RICHARDSON, Texas – West Texas A&M's Maddie Hooker was named to the 2020 Lone Star Conference Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team on Tuesday morning announced by the league's offices.
 
Hooker was voted to the LSC All-Academic Team that recognizes 10 student-athletes - five women and five men - for their academic success in the classroom.  The Yantis, Texas native holds a 4.0 grade point average in Plant, Soil and Environmental Science.  She finished 28th at the LSC Championships in San Angelo with a time of 23 minutes, 53.47 seconds to help the Lady Buffs to their second straight second-place team finish. 
 
To be eligible for the All-Academic Team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.30 cumulative grade point average and are voted on by the conference's sports information directors.  
 
Dallas Baptist's Leslie Filorio and UT Tyler's Zach Tucker were named the Cross Country Academic Runners of the Year.  Filorio was joined on the women's side by DBU's Madison Brown and Rylee Cristan, WT's Hooker and Western New Mexico's Brenda Preito.  
 
Hooker and WT will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 14, as they compete in the D2 National Invite in Lubbock.