- LSC Academic Release
- LSC All-Conference Release

CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M claimed six different specialty awards on Thursday afternoon as the Maroon & White placed 31 student-athletes on the annual Lone Star Conference Indoor Track & Field All-Conference squads.
 
The LSC honored 124 athletes for their efforts at the 2026 LSC Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships, which were held Feb. 27-28 at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. The special awards were voted upon by the league coaches.
 
Fran Bonifacic, Blessing Akintoye and Esther Conde-Turpin and claimed Lone Star Conference Indoor Track and Field individual honors to headline the league's postseason awards. William Opare of Angelo State was tabbed the league's Indoor Outstanding Male Track Athlete of the Year.
 
Akintoye was also selected the league's Female Indoor Academic Athlete of the Year for the second straight season. She was joined on the All-Academic squad by Kalkidan Vincendeau, Isaac Botsio, James Dadzie and Jerry Jakpa.
 
Bonifacic earned the title of LSC Indoor Outstanding Male Field Athlete. The junior from Punat, Croatia earned points in the pole vault (4.81m) and long jump (7.05m), as well as the 60-meter hurdles (8.30). Bonifacic, who also had a top-10 finish in the shot put (13.86m), earned a silver medal in the pole vault and totaled 15 points.
 
Akintoye was voted LSC Indoor Outstanding Female Track Athlete after taking gold in both the 400 (52.28) meters and 200 meters (23.67). The junior from Ogun state, Nigeria set an all-time LSC and meet record in the 400. It was also a personal best time. She totaled 20 points.
 
Conde-Turpin was dubbed LSC Indoor Outstanding Female Field Athlete. The junior from Reunion Island, France had top-3 finishes in the long jump (5.91m), shot put (13.40m) and high jump (1.63m). She also took gold in the 60-meter hurdles (8.32). Conde-Turpin totaled a meet-high 28.50 points.
 
Matt Stewart won Men's Coach of the Year honors for the sixth straight year after guiding a sixth straight conference title. Stewart also secured Women's Coach of the Year honors for a sixth straight time after leading a 13th-straight LSC championship.
 
The list of all-conference performers includes the first team, which consists of event winners, all members of the winning relay teams and athletes scoring 14 or more points at the LSC Championships. The second team includes athletes on the second-place relay teams and those scoring 8-13.9 points, while the third team recognizes members of third-place relay teams and athletes scoring 6-7.9 points.