Angelo State University

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Four Angelo State University student athletic trainers have earned 2019-20 Lone Star Conference Athletic Training Student Academic Awards. Each academic year, the LSC recognizes student athletic trainers who devote countless hours to assist with the operation of their athletics department while also excelling in the classroom. To be eligible, student athletic trainers must carry at least a 3.30 GPA and have earned a minimum of 24 credit hours at the nominating institution. The qualifications mirror those required of student-athletes to gain LSC All-Academic recognition. More details are available on the LSC website and at angelosports.com.

Lawson Ayo of Sunnyvale, a student assistant for Angelo State University's Athletic Communications Office, has earned a 2019-20 Lone Star Conference Sports Information Student Academic Award. Each academic year, the LSC recognizes sports information students who devote countless hours to assist with the operation of their athletics department while also excelling in the classroom. To be eligible, sports information students must carry at least a 3.30 GPA and have earned a minimum of 24 credit hours at the nominating institution. The qualifications mirror those required of student-athletes to gain LSC All-Academic recognition. Also a wide receiver on the ASU Rams football team, Ayo earned All-LSC and LSC All-Academic honors this past season. More details are available on the LSC website and at angelosports.com.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Alpha Chi national honor society has inducted 18 new members for the spring 2020 semester, despite not being able to conduct an on-campus induction 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.

Avery McNeme of Lubbock, a junior midfielder on the Angelo State University Rambelles soccer team, has been named to the inaugural Lone Star Conference Athletic Performance All-Conference Team as announced by LSC officials April 16. For the 2019 season, McNeme was the Belles' co-leader in goals scored (5) and led the LSC in assists (10). She repeated as the LSC Midfielder of the Year and on the All-LSC first team. She was also a first-team All-South Central Region and first-team All-West Region Scholar selection, and was named a third-team All-American. A kinesiology major at ASU, McNeme was an all-district and all-region player for Monterey Senior High School in Lubbock. She joins 20 other male and female athletes on the 2020 LSC Athletic Performance All-Conference Team. More details are available on the LSC website.

Joshua Elvir of Kemah, a senior outfielder on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the inaugural Lone Star Conference Male Athletic Performance Athlete of the Year as announced by LSC officials on April 16. The 2019 LSC Player of the Year and 2020 Preseason Player of the Year, Elvir was off to another impressive start this season before it was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through 22 games, he posted a .438 batting average with 10 doubles, 11 home runs, 30 RBIs, 44 runs scored, 27 walks and 15 stolen bases. He joins 20 other male and female athletes on the new LSC Athletic Performance All-Conference Team. More details are available at angelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Angelo State University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) national honor society inducted its spring 2020 class of 51 students during a special virtual initiation ceremony April 14 on Facebook. PKP is one of the nation's most prestigious academic honor societies for students in all academic disciplines. ASU's chapter has also awarded 20 pre-membership Certificates of Merit to freshmen in the top 2.5 percent of their class and sophomores in the top 5 percent of their class in recognition of their academic success and as encouragement to join PKP when they are eligible as juniors. 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 inducted its spring 2020 class of 52 students during a special virtual initiation ceremony April 14 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 percent of their class and to seniors and graduate students in the top 10 percent of their class. See the list of inductees at angelo.edu.

Andres Ibarguen of Santa Marta, Colombia, a senior forward in the Angelo State University Rams basketball team, has been named to the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-South Central Region second team for his performance during the 2019-20 season. Ibarguen was second on the Rams in scoring at 14.3 points per game and led all of NCAA D-II averaging 5.3 offensive rebounds per game. He was also named second-team All-Lone Star Conference. See more details at angelosports.com.

De'Anira Moore of Allen, a senior forward on the Angelo State University Belles basketball team, has been named to the All-South Central Region first team for women's basketball by the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association for the 2019-20 season. Through the Belles' 28 games, Moore led the team in points per game (18.2), rebounds per game (8.3), field goal percentage (.528) and blocked shots (60). In the Lone Star Conference, she was third in points, rebounds and blocked shots per game. With their season shortened by coronavirus issues, the Belles finished 18-10 overall and 14-10 in the LSC. See the online story at angelosports.com.

Trpimir Siroki of Zagreb, Croatia, a sophomore on the Angelo State University Rams track and field team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Male Field Athlete of the Year for the 2020 LSC indoor track and field season as voted on by the LSC head coaches. Siroki scored a meet-high 34 points to help lead the Rams to their first-ever title at the LSC Indoor Track and Field Championships. He won the long jump and placed second in the high jump, third in the pole vault and triple jump, and fifth in the 60-meter hurdles. See more details at angelosports.com.

