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Football’s Martinez, Softball’s Jameyson named LSC Scholar-Athletes.

RICHARDSON – Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athletes named Texas A&M University-Commerce football player Kristov Martinez, and softball player Mariah Jameyson, as announced Tuesday by the conference office.

Each academic year, the LSC presents a Scholar-Athlete Award to one male and one female student-athlete at each member institution. These student-athletes are representatives of the outstanding accomplishments in athletics, scholarship, and leadership that displayed on each LSC campus during the year. Student-athletes must have participated at least two years in their sport and be a member of the graduating class.

Martinez – a senior from Edinburg – was named an All-American after breaking the Lions’ single-season record for points scored in a season, on his way to becoming the all-time leading scorer in A&M-Commerce football history. He led the LSC in field goal percentage (85.7 percent) and field goals per game (1.6), helping lead one of the highest scoring teams in the nation to the school’s first-ever NCAA National Championship. Martinez was also named Second Team All-Super Region, First Team All-LSC, and was an LSC All-Academic selection. He was named LSC Special Teams Player of the Week twice during the regular season, then went 11-of-12 on field goal attempts in the Lions’ playoff run, including the game-winner in double overtime at Central Washington. Martinez graduated in December 2017 and will complete his athletic eligibility in 2018.

Jameyson – a senior from Seattle, Wash. – adds to her academic awards from the 2018 season. She was previously named the 2018 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year, the first player in school history to receive the distinction. She was named a First Team All-American by four different organizations and was named National Player of the Year by three different publications. Jameyson led the Lions to their first-ever South Central Regional Championship, leading the nation in on-base percentage. She was second in the country in batting average, slugging percentage and RBIs, third in total bases, fourth in walks and fifth in home runs. Jameyson graduated in May 2018 in Grand Junction, Colo., in a special ceremony during the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament.

2017-18 Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athletes

Scholar-Athlete	Member Institution	Year	Sport(s)	Hometown
Jacob Reid	Angelo State	Jr.	Track & Field	Wall, Texas
Kami Norton	Angelo State	Sr.	Track & Field	Albany, Texas
Mateo Velasco	Cameron	Sr.	Tennis	Cali, Colombia
Annie Combs	Cameron	Sr.	Softball	Tuttle, Okla.
Keenan Dodd	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	Baseball	Albuquerque, N.M.
Mikaehla Connor	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	Basketball	Dallas, Texas
Islam Sbeih	Midwestern State	Sr.	Football	East Oakland, Calif.
Kristin Rydell	Midwestern State	Sr.	Basketball	Hutto, Texas
Blake Adams	Tarleton State	Sr.	Baseball	Longview, Texas
Casey Wild	Tarleton State	Sr.	Golf	Wodonga, Australia
Kristov Martinez	A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Football	Edinburg, Texas
Mariah Jameyson	A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Softball	Seattle, Wash.
Travis Geiser	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	Baseball	Portland, Texas
Martina Urrutia Achleitner	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	Tennis	Madrid, Spain
Erin Alderman	Texas Woman’s	Sr.	Gymnastics	Fair Oaks, Calif.
Mike Fernandez	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Baseball	Miami, Fla.
Ashlynn Williams	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Softball	Fort Worth, Texas
Dillon Vaughan	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Football	Corpus Christi, Texas
Madison Parker	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Basketball	Canyon, Texas
Vladimir Gnilozubov	Western New Mexico	Sr.	Tennis	Astana, Kazakhstan
Mariangela Garcia	Western New Mexico	Sr.	Softball	Tucson, Ariz.