Angelo State University

Josh Elvir, an outfielder on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Preseason Player of the Year for the upcoming 2021 season. A graduate student from Kemah, Elvir led the Rams to a No. 1 national ranking in 2020 before the season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. He led the LSC in batting average (.438), slugging percentage (1.027), on-base percentage (.607), runs scored (44), RBI (30), home runs (11) and doubles (10). He also led all of NCAA Division II in slugging percentage, home runs and runs scored. Despite the shortened season, he was named the LSC Male Athletic Performance Athlete of the Year. The Rams have also been picked to win the LSC title this year and are ranked No. 3 in the Collegiate Baseball preseason national poll. More details are available at angelosports.com and the LSC website.

Lindsey Ledyard, a member of the Angelo State University Belles volleyball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Preseason Setter of the Year for the spring 2021 season. A senior from Cedar Park, Ledyard made the All-LSC second team last season as she helped lead the Belles to the LSC championship. She posted 571 assists and 279 digs. The Belles have also been picked to repeat as LSC champs. More details are available at angelosports.com and the LSC website.

Kailyn Gilbreath, a member of the Angelo State University Belles volleyball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year for the spring 2021 season. A redshirt junior from Fort Worth, Gilbreath is the reigning LSC Offensive Player of the Year. She also made the All-LSC first team following the 2019 fall season and earned All-America honors from the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) and American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The Belles have also been picked to repeat as LSC champs. More details are available at angelosports.com and the LSC website.

More than 160 Angelo State University student-athletes and athletic training students have been named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the fall 2020 semester. The Commissioner's Honor Roll is announced at the conclusion of each fall and spring semester and includes student-athletes and athletic training students with a grade point average of 3.30 or better during the semester. Fifty-five ASU student-athletes posted a perfect 4.0 GPA for the 2020 fall semester. See the full list of ASU honorees at angelosports.com.

Angelo State University conferred 150 undergraduate degrees and 147 graduate degrees to its summer 2020 graduates that were recognized in a virtual commencement Dec. 6. A full list of the graduates is available on the ASU website at angelo.edu.

Angelo State University conferred 381 undergraduate and 191 graduate degrees to its fall 2020 graduates that were recognized in a virtual commencement on Dec. 6. A full list of the graduates is available on the ASU website at angelo.edu.

The Angelo State University Chorale has produced a choir concert video that is now available to the public on YouTube. Recorded at various venues around the ASU campus, the 20-minute concert video is titled "HumanKIND." It features performances of a wide variety of music, including contemporary choral music, as well as arrangements from Pentatonix and a new arrangement of the ASU Alma Mater. More details and a list of students in the ASU Chorale are available at angelo.edu.

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, has announced the students achieving the Dean's List designation for the 2020 fall semester. To be eligible for the ASU Dean's List, full-time undergraduate students must maintain a 3.25 or better grade point average on a 4.0 scale. The complete fall 2020 Dean's List is available at angelo.edu.

Angelo State University's student String Orchestra has produced a concert video that is now available to the public on YouTube. Recorded at Southland Baptist Church, the 22-minute concert video is titled "Autumn Divertimento" and includes performances of: "Divertimento" in B Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Three Pieces in Baroque Style by Krzysztof Penderecki "Concerto Grosso No. 1" for String Orchestra with Piano Obligato by Ernest Bloch The String Orchestra is directed by Dr. Fagner Rocha, ASU director of orchestral activities, who also accompanied the students on violin for the concert. More details and a list of participating students are available at angelo.edu.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) national honor society recently inducted its fall 2020 class of 58 students during a special virtual initiation ceremony on Facebook. ASU's chapter has also awarded 22 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 one of the nation's most prestigious academic honor societies for students in all academic disciplines. The list of certificate recipients is available in a news release at angelo.edu.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) national honor society recently inducted its fall 2020 class of 58 students during a special virtual initiation ceremony on Facebook. PKP is one of the nation's most prestigious academic honor societies 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 complete list of inductees listed by their hometowns at angelo.edu.

Anna Wiklund of Hoviksnas, Sweden, a member of the Angelo State University Rambelles golf team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Golfer of the Week for her performance during the week ending Oct. 11. A junior international business major, Wiklund won the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Tournament in Lawton, Okla. She shot a 147 for the 36-hole tournament, finishing with six birdies and 20 pars. She led after both days of the tournament, shooting a 73 in the opening round and a 74 in the second round. She also helped lead the Belles to a third-place team finish. See more details at angelosports.com.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Alpha Chi national honor society recently inducted 46 new members for the fall 2020 semester during a virtual ceremony. Alpha Chi is one of the nation's most prestigious honor societies and is open to students majoring in any academic discipline. To be eligible, students must rank in the top 10 percent of graduate students or seniors at their college or university, or in the top 7.5 percent of juniors. See the complete list of inductees at angelo.edu.

Anna Wiklund of Hoviksnas, Sweden, a member of the Angelo State University Rambelles golf team, took first place at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Tournament held Oct. 11-12 in Lawton, Okla. Wiklund carded a two-day total score of 147 to win the tournament by five strokes. She led at the end of Day 1 after shooting a two-over-par 73, including four birdies and eight pars. She added two birdies and 12 pars on Day 2 on the way to a three-over 74. She also led the Belles to a third-place overall finish in the seven-team field. The team's two-day score of 632 was just four strokes off the pace. See more details at angelosports.com.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Order of the Sword and Shield honor society has inducted its 2019-20 class of 19 students via a virtual induction ceremony. The Order of the Sword and Shield is the only academic and professional honor society dedicated exclusively to homeland security, intelligence, emergency management and other protective security disciplines. To be eligible, undergraduate students must have at least a 3.25 GPA, and graduate students must have at least a 3.5 GPA. Students are inducted by invitation and only after recommendation by at least two faculty members. See the complete list of inductees at angelo.edu.

