Chapron, Andersen named AVCA All-Americans, Chapron makes Lion Volleyball history.

COMMERCE – The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Tuesday that Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball student-athletes Shelle Chapron and Sydney Anderson made All-Americans. Chapron was named a Third Team All-American, while Andersen was named All-American Honorable Mention. It is the third consecutive All-America season for Chapron, while Andersen earns her first All-America award in a Lion uniform.

Chapron­­– a senior from Houston (St. Pius X)­– becomes the first Lion volleyball player ever to earn three All-America awards in her career. She was also named All-America Honorable Mention in both her sophomore and junior seasons. She earned All-America status in all three of her seasons at A&M-Commerce. During her senior campaign, Chapron raised her play to even greater heights, receiving the Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Year. She led the LSC in points scored during the regular season, as she ranked in the top 10 in the conference in both kills and blocks. During the year, she ranked second in the LSC in hitting percentage, third in aces, third in blocks, and ninth in kills. She also ranked in the top 20 in the nation in both hitting percentage and blocks. She had ten or more kills in 17 different matches and had five or more blocks in 14 different matches. 

Andersen– a junior from Placentia, Calif.– had a stellar debut season for the Lions, as she was a formidable hitter all season. She led the team and was fifth in the LSC in kills, and also ranked in the top 10 in hitting percentage among outside hitters. She also finished in the top 10 in the league in points scored, recording 73 blocks on the year. She was also used as a six-rotation player at spots, tallying 91 digs on the year. She had 21 matches with at least ten kills, including 24 kills in the Lions’ LSC Tournament match, while also hitting better than .300 in 14 different contests. 

Chapron and Andersen helped lead the Lions to the NCAA Regional Tournament for the third season in a row, tying a program record for most consecutive appearances. The Lions finished the season with a 24-7 record overall, a 16-2 record in the LSC, and a share of the Divisional Championship.

2019 AVCA ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Kate Berg	Minnesota Duluth	OH	Jr.
Allyson Cappel	Ferris State	OH	Sr.
Alexis Cardoza	Cal State San Bernardino	OH	Jr.
Sascha Dominque	Cal State San Bernardino	MB	Sr.
Kayleigh Harper	Western Washington	MB	Sr.
Marine Kinna	Lynn	OH	Jr.
Dominique Lipari	Central Oklahoma	L	Sr.
Jasmine Mulvihill	Concordia-St. Paul	RS	Fr.
Karli Reichert	Rockhurst	OH	Sr.
Laura Snyder	Northern State	RS	Jr.
Drew Stokes	Colorado School of Mines	S	So.
Abby Tiesman	Colorado School of Mines	MB	Sr.
Sonja Udovcic	Lynn	OH	Jr.
Allyssa Van Wienen	Hillsdale	MB	Jr.

Second Team

Genna Berg	Washburn	OH	Jr.
Christine Carroll	USC Aiken	MB	Sr.
Anna Demmer	Arkansas-Ft. Smith	OH	Sr.
Megan Flom	Winona State	MB	Jr.
Maeve Grimes	Ferris State	S	Sr.
Haley Kramer	Wheeling	MB	Sr.
Katie McKiel	Tampa	OH	Jr.
Torrey Miller	West Texas A&M	RS	Fr.
Jenna Reiff	Northern State	OH	Sr.
Charlotte Richards	Missouri-St Louis	OH	Sr.
Jessica Rieble	UC San Diego	MB	Sr.
Ashley Rozell	Northern State	S	RS-Sr.
Madison Squiers	Nebraska-Kearney	S	RS-Jr.
Eve Stephens	Alaska-Anchorage	RS	So.

