LSC Softball Awards Banquet recognized five Lions.

TYLER – Five Texas A&M University-Commerce softball team members received all-Lone Star Conference recognition during the annual awards banquet on Wednesday night. 

Named to the first-team All-LSC were Emily Otto (Lamar Consolidated), Sabrina Anguiano (Riverside, Calif.), Alyssa LeBlanc (Katy), and Madison Schaefer (Frisco – Independence). At the same time, they named Otto to the all-academic and golden glove teams. In addition, they select Leo Terry (Emory – Rains) for the all-freshman team. 

For the third time, Otto is named to the first team and has earned all-conference honors in all four complete seasons during her storied career. She finished the regular season with 19 wins, tied for the LSC lead and third with 149 strikeouts. Otto pitched 151.1 innings, which is the most in the conference and has an ERA of 2.54. Her 16 complete games are also the most in the conference, with a perfect fielding percentage in the circle, and she receives the golden glove award for her fielding efforts. In addition, she is an athletic administration major and earned all-academic honors for the second time. 

Anguiano, also a senior earns all-conference recognition in her only season playing for the Lions. She ends the regular season leading the team and 15th in the conference with a batting average of .383. She totaled 31 RBIs and eight home runs this season. The senior shortstop was named NFCA Hitter of the Week on March 15 after batting .909 against Western New Mexico and UT Permian Basin. 

Schaefer has hit six home runs in her last 14 games to end the regular season and was named an all-conference player for the third time. The junior third baseman is batting .358 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs. She was a perfect 16 for 16 in stolen base attempts and was named LSC Hitter of the Week on April 27. She had a .962 fielding percentage while playing 47 games. 

They recognized LeBlanc as an all-conference player both as a hitter and a pitcher. She finished with the second-most strikeouts in the conference (159) and had an ERA of 2.78 with a record of 14-7. She tossed two no-hitters this season and was named NFCA Pitcher of the Week once and LSC Pitcher of the Week three times. It is the sophomore’s second season, and she has been an all-conference player in both. LeBlanc leads the team with 11 home runs and bats .301 with 37 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .642. 

Terry played second base in every game during her freshman season and totaled 27 stolen bases, the fifth most in the conference among all players. She batted .307, tallied 14 RBIs, and had an on-base percentage of .379. She had a fielding percentage of .982 this season, committing just three errors in 165 attempts. 

The Lions begin the postseason in the first round of the LSC Tournament against Angelo State. The first pitch for the game is 1:30 pm on Friday. 

2022 LSC SOFTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS

SPECIAL AWARDS

Player of the Year: Paxton Scheurer, Angelo State

Pitcher of the Year: Taylor Franco, Lubbock Christian

Freshman of the Year: Kaiden Boren, Cameron

Newcomer of the Year: Tatum Goff, UT-Tyler

Coach of the Year: Mike Reed, UT-Tyler

FIRST TEAM

Name	School	Position	Year	Hometown
Taylor Franco	Lubbock Christian	P	Sr.	Monahans, Texas
Emily Otto	A&M-Commerce	P	Grad.	Richmond, Texas
Tatum Goff	UT-Tyler	P	So.	Rusk, Texas
Ashley Perez	UT-Tyler	C	Sr.	Pflugerville, Texas
Matisen Onofrei	Texas A&M-Kingsville	1B	Jr.	Mesa, Ariz.
Jayme Johns	St. Mary’s	2B	Sr.	Elgin, Texas
Brooke Makemson	Lubbock Christian	SS	Sr.	Frisco, Texas
Paxton Scheurer	Angelo State	3B	Grad.	Mansfield, Texas
Savannah Wysocki	Lubbock Christian	OF	Sr.	El Paso, Texas
Jory Cervantes	Texas A&M-Kingsville	OF	Jr.	Pflugerville, Texas
Loren Kelly	Texas A&M-Kingsville	OF	Sr.	Rockport, Texas
Brittni Rufus	West Texas A&M	OF	So.	Mansfield, Texas
Ruby Salzman	West Texas A&M	OF	Sr.	Northridge, Calif.
Angela Donaldson	Lubbock Christian	DP	Grad.	Seabrook, Texas
Courtney Plocheck	UT-Tyler	UT	So.	Deer Park, Texas
Ashlyn Lerma	Angelo State	2B	Jr.	Highland Village, Texas
Genesis Armendariz	Angelo State	P	So.	Hobbs, NM
Kasey Flores	Lubbock Christian	IF	Sr.	El Paso, Texas
Aaliyah Brown	Oklahoma Christian	DP	So.	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Brooklin Bain	Oklahoma Christian	3B	So.	Comanche, Okla.
Alyssa LeBlanc	A&M-Commerce	DP/P	So.	Kay, Texas
Madison Schaefer	A&M-Commerce	3B	Jr.	Frisco, Texas
Sabrina Anguiano	A&M-Commerce	SS	Sr.	Riverside, Calif.
Aaliyah Ortiz	Texas A&M-Kingsville	3B	So.	San Antonio, Texas
Diana Murtha	West Texas A&M	3B	Jr.	Summerlin, Nev.

