RICHARDSON, Texas – After being named LSC sport academic champion in 2020-21, Eastern New Mexico Football has been named
2021-22 sport academic champion, as part of the LSC Balfour Academic Excellence Awards as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon.
ENMU Football claimed the sport academic championship with the highest team GPA out of all LSC football programs. The Greyhounds posted a team GPA of 2.696 for the year.
"Our coaching staff is extremely proud of the young men in our program for their achievement in winning the Lone Star Conference Football Academic Championship," said Head Football Coach
Tye Hiatt. "This truly is a team award as it is a combination of having a faculty that cares about our young men, and having an administration that provides support for our young men both in the classroom and on the field."
Award winners were determined by a point system, with points distributed according to finish by sport in those that the LSC sponsors after a conference-wide comparison of team GPA's. The member institution with the highest team GPA in each sport was named the sport's Academic Champion and earned five (5) points toward the overall award. Each sport's runner-up picked up four (4) points and third-place three (3) points toward the overall award. Any program with a Team GPA of 2.00 and above earned one (1) point. Points for each member institution were totaled by gender and then divided by that institution's number of counter programs in that gender to arrive at the comparison value.
Below are all of the sport academic champions.
| Men's Sport |
Academic Champion |
GPA |
| Baseball |
St. Mary's |
3.328 |
| Men's Basketball |
Lubbock Christian |
3.522 |
| Men's Cross Country |
Oklahoma Christian |
3.515 |
| Football |
Eastern New Mexico |
2.696 |
| Men's Golf |
Western New Mexico |
3.568 |
| Men's Indoor Track and Field |
Lubbock Christian |
3.1 |
| Men's Outdoor Track and Field |
St. Edward's |
3.23 |
| Men's Soccer |
UT Tyler |
3.445 |
| Men's Tennis |
UT Tyler |
3.813 |
| Women's Sport |
Academic Champion |
GPA |
| Women's Basketball |
Cameron |
3.808 |
| Women's Cross Country |
Western New Mexico |
3.679 |
| Women's Golf |
St. Mary's |
3.871 |
| Women's Soccer |
Lubbock Christian |
3.757 |
| Softball |
UT Tyler |
3.668 |
| Volleyball |
Lubbock Christian |
3.76 |
| Women's Indoor Track and Field |
DBU |
3.463 |
| Women's Outdoor Track and Field |
DBU |
3.463 |
| Women's Tennis |
St. Mary's |
3.764 |