Third Team

Emily Balts	Minnesota Duluth	S	Sr.
Tarrin Beller	Wayne State (NE)	MB	Sr.
Shelley Chapron	A&M-COMMERCE	MB	Sr.
Meghan Delaney	Union (TN)	OH	RS-So.
Kailyn Gilbreath	Angelo State	RS	RS-So.
Gabby Gunterman	Western Washington	OH	So.
Calley Heilborn	Western Washington	OH	RS-Fr.
Jenna Huffman	Tiffin	OH	Sr.
Rebecca Martinez	USC Aiken	L	Sr.
Jordyn Poppen	West Florida	OH	Sr.
Stephanie Sylvester	Wheeling	S	Sr.
Ava Venema	Lewis	MB	Jr.
Tierra White	West Georgia	MB	Fr.
Colleen Wilhelm	Lewis	RS	Sr.

Honorable Mention

Sierra Adams	Stanislaus State	RS	Sr.
Kacey Affrunti	Molloy	MB	Jr.
Sydney Andersen	A&M-COMMERCE	OH	Jr.
Silvia Basso	Regis	S	Sr.
Ashley Beyers	Gannon	S	Jr.
Alex Boone	Nova Southeastern	MB	Jr.
Megi Buvinic	Barry	OH	Sr.
Sundara Chinn	Angelo State	RS	Sr.
Emily Conlin	Anderson (SC)	S	Sr.
Laura De Marchi	Michigan Tech	S	Jr.
Kassandra Fairly	Spring Hill	MB	So.
Viktoria Farian	Seton Hill	OH	Jr.
Kristina Filimonova	Barry	OH	Sr.
Jessica Fischetti	Molloy	L	Sr.
Audrey Fisher	Central Missouri	MB	Jr.
Anilise Fitzi	Saint Leo	MB	Sr.
Ellen Floyd	Alaska-Anchorage	S	So.
Ally Ford	Nova Southeastern	OH	R-Jr.
Brooke Foster	Northwest Nazarene	OH	RS-So.
Madie Fox	Point Loma Nazarene	MB	Jr.
Audrey Francis	Wheeling	L	Jr.
Olivia Ghormley	Michigan Tech	OH	Jr.
Kasie Gilfert	Colorado Mesa	MB	RS-Jr.
Izzy Gosar	Regis	RS	Sr.
Bailey Henington	Azusa Pacific	L	Jr.
Julianne Jackson	Nebraska-Kearney	OH	Sr.
Bailey Johnson	San Francisco State	MB	Sr.
Nikki Kennedy	Regis	MB	Sr.
Ashley Kerestes	Gannon	MB	Jr.
Cara Keturakis	Point Loma Nazarene	S	Sr.
Clara Krenz	St. Cloud State	L	Sr.
Avaline Lai	MSU Denver	RS	So.
Malia Leatherland	Oklahoma Baptist	OH	Jr.
Julianne Miller	Azusa Pacific	MB	Sr.
Kyla Morgan	Central Washington	L	Sr.
Selena Nolte	Missouri- St. Louis	OH	Sr.
Trixie Oche	Texas Woman’s	MB	So.
Katie O’Connell	Ferris State	RS	Jr.
Morgan Olson	MSU-Mankato	RS	Sr.
Meghan Parker	Angelo State	S	Sr.
Taylor Prall	Lenoir- Rhyne	OH	Jr.
Linsey Rachel	St. Cloud State	OH	So.
Rachel Reedy	Chaminade	RS	Jr.
Olivia Roa	Embry-Riddle (FL)	L	Sr.
Kyra Ross	Lander	OH	Sr.
Karla Santos	Cal State LA	OH	Jr.
Sophie Schaff	Wingate	MB	Jr.
Andrea Serra	American International	OH	Jr.
Hallie Sidney	Northwest Missouri State	OH	Jr.
Sophia Smith	Molloy	S	Sr.
Anna Squiers	Nebraska-Kearney	MB	Jr.
Jayci Suseland	Millersville	RS	Sr.
Makala Swart	Central Washington	OH	Jr.
Sarah Tabit	Saginaw Valley State	OH	Sr.
Casey Tarvin	Queens	OH	Jr.
Dana Thomson	S.D. School of Mines	OH	So.
Tatyana Tuialii-Umi	Tarleton	RS	Sr.
Amanda Van Wyk	Arkansas-Fort Smith	S	Sr.
Chandler Vogel	West Texas A&M	L	Jr.
Julie Ward	King	OH	So.
Taylor Wiese	Hillsdale	L	Sr.
Lauren Willow	Cedarville	MB	Jr.
Anna Winter	Upper Iowa	OH	Sr.
Logan Witt	Queens (NC)	MB	Jr.
Sam Wolf	Palm Beach Atlantic	OH	Fr.
Megan Woll	Missouri-St Louis	L	So.
Alyssa Woodman	Rockhurst	OH	Sr.
Kimberly Wright	Chico State	MB	Sr.
Veresia Yon	West Florida	MB	RS-Fr.