SECOND TEAM

Ashlynn Box	Angelo State	DP	So.	Christoval, Texas
Lindsey Evans	Angelo State	OF	Fr.	Corpus Christi, Texas
Breley Webb	Cameron	UT	Sr.	Yukon, Okla.
Kaiden Boren	Cameron	C	Fr.	Choctaw, Okla.
Khmari Edwards	Cameron	SS	Sr.	Del City, Okla.
Maxine Valdez	Lubbock Christian	P	Jr.	Buda, Texas
Tyla Lee	Lubbock Christian	C/3B	Grad.	Red Deer, Alberta
Kylie Janzen	Oklahoma Christian	UT	So.	Moore, Okla.
Catalina Cavazos	St. Mary’s	P	Jr.	Houston, Texas
Victoria Aldridge	St. Mary’s	OF	Sr.	Elgin, Texas
Beth Montes	Texas A&M-Kingsville	P	So.	San Antonio, Texas
Jennifer Giesey	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2B	Sr.	Crystal Lake, Ill.
Kayla Gonzales	Texas A&M-Kingsville	SS	So.	San Antonio, Texas
Saidi Castillo	Texas A&M-Kingsville	P	Jr.	Kingsville, Texas
Heidi Vortherms	West Texas A&M	P	Fr.	Sioux Falls, SD

THIRD TEAM

Skylar Herrera	Lubbock Christian	2B	Jr.	Odessa, Texas
Tiarra Delrosario	Lubbock Christian	C/1B	Jr.	Las Vegas, Nev.
Bailey Brenek	Midwestern State	C	Jr.	Flower Mound, Texas
Chloe Woodward	Oklahoma Christian	SS	RS-So.	Katy, Texas
Grace Anderson	Oklahoma Christian	P	Fr.	Tishomingo, Okla.
Kali Crandall	Oklahoma Christian	P	RS-Sr.	Artesia, New Mexico
Whitney Walde	Oklahoma Christian	C	So.	Moore, Okla.
Genisa Marrero-Carter	St. Edward’s	3B	Sr.	Austin, Texas
Tiffany Licon	St. Mary’s	3B	Sr.	Austin, Texas
Heather Ruiz	Texas A&M International	SS	Sr.	Eagle Pass, Texas
Bayli Simon	UT-Tyler	SS	Sr.	Frierson, La.
Mak Dominguez	UT-Tyler	2B	Sr.	Austin, Texas
Michelle Arias	UT -yler	OF	So.	San Antonio, Texas
Sarah Gartman	UT-Tyler	P	Sr.	Kinder, La.
Gabriella Valforte	West Texas A&M	1B	So.	Keller, Texas

2022 LSC SOFTBALL ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Name	School	Position	Year	Hometown
Kaiden Boren	Cameron	C	Fr.	Harrah, Okla.
Lisette Urquidez	Eastern New Mexico	P/UT	Fr.	Tucson, Ariz.
Grace Anderson	Oklahoma Christian	P	Fr.	Tishomingo, Okla.
Megan Morris	St. Edward’s	IF	Fr.	Bellaire, Texas
Leo Terry	A&M-Commerce	2B	Fr.	Emory, Texas
Carissa De Los Santos	Texas A&M-Kingsville	P	Fr.	Kingsville, Texas
Rylee Oborski	Texas A&M-Kingsville	SS/2B	Fr.	Salado, Texas
Nya Brown	Texas Woman’s	OF	Fr.	Garland, Texas
Kaylee Davis	UT-Tyler	P	Fr.	Venus, Texas
Heidi Vortherms	West Texas A&M	P	Fr.	Sioux Falls, SD

