ABILENE, Texas – The West Texas A&M men's and women's golf teams were honored on the All-Lone Star Conference Teams, announced Sunday evening at the Lone Star Conference Golf Championship Banquet in Abilene, Texas.
 
Four Lady Buffs were named to the all-conference teams, including first team honors junior Loukyee Songprasert, junior Jelina Fernando and junior Holly Winter. Lady Buffs senior Kaylin Milholland earned second team honors,  while Lady Buffs head coach Meredith Jameson, tabbed the Women's Golf Coach of the Year award for her second straight season, fourth of her career. Sarah Wongsmith from Texas A&M-Commerce earned Player of the Year honors with Anna Kittleson from MSU-Texas earning Freshman of the Year.
 
Freshman Eemeli Jarvinen earned his second team honors to represent the Buffs on the All-Conference Teams. Jake Doggett of MSU-Texas earned Player of the Year honors, while teammate Garrett Leek was named Freshman of the Year. MSU-Texas head coach Jeff Ray earned his first recognition of LSC Men's Golf Coach of the Year.
 
On the All-Academic Teams, junior Jelina Fernando and senior Brayden Cruth were awarded for their second consecutive season with Fernando being named Women's Golf Academic Player of the Year.
 
To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average and be at least a sophomore, both academically and athletically. The Academic Player of the Year award and All-Academic Team are selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the league's sports information directors voting based on both academic and athletic achievement.
 
The 2019 Lone Star Conference Golf Championships begin Monday at Diamondback Golf Club in Abilene. Live scoring can be accessed at the schedule pages on gobuffsgo.com.
 
2019 Men's Golf All-Conference
FIRST TEAM
Player                                            Team                                  Year       Hometown
Jake Doggett                                  Midwestern State              SO          Hutto, Texas
Chance Craig                                 Midwestern State              SR          Llano Texas
Lucas McCubbin                            Texas A&M-Commerce     SR          Midland, Texas
Gonzalo Pan De Soraluce             Western New Mexico        JR           Madrid, Spain
Sam Ruston                                   Western New Mexico       SO           Birmingham, England
               
SECOND TEAM
Dario Gabriel                     Cameron                           SR          Felsberg, Switzerland
Garrett Leek                     Midwestern State               FR           Brock, Texas
Blake Hartford                  Texas A&M-Commerce      JR           Spring, Texas
Eemeli Jarvinen                West Texas A&M               FR           Helsinki, Finland
James Temple                  Western New Mexico         FR           Dublin, Ireland
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Niels Sorensen                 Cameron                          SR           Korsoer, Denmark
Austin Anderson               UT Permian Basin            JR           Plano, Texas
Nolan Otto                        UT Permian Basin            FR           Big Spring, Texas
 
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Player of the Year: Jake Doggett, Midwestern State
Freshman of the Year: Garrett Leek, Midwestern State
Coach of the Year: Jeff Ray, Midwestern State
 
 
2019 Women's Golf All-Conference
FIRST TEAM
Player                                                    Team                               Year        Hometown
Junie Khaw                                            Tarleton State                  SO          Selangor, Malaysia
Sarah Wongsinth                                   Texas A&M-Commerce   SO          Udon Thani, Thailand
Ueakarn Loukyee Songprasert              West Texas A&M            JR           Chiang Mai, Thailand
Jelina Fernando                                     West Texas A&M            JR           Haywards Heath, England
Holly Winter                                           West Texas A&M            JR            Hawera, New Zealand
 
SECOND TEAM
Iona Roska                         Cameron                             SO          Iverness, Scotland
Juanita Gomez                   Midwestern State                SO          Medellin Colombia
Paige-Lee Garris               Texas A&M-Commerce        SO          West Palm Beach, Florida
Kaylin Milholland               West Texas A&M                  SR          Sachse, Texas
Brenda Dominguez           Western New Mexico           JR           El Paso, Texas
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Katie Reeves                    Midwestern State           SO          Rockwall, Texas
Casey Leatherman          Tarleton State                  JR           Huntsville, Texas
Kristina Gutierrez            Texas A&M-Kingsville      SO          Laredo, Texas
Shelby Turner                  Western New Mexico      SR          Deming, New Mexico
 
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Player of the Year: Sarah Wongsinth, Texas A&M-Commerce
Freshman of the Year: Anna Kittelson, Midwestern State
Coach of the Year: Meredith Jameson, West Texas A&M