Seven members of the Angelo State University Rambelles tennis team have been named 2020 Scholar-Athletes by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). To be eligible for the designation, student-athletes must have at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Additionally, the ITA has also named the Rambelles a 2020 All-Academic Team. Teams earning this designation must post at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA for all team members. More details are available at angelosports.com and on the ITA website.

Meghan Parker of San Antonio, a setter on the Angelo State University Belles volleyball team, has been nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Parker graduated summa cum laude in December 2019 with her bachelor's degree in exercise science. During the 2019 season, she helped lead the Belles to a 29-3 overall record and the Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship on the way to advancing to the NCAA Division II Tournament. Following the 2019 season, Parker was named to the All-LSC first team and the LSC All-Academic Team, and was named the LSC Academic Player of the Year for volleyball. The complete list of nominees is available on the NCAA website.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

More than 175 Angelo State University student-athletes have been named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2020 spring semester. The Commissioner's Honor Roll is announced at the conclusion of each fall and spring semester with student-athletes qualifying based on grade point average for the current semester. To be eligible, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.30 GPA and be on their team's active roster. Sixty-four ASU student-athletes posted a perfect 4.0 GPA for the 2020 spring semester. See the full list of ASU honorees at angelosports.com.

Angelo State University has announced its Outstanding Graduate Student honorees for the 2019-20 academic year, as well as the recipients of four new superlative awards. Each of the 20 honorees was nominated by faculty in their respective academic departments. Winners of the four new superlative awards were selected from among the Outstanding Graduate Students by a separate committee. These awards are normally announced during the annual Graduate Research Symposium and Awards Ceremony, but the event had to be cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the winners was mailed a certificate of recognition. The complete list of honorees is available at angelo.edu.

Two Angelo State University student-athletes, Meagan Hill of Salado and Nicholas Novak of Stillwater, Minn., have earned Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athlete Awards for their performances during the 2019-20 academic/athletic year. Each academic year, the LSC presents a Scholar-Athlete Award to one male and one female student-athlete at member universities. Winners are selected as representatives of the outstanding accomplishments in athletics, scholarship and leadership that are displayed on each LSC campus during the year. To be eligible, student-athletes must have participated at least two years in their sport and be a member of the graduating class. Hill is a pitcher for the Rambelles softball team. She graduated in May with her civil engineering degree. Novak is a shortstop on the Rams baseball team. He graduated in May with his business administration degree. More details are available at angelosports.com.

Keely Shaw of San Angelo, a senior history major and honors student at Angelo State University, is one of just 40 college students nationwide selected for the 2020 Library of Congress Junior Fellows summer internship program. The Junior Fellows program is a 10-week paid internship designed to expose the fellows to the breadth and depth of the work that takes place at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. It is being conducted virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More details are available at angelo.edu.

Thirteen members of the Angelo State University Rams and Rambelles indoor track and field teams have been named NCAA Division II All-Americans for their performances during the 2019-20 season. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Executive Committee adopted revamped criteria. Based on the posted startlist for the national championships announced by the NCAA, the following will be recognized as All-America for the 2020 indoor track & field season: - Individual events: ALL student-athletes listed on the startlist for the anticipated event. - Relay events: The four student-athletes per anticipated relay who produced the performance that was declared and accepted into their event. - There will not be a distinction of "first-team" or "second-team" to these recognitions. The complete list of ASU All-Americans is available at angelosports.com.

Fourteen Angelo State University student-athletes have earned the ASU Athletics Department's 2019-20 Holland's Awards. The winners of the annual awards are voted on by their teammates for their actions both on and off the field or court. One winner is chosen for each of ASU's athletic teams and the athletic training team, and the awards are sponsored by Holland's Jewelers. A complete list of winners and more details are available at angelosports.com.

Angelo State University conferred 571 undergraduate degrees and 298 graduate degrees to its spring 2020 graduates. A full list of the graduates is available on the ASU website at angelo.edu.

Joselyn Jackson of Artesia, N.M., a junior on the Angelo State University Rambelles golf team, has been named to the Lone Star Conference's 2019-20 Women's Golf All-Academic Team. To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average and be at least a sophomore, both academically and athletically. All-Academic Team members are selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the league's sports information directors voting based on both academic and athletic achievement. Jackson is majoring in mechanical engineering at ASU and carries a 4.0 GPA. More details are available at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Destiny Brown of Austin, a political science major at Angelo State University, has been selected for the ASU Political Science and Philosophy Department's 2020 Government and Public Service Internship Program in Washington, D.C. If the status of the COVID-19 pandemic permits, Brown will spend the upcoming fall semester working as an intern for a member of the U.S. Congress. She will live at the Texas Tech House with other interns from Texas Tech University and will receive an $8,000 stipend to help defray the costs of living in Washington, D.C. She will also earn six ASU credit hours in political science. More details are available at angelo.edu.

Two members of the Angelo State University Rambelles tennis team have been named 2019-20 All-Americans by the International Tennis Association. Valentina Gonzalez of Medellin, Colombia, and Ena Ovcina of Tidaholm, Sweden, were named ITA Doubles All-Americans. They formed the Belles' top doubles team and ended the shortened season ranked No. 4 in the nation. They are ASU's first ITA Doubles All-Americans in program history. More details are available at angelosports.com.

Logan Drake of Schertz, a junior mechanical engineering major at Angelo State University, has been selected for the U.S. Department of Defense's 2020 Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program. To be eligible for SMART, students must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in one of the 21 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields approved by the Department of Defense. Fewer than 20% of SMART applicants are selected each year, and Drake is the first ASU student to be chosen as a SMART Scholar. More details are available at angelo.edu.