2022 LSC SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS

Player	Team	Yr.	Pos.	Major	Hometown
Ashlyn Lerma	Angelo State	Jr.	2B	Finance	Highland Village, Texas
Paxton Scheurer	Angelo State	Grad.	3B	Industrial Org. Psychology	Mansfield, Texas
Brook Leger	Eastern New Mexico	So.	P	Health and Physical Education	Albuquerque, N.M.
Savannah Wysocki	Lubbock Christian	Sr.	OF	Pre-Med	El Paso, Texas
Kylie Janzen	Oklahoma Christian	So.	1B/OF	Biology	Moore, Okla.
Emily Otto	A&M-Commerce	Sr.	P	Health Kines. & Sports Studies	Richmond, Texas
Matisen Onofrei	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Jr.	C	Civil Engineering	Mesa, Ariz.
Sydney Bishop	UT-Permian Basin	Jr.	C	Criminology	Millington, Mich.
Payton Foster	UT-Tyler	Jr.	P	Business Administration	Lufkin, Texas

LSC Softball Academic Player of the Year: Paxton Scheurer, Angelo State

2022 LSC Softball Golden Glove Awards

Name	School	Position	Year	Hometown
Keilei Garcia	Angelo State	C	So.	Hemet, Calif.
Emily Otto	A&M-Commerce	P	Grad.	Richmond, Texas
Matisen Onofrei	Texas A&M-Kingsville	1B	Jr.	Mesa, Ariz.
Ashlyn Lerma	Angelo State	2B	Jr.	Highland Village, Texas
Brooke Makemson	Lubbock Christian	SS	Sr.	Frisco, Texas
Tiffany Licon	St. Mary’s	3B	Sr.	Austin, Texas
Victoria Aldridge	St. Mary’s	OF	Sr.	Elgin, Texas
Jory Cervantes	Texas A&M-Kingsville	OF	Jr.	Pflugerville, Texas
Loren Kelly	Texas A&M-Kingsville	OF	Sr.	Rockport, Texas
Shannon Klaus	UT-Tyler	OF	Sr.	Red Rock, Texas
Brittni Rufus	West Texas A&M	OF	So.	Mansfield, Texas

Ticket Punched! Lion Women’s golf finishes fourth at West Regionals, earns trip to Nationals.

STOCKTON, Calif. – The Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s golf team is headed to the NCAA Division II National Championships for the second year after finishing fourth at the NCAA West Regional Championships on Wednesday at the Brookside Country Club. 

The Lions started the day in fourth place and remained in fourth place throughout the day. Arkansas-Fort Smith and Cal State San Marcos, who finished sixth and seventh, respectively, pulled to within two strokes of the Lions, but they could not chase the Lions. 

The top five teams at the NCAA West Regionals: DBU, Colorado Christian, Texas A&M International, A&M-Commerce, and West Texas A&M, have punched their tickets for NCAA Division II Championships in Gainesville, Georgia, at the Chattahoochee Golf Club from May 10-14. The Lions advanced to the NCAA National Championships last season and finished ninth at the tournament in the program’s first trip to Nationals.

On Wednesday, Sophie-Charlott Hempel (Pirmasens, Germany) carded a round of 71 to finish the tournament tied for eighth place with a score of 215 (73-71-71). Inma Ortiz Prieto (Huelva, Spain) tied for 15th place with a score of 219 (72-72-75), and Sarah Wongsinth (Udon Thani, Thailand) shot three strokes better on Wednesday, finishing the tournament tied for 25th place with a score of 224 (73-77-74). 

Karlee Nichols (San Antonio – Smithson Valley) shot six strokes better on Wednesday and tied her season-low of 72 to climb ten spots on the leaderboard. She tied for 29th place with a score of 226 (76-78-72). Michelle Becker (San Antonio – Reagan) tied for 42nd place with a score of 230 (75-77-78). 

DBU won the West Regional Championship by shooting an 864 (294-288-282) over the three rounds. Colorado Christian’s Faith Kilgore is the individual champion, shooting a 207 (68-69-70). The top two individuals that advance to the National Championships are Drishti Karumbaya from Cal State East Bay and Anahi Servin from the Academy of Art.