Alex Shillow named Second Team Academic All-America® by CoSIDA.

COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce safety Alex Shillow has been named to the Academic All-America® Second Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday. 

The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program. Shillow is the only Football Academic All-America selection from the Lone Star Conference in 2019. 

Shillow becomes the 16th CoSIDA Academic All-America in A&M-Commerce history and the sixth football honoree. The Lions have had at least one CoSIDA Academic All-America in each of the last four years, which marks the longest streak in Lion Athletics history. 

Shillow is a redshirt junior safety from Pflugerville who has excelled in every aspect of his collegiate career. He is the national chair of the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and president of the A&M-Commerce SAAC, which has won last the last three Lone Star Conference SAAC Cups. He was a 2019 nominee for the American Football Coaches’ Association’s Good Works Team and recipient of the NACDA John McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship. 

He has been named to the President’s List four times, Dean’s List two times, and LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll six times, and was the D2ADA Academic Achievement Award winner twice. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management in August. 

On the field, the 2017 National Champion has 159 career tackles with four interceptions, 15 pass breakups, three fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, a blocked kick returned for a two-point conversion, and 5.5 tackles for loss. He had 43 tackles, two fumble recoveries, and three pass breakups in the 2019 season in which the Lions advanced to the regional final round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Lions have gone 35-7 in Shillow’s three seasons in the blue and gold.

LION ATHLETICS ALL-TIME CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAS
FIRST TEAM

1977	Mike Hall	Football
2002	Summer Sparnon	Women’s Basketball
2011	Taylor Fore	Football
2012	Desmond King	Men’s Basketball
2013	Andrew Davis	Men’s Basketball
2018	Mariah Jameyson	Softball
2018	Kristov Martinez	Football

SECOND TEAM

1972	Will Cureton	Football
1994	Tammy Scott	Women’s Track & Field
1994	Andrea Hines	Women’s Basketball
2017	Jaslyn Wacker	Volleyball
2018	Jaslyn Wacker	Volleyball
2018	Garrett Blubaugh	Football
2019	Alex Shillow	Football

