SAN ANGELO, Texas – For the second consecutive year, Cathryn Rittenberry was named the Lone Star Conference Women's Track & Field Academic Athlete of the Year while five other track & field student-athletes were named to the LSC Track & Field All-Academic team.

Rittenberry is studying integrated professional accountancy and has a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. She is joined on the LSC All-Academic team by teammates Emeline Crutcher, Kelsey Coffman and Summer Sutherland. It is the second straight year Sutherland has been named to the list.  

Clinton Bippert added his name to the LSC Men's All-Academic team for the third year. Bippert was joined by teammate Ethan West. Howard Gill of Incarnate Word was named the LSC Track & Field Men's Academic Athlete of the Year.

To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 GPA and have reached sophomore status both athletically and academically. The Academic Athlete of the Year award and the All-Academic Team are selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the league's sports information directors voting on the basis of both academic and athletic achievement.