Pos	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	DBU	294	288	282	864
2	Colorado Christian	296	288	289	873
3	Texas A&M International	289	291	295	875
4	A&M–COMMERCE	293	297	292	882
5	West Texas A&M	295	297	291	883
6	Arkansas-Fort Smith	304	296	287	887
7	Cal State San Marcos	300	305	283	888
8	Cal State East Bay	300	298	291	889
9	Biola	303	312	288	903
10	Cal State Monterey Bay	305	302	307	914
11	St. Mary’s	317	306	295	918
12	Western Washington	304	312	308	924

 

4	A&M-COMMERCE	293	297	292	882
T8	Sophie-Charlott Hempel	73	71	71	215
T15	Inma Ortiz Prieto	72	72	75	219
T25	Sarah Wongsinth	73	77	74	224
T29	Karlee Nichols	76	78	72	226
T42	Michelle Becker	75	77	78	230

Lions move up to No. 5 in the final regional rankings before Selection Show.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Texas A&M University-Commerce softball team is ranked No. 5 in the final NCAA South Central Regional rankings released by the NCAA before the Selection Show on Monday morning at 9:00 central time. 

Since the release of the last regional rankings, the Lions collected two wins over Oklahoma Christian, who was ranked No. 4 in the region. This season, the Lions are 35-9 against in-region teams and 39-13 overall. 

The Lions take on Angelo State in the first round of the Lone Star Conference tournament on Friday. The Rambelles are currently ranked No. 3 in the region. The top two seeds will host the two regionals during the NCAA Regionals round, and the Super Regionals will be at the highest remaining seed.

NCAA SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL RANKINGS – AS OF MAY 3

Rank	School	Overall DII Record	In-Region Record
1	UT-Tyler	38-4	33-4
2	Lubbock Christian	37-9	34-7
3	Angelo State	36-9	36-9
4	Texas A&M-Kingsville	41-8	37-8
5	A&M-Commerce	39-13	35-9
6	Oklahoma Christian	38-12	38-12
7	St. Mary’s	33-16	32-16
8	Colorado Mesa	43-7	42-7
9	West Texas A&M	28-15	27-13
10	Colorado Christian	46-8	46-7

Lion Track & Field teams set for LSC Championships in Kingsville

COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce, track & field teams begin their quest for the Lone Star Conference Championships this weekend in Kingsville. The first events begin on Thursday. 

WATCH (SELECT TRACK EVENTS): https://lonestarconferencenetwork.com/  

LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=5005

CHAMPIONSHIPS CENTRAL: https://lonestarconference.org/tournaments/?id=57 

The Lion men enter the conference championships ranked No. 3 in the latest United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Ratings Index. In contrast, women are No. 7. Both teams are behind top-ranked West Texas A&M in the rating index, who are the favorites to repeat as LSC Champions on both sides. 

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE

The first Lion to compete is Maia Maury (Noisy-Le-Grand, France) in the heptathlon on Thursday morning. There are four finals events that the Lions are competing in on Thursday:

• The women’s hammer throw (3:00 pm)
• The women’s triple jump (5:00 pm)
• The men’s triple jump (7:00 pm)
• The men’s 10,000-meter run (8:50 pm)

MEN

J.T. Smith (Klein Oak) and Delan Edwin (Castries, Saint Lucia) are 4-5 in the conference in the 100-meter dash with 10.25 and 10.28 seconds, respectively. Edwin is third in the 200-meter dash with 20.70 seconds, and Smith is fourth with a time of 20.91 seconds. 

In the 400-meter dash, Conner Stockerl (The Woodlands) is fifth with a time of 48.33 seconds. Timon Kemboi (Eldoret, Kenya) and Nicodemus Rotich (Eldoret, Kenya) are 7-8 in the 800 meters with times of 1:52.62 and 1:52.63, respectively. Rotich is also eighth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:53.70. 

Cameron Macon (Dallas – Carter) and Maxime Woirin (Lyon, France) are in the top eight in the 110-meter hurdles. Macon is second with 14.19 seconds, and Woirin is eighth with 14.48. Woirin is third in the 400-meter hurdles with 52.27 seconds, and Axel Paolucci (Lyon, France) is seventh with a time of 53.54 seconds. 

