 7-0 win. The next day against No. 33 Midwestern State, she defeated 36th-ranked Anda Ghinga 6-2, 6-2, with the Belles winning 4-3 over the Mustangs. Rodriguez, who is ranked 17th in the ITA singles rankings, is 11-2 this spring. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Aaron Munson of San Antonio, a sophomore pitcher on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week for Week 9 of the season ending on April 3. This is his second LSC weekly award this season. During the Rams' 4-game series sweep of St. Edward's University in Austin, Munson threw a complete-game shutout in Game 2 to lead ASU to a narrow 2-0 victory. He surrendered only three hits over seven innings and recorded six strikeouts while holding the Hilltoppers to a .130 team batting average. Munson is now 5-1 this season with a 3.72 ERA. He is tied for second in the LSC in wins and ranks in the top five for innings pitched, strikeouts and opposing batting average. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Ashlyn Lerma of Highland Village, a junior infielder on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week for Week 8 of the season ending March 27. As the Rambelles split doubleheaders with both No. 1 UT Tyler and No. 21 Texas A&M-Commerce, Lerma led the way in both ASU wins. Against the Patriots, she singled, drew two walks, stole a base and scored the winning run in a 3-2 victory. She also drove in a run in 7-2 loss in Game 2 against UTT. In ASU's victory over the Lions, Lerma went 4-for-4 at the plate, including her second inside-the-park home run of the season, and scored four runs as the Rambelles won 13-2. She also drove in ASU's only run in their subsequent 3-2 loss. She hit .500 for the week with a .600 on-base percentage. Lerma is currently tied for first in the LSC in walks, second in stolen bases and third in runs scored. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Paxton Scheurer of Mansfield, a junior third baseman on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, has been named the Division II Louisville Slugger Player of the Week by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) for her performance during games played March 14-20. Over six games that week, the Rambelles went 5-1 with Scheurer leading the way offensively. She batted .545 (12-for-22) with seven home runs and nine total extra-base hits. She also posted 14 RBI, nine runs scored and a ridiculous 1.591 slugging percentage. She posted three home runs in the Rambelles' 11-8 win over UT-Permian Basin on March 18, and then had a two-homer game in their 8-0 victory over Western New Mexico on March 20. Scheurer currently leads all of NCAA Division II in home runs (16), RBI (50) and slugging percentage (1.114). See more details at angelosports.com and on the NFCA website.

Aaron Munson of San Antonio, a sophomore pitcher on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week for Week 7 of the season ending March 20. In the second game of a road doubleheader against Texas A&M International on March 19, Munson pitched one of the best games of his ASU career. He threw eight scoreless innings with a career-high 12 strikeouts, allowing only one hit and one walk. He retired the first 10 batters he faced and did not allow a hit until the eighth inning. He held the Dustdevils at bay until the Rams could rally to win in extra innings, 6-0. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

The Angelo State University Handball Club men's team brought home both a team and an individual national title from the recent 69th U.S. Handball Association National Collegiate Championships at Missouri State University. The ASU team took first place in the Men's B Division to win the national championship ahead of runner-up Texas A&M University. ASU's Jacob O'Dell of San Angelo won an individual national championship in the Men's B3 Division, defeating William Henry of Texas A&M in the final. O'Dell made it to the final by defeating his teammate, Anthone Luna of San Angelo, in a semifinal tiebreaker, 11-10. Thirteen men's and women's players represented ASU at the national tournament - all of them first-year players. See more details at angelo.edu/news.

Genesis Armendariz of Hobbs, N.M., a sophomore on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week for Week 6 of the season ending March 14. As the Belles won three of four games over the weekend, Armendariz picked up complete-game wins over Eastern New Mexico and No. 6 West Texas A&M. Over the two games, she allowed a total of only 11 hits and two earned runs, while posting 12 strikeouts. Her ERA now sits at 1.98 for the season. See more details at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Three Angelo State University graduate students who are intern school counselors in the Brownwood Independent School District earned Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas (CREST) Awards for their respective schools at the Texas School Counselor Association's (TSCA) recent Professional School Counselor Conference in Round Rock. ASU graduate students Angie Bertrand, Marci Reagan and LeeAnn Stork, all from Brownwood, are members of the Brownwood ISD Counseling and Mental Health Team that earned the CREST Awards from TSCA. The CREST Awards recognize schools with outstanding counseling programs, and that have demonstrated a commitment to using the Texas Model to improve the lives and achievements of students in academic, career and personal social domains. See more details at angelo.edu/news.

Ten student-athletes on the Angelo State University men's and women's track and field teams have been named to the 2022 All-South Central Region Indoor Track & Field Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTCCCA). The top five individuals in each event earn all-region honors. For the ASU Rams, Canon Andrews of Iraan (weight throw), Elvis Kryukov of Limassol, Cyprus, (heptathlon), and Jacobee Jones (pole vault) and Emmett Seals Jr. (400 meters) were named to the all-region team. For the Rambelles, Zykia McDaniel of Converse (400 meters, 4x400 relay), Antonija Radic of Knin, Croatia, (triple jump, long jump), Sara Ramos of Uvalde (weight throw), Genevie Rivera of San Antonio (4x400 relay), Maricia Spence of Christiana, Jamaica, (pentathlon, 60-meter hurdles, 4x400 relay) and Shiean Walters of Coleman (400 meters, 4x400 relay) made the all-region team. See more details at angelosports.com and on the USTCCCA website.