Zoe Gubbels of Velserbroek, Netherlands, a junior on the Angelo State University Rambelles tennis team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week for her performances during the week ending March 8. Playing in Wichita Falls March 5-7, Gubbels went undefeated in singles and doubles to lead the Belles to a sweep of regional opponents Colorado Mesa University, Colorado State - Pueblo and Metropolitan State. She won all three of her singles matches - and with her partner Virginie Becht of Vero Beach, Fla., won all three doubles matches. See the story on angelosports.com.

A team of Angelo State University civil engineering students brought home several awards and qualified for a national contest after taking part in competitions at the American Society of Civil Engineers' Texas-Mexico Student Symposium March 4-7 in Arlington. The 10-member ASU "RAMgineers" competed in three contests at the symposium: the Surveying Competition, Blue Sky Competition and Concrete Bowling Competition. They took first place in the Surveying Competition, which qualified them for the national competition at the 2020 UESI Conference this summer in Indiana. They also won first- and third-place prizes for their innovative engineering proposal and poster presentation in the Blue Sky Competition. See all the details at angelo.edu.

Cody Vasquez of Midland, a graduate student in business at Angelo State University, was named the 2020 National Collegian of the Year by the Delta Sigma Pi (DSP) national professional business fraternity at the DSP South Central LEAD Provincial Conference held March 6-8 in Dallas. The National Collegian of the Year Award is the top DSP honor for its collegiate members. Vasquez will begin a two-year term representing collegiate members on the DSP Board of Directors in August. He also received a $5,000 scholarship funded by Mr. and Mrs. Sydney A. Sparks through the DSP Leadership Foundation, as well as a pearl-and-ruby fraternity badge. See the full story at angelo.edu.

Courtney Barnhill of Lubbock, an All-American outfielder on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, set a new ASU career home runs record on March 7 in the Belles' victory over St. Mary's University. In the bottom of the first inning, Barnhill hit a two-run homer over the right-centerfield fence to give the Belles a 2-0 lead. It was her 47th career home run and put her ahead of the former ASU record holder, Kenedy Urbany, who belted 46 home runs from 2014-17. Through 25 games this season, Barnhill currently leads the Belles in batting average (.375), home runs (6), RBIs (21), runs scored (21), slugging percentage (.722), on-base percentage (.465) and stolen bases (20).

Nick Seginowich of Victoria, British Columbia, a senior catcher on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the NCAA Division II South Central Region Hitter of the Week for his performances during the week ending March 1. In helping lead the Rams to a 3-1 series win over arch-rival No. 14 West Texas A&M, Seginowich hit .400 with two home runs, 10 RBIs and four runs scored. He ended Game 1 of the series with a walk-off sacrifice fly, and he ended Game 2 with a walk-off 3-run homer. He also posted an .867 slugging percentage and .600 on-base percentage over the four games. More details are available on angelosports.com.

Two members of the Angelo State University Rams basketball team have earned All-Lone Star Conference honors for their performances during the 2019-20 regular season. Andres Ibarguen of Santa Marta, Colombia, (by way of Athens, Texas) and Collin Turner of Poolesville, Md., were both named to the All-LSC second team. Ibarguen led the Rams in rebounding and led NCAA Division II in offensive rebounds per game. Turner led the Rams in scoring and tied the school record for single-game scoring with 44 points against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Feb. 20. More details are available at angelosports.com.

Four members of the Angelo State University Belles basketball team earned All-Lone Star Conference recognition for their performances during the 2019-20 regular season. De'Anira Moore of Allen was named to the All-LSC first team. Catara Samuel of Amarillo was named to the All-LSC third team. Asia Davis of Midwest City, Okla., earned All-LSC honorable mention - and Sawyer Lloyd of Wall also earned All-LSC honorable mention and was named to the LSC All-Freshman Team. More details are available at angelosports.com.

Six members of Angelo State University's Ram Powerlifting Club brought home a host of awards, including three first-place medals, from the U.S.A. Powerlifting (USAPL) Texas Strength Classic competition held March 1 at Texas Strength Systems in San Antonio. Jaylen Montgomery of Hewitt, Yakariel "Kory" Young of Killeen, and Nicholas Propst of Atascosa took first place in their respective divisions. Eli Perez of Brownwood, Joshua Ontiveros of Kerrville, and Roberto Riojas of Eagle Pass also posted top performances for the Rams. More details are available at angelo.edu.

Nick Seginowich of Victoria, British Columbia, a senior catcher on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week for his performances during the week ending March 1. As the Rams took three of four games from No. 14 West Texas A&M, Seginowich batted .400 with one double, two home runs, 10 RBIs and four runs scored. He finished two of the Rams' wins in walk-off fashion with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 1, and a 3-run homer to end Game 2. More details are available on angelosports.com.