THIRD TEAM

2012	Andrew Davis	Men’s Basketball
2016	Kylene Hatton	Softball

2019 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA DIVISION II FOOTBALL
FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Major
QB	Brant Grisel	Charleston (W. Va.)	Sr.	Biology / Pre-Medical
RB	Deonte Glover	Shepherd	Gr.	MBA
RB	Austin Micci (1)	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	Business Management (UG / MBA (3+2)
WR	Henry Litwin	Slippery Rock	Jr.	Safety Management
WR	Shane Zylstra (1)	Minnesota State	Sr.	Biomedical Science
TE	Preston Guerra	Colorado State-Pueblo	Jr.	Business Management
OL	Ronnie Clifton (2)	Lenoir-Rhyne	Gr.	Business Administration
OL	Ryan Dodd	Pittsburg State	Gr.	Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G)
OL	Derek Ivey	Stonehill	Jr.	Economics
OL	Shawn Rouse	Missouri Western State	Sr.	Construction Engineering
OL	Ryan Spelhaug (1)	Northwest Missouri State	Sr.	Business Economics
K	Ethan Knudson	Wayne State (Neb.)	Sr.	Industrial Tech. & Construction Mgmt.
ST	Stevann Brown	Chadron State	Sr.	Education
DL	Ned Bingaman	Pittsburg State	Sr.	Justice Studies
DL	Zach Mohs	Northern State	Sr.	Biology / Chemistry
DL	Ricky Robinson	Shepherd	Jr.	Business Administration
DL	Levi Wyrick	Pittsburg State	Sr.	Education
LB	Tyler Bradfield (2)	Grand Valley State	Jr.	Finance
LB	Kyle Rosenbrock	Colorado State -Pueblo	Sr.	Engineering
LB	Clay Shreve	Ashland	Sr.	Music Education
DB	Sam Fareri (2)	Clarion	Sr.	Rehab Science
DB	Brandon Morrison	West Liberty	Gr.	Criminology (G)
DB	Braden Sweet (#)	Southwestern Oklahoma State	Gr.	Accounting (UG) / Business Admin. (G)
DB	Kyle Toth	Wayne State (Mich.)	Sr.	Kinesiology
P	Logen Neidhardt	Ohio Dominican	Jr.	Exercise Science

SECOND TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Major
QB	Jaden Barr	Truman State	Gr.	Leadership
RB	Deshawn Jones (2, #)	Missouri S&T	Sr.	Biological Sciences
RB	Antonio Wimbush	Carson-Newman	Sr.	Business
WR	Nate Couturier	Davenport	Gr.	Accounting
WR	Dakota Larson	Northern State	So.	Environmental Science
TE	Marqus Andrews (1)	Northwest Missouri State	Sr.	Chemistry
OL	Nathan Belisle	Minnesota State -Moorhead	Sr.	Accounting
OL	Dan List	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	History
OL	Levi Murphy	East Stroudsburg	Sr.	Secondary Education / History
OL	Andrew Strickland	Wingate	Sr.	Accounting
OL	Nick Zimmerman	Sioux Falls	Gr.	Business, Management, Marketing
K	Tanner Harding	Notre Dame (Ohio)	Jr.	Psychology
ST	Pippin Davis	Valdosta State	Jr.	Middle Grades Education
DL	Kolbie Foster (2)	Wayne State (Neb.)	Sr.	Family Consumer Sci. & Fashion Merch.
DL	Dan Monson	Minnesota Duluth	Sr.	Civil Engineering
DL	Mikal Toliver (2)	Urbana	Sr.	Sport Management
DL	J.T. Turner	Concord	Jr.	Business Administration
LB	Alex Goettl (1)	Minnesota State	Sr.	Biology
LB	Clayton Horn	Lenoir-Rhyne	Sr.	Accounting
LB	Jace McDown	Emporia State	Sr.	Health & Human Performance
DB	Ben Gutschow	St. Cloud State	Sr.	Bio-Medical Studies
DB	Geoff Keating (1)	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	Mechanical Engineering
DB	Vincent Persichetti	Frostburg	Sr.	Sociology / Law & Society
DB	Alex Shillow	A&M-COMMERCE	Gr.	Sports Management (UG) / MBA (G)
P	Todd Morrow	Pittsburg State	Sr.	Construction Management

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Brant Grisel, the University of Charleston (W.Va.)

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2018
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2018
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2017

 

Leslie Campuzano, Cora Welch, named Third Team All-Region by United Soccer Coaches.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer student-athletes Leslie Campuzano and Cora Welch have been named Third Team All-Region by the United Soccer Coaches, as announced by the USC. It is the first career All-Region award for both Campuzano and Welch. 