In the 3,000 meter steeplechase, Nicholas Deutsch (Frisco) is third with a time of 9:29.31, and Nicodemus Rotich (Eldoret, Kenya) is fourth with a time of 9:31.98. 

The Lion 4×100 relay team of Smith, Edwin, Andre Norman (Celina), and Emmanuel Agenor (Spanishtown, Jamaica) competes on Saturday. The Lions own the best time in the conference. The 4×400 relay team of Edwin, Stockerl, Woirin and Dakari Hill (Orlando, Fla.) is third. 

The Lions have three of the top four marks in the high jump. Ushan Perera (Mahabage, Sri Lanka) is first with a mark of 7 feet 5.25 inches (2.27m), followed by Justin Lewis (Lynn, Mass.), who is second with an imprint of 7 feet 1 inch (2.16m), and Hill is fourth with a mark of 6 feet 11 inches (2.11m). Elmar Schutte (Pretoria, South Africa) leads the way in the pole vault with 17 feet 6.5 inches (5.35m). 

Four Lions are in the top seven in the long jump. Tyris Jefferson (Tyler – Lee) is second, followed by Trayveon Franklin (Montgomery) at third, Chandler King (Hughes Springs) at fourth, and Dodley Thermitus (Elizabeth, N.J.) is seventh. Thermitus is the leader in the triple jump, and Franklin is fourth. 

Ryan Amador (Jonesboro, Ark.), the defending LSC Champion in the shot put, his fifth this season with a mark of 52 feet 9.5 inches (16.09m) and fourth in the discus with an imprint of 160 feet 7 inches. At the same time, Moaz Ibrahim (Cairo, Egypt) leads in the discus with 189 feet 11 inches (57.88m). 

WOMEN

In the 100-meter dash, Sofia Khenfar (Lyon, France) is seventh with 11.80 seconds, while Ashley Benton (Waxahachie Life) is eighth with 11.96 seconds. Mariana Shostak (Lviv, Ukraine) is fourth with 24 seconds in the 200-meter dash, and Khenfar is sixth with a time of 24.40 seconds. 

Shostak is the leader in the 400-meter dash with 52.40 seconds, Naomi Ndukwe (Perserville, France) is fifth with a time of 56.50 seconds, and Francesca Aquillino (Milan, Italy) is seventh with a time of 57.69 seconds. 

The Lions have top-three marks in both hurdles races. Julia Seigerroth (Jonkoping, Sweden) is third in the 100-meter hurdles with 14.23 seconds. Minna Svaerd (Karlstad, Sweden) is the leader in the 400-meter hurdles with 57.47 seconds, Ndukwe is second with a time of 1:01.40, and Maury is third with a third a time of 1:03.14. 

The 4×100 relay team of Aquillino, Benton, Khenfar, and Shostak is second, while the Ndukwe, Shostak, Khenfar, and Svaerd are first in the 4×400 meter relay. 

Maury is third in the high jump, clearing 5 feet 5.25 inches (1.66m), and Jessie Payne (Grapeland) is eighth with a mark of 5 feet 3 inches (1.55m). Svaerd is first in the pole vault with 13 feet 3.5 inches (4.05m), and Destiny Skidmore (Marshfield, Mo.) is seventh with a mark of 11 feet 5 inches (3.48m). 

In the throws, Iniuto Ukpong (Mansfield Summit) is fourth with a mark of 46 feet 5 inches (14.03m) in the shot put. Vy Huynh (Mesquite – Poteet) is eighth with 42 feet 3.5 inches (12.89m). Cassandra Rendon (San Antonio – James Madison) is seventh with 137 feet 1 inch (41.79m) in the discus. Ukpong is fifth in the hammer throw with 163 feet 3 inches (49.76m). 

Candesha Scott (St. David, Grenada) is the leader in the javelin with a mark of 162 feet 7 inches (49.55m). Tamara Susa (Novi Sad, Serbia) is second with an imprint of 151 feet 4 inches (46.12m), and Rendon is sixth with a mark of 123 feet 8 inches (37.69m). 

Maury competes in the heptathlon for the second team in her career. She totaled 4,397 points earlier this season, which is fourth in the conference.