Campuzano­­– a junior from Garland (Lakeview Centennial)– led the team and finished fifth in the LSC with 23 points, scoring seven goals and also assisting on nine more. She ranked second in the LSC in shots, shots on goal, and assists and was eighth in goals scored. She scored two game-winning goals and played more than 1,600 minutes on the year. She received the All-LSC Second Team honor.

Welch­– a junior from Plano (Plano Senior)– was the catalyst of the Lion defense, leading A&M-Commerce to nine shutouts on the season, the second-most in the conference. Welch played more than 1,600 minutes on the year and was disruptive in each game she played in. She was a one-time Defensive Player of the Week and also had one goal and one assist on the season with nine shots on goal. She received the All-LSC Second Team honor.

The Lions finished the season with a 10-8-1 record and a 7-6-0 record in conference play, earning the seventh seed in the LSC Tournament. It was the team’s seventh consecutive season with an LSC Tournament berth.

UNITED SOCCER COACHES 2019 SOUTH CENTRAL REGION TEAMS
First Team

Pos.	Player	Class	School	Hometown
K	Hope Koym	Sr.	DBU	Odessa, Texas
D	Caitlin Esterle	Jr.	Colorado-Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs, Colorado
D	Aleesa Muir	Sr.	Colorado-Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs, Colorado
D	Giselle Sawaged	Sr.	Colorado School Of Mines	Highlands Ranch, Colo.
D	Maggie Scales	Sr.	DBU	McKinney, Texas
M	Shanade Hopcroft	Jr.	Colorado-Colorado Springs	Aylesbury, England
M	Nicole Latourette	Sr.	Colorado School Of Mines	Tualatin, Ore.
M	Avery McNeme	Jr.	Angelo State	Lubbock, Texas
F	Haley Knesek	Sr.	Lubbock Christian	Aledo, Texas
F	Tanner Sanders	Fr.	Colorado-Colorado Springs	Thornton, Colo.
F	Delaney Schmidt	Jr.	DBU	Burleson, Texas

Second Team

Pos.	Player	Class	School	Hometown
K	Shannon Mooney	Sr.	Colorado School Of Mines	Broomfield, Colo.
D	Jenna Lipscomb	Sr.	St. Edward’s	Cedar Park, Texas
D	Emmy Niece	Sr.	DBU	Kirkwood, Mo.
D	Haley Phipps	Sr.	Lubbock Christian	Saugus, Calif.
M	Kelsey Cook	Jr.	Dixie State	American Fork, Utah
M	Reagan Dykes	Fr.	St. Edward’s	Little Elm, Texas
M	Allison Scott	Jr.	Lubbock Christian	Lubbock, Texas
F	Elianna Chavez	Jr.	St. Edward’s	Austin, Texas
F	Whitley Johns	So.	Dixie State	Gilbert, Ariz.
F	Hannah Kelley-Lusk	Jr.	West Texas A&M	Farmington, N.M.
F	Kaci Parks	Jr.	DBU	Plano, Texas

Third Team

Pos.	Player	Class	School	Hometown
K	Mollee Swift	Fr.	Colorado-Colorado Springs	Papillion, Neb.
D	Micah Fredrick	Sr.	Westminster	Salt Lake City, Utah
D	McKell Kellogg	Sr.	Westminster	Sandy, Utah
D	Lindsey Tornabene	Sr.	Colorado School Of Mines	Denver, Colo.
D	Cora Welch	Jr.	A&M-Commerce	Plano, Texas
M	Jazmine Navarro	Jr.	Texas Woman’s	Tyler, Texas
M	Sarah Preston	So.	St. Edward’s	Oviedo, Fla.
M	Emily Ramos	Sr.	Regis	Thornton, Colo.
F	Leslie Campuzano	Jr.	A&M-Commerce	Garland, Texas
F	Zoe Peterson	Sr.	Colorado Mesa	Evergreen, Colo.
F	Tori Rinsem	Sr.	Regis	Gilbert, Ariz.

 

 

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