WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State's Lauren Lindgren and Zach Purcell earned Lone Star Conference Scholar Athlete honors as released by league officials Tuesday afternoon.
 
Lindgren, a recipient of the Marie Morgan Award, presented to the top student-athlete at MSU Texas, carries a perfect 4.00 grade-point average. The special education major, who will graduate in December, was a finalist for the Clark Scholar in 2018 and the Hardin Scholar in 2019, the two highest academic awards at Midwestern State.
 
The Denton, Texas native is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Golden Key International Honor Society. She has also earned President's Honor Roll status three times.
 
On the field, the softball standout was hitting .394 (28-for-71) with two home runs and 16 RBI before the COVID-19 pandemic halted play. Lindgren cracked a game-winning home run in her final collegiate at-bat to lift the Mustangs to an upset win over No. 2 UT Tyler. The senior led the team with 10 doubles, a figure that ranked third in the Lone Star Conference and eighth in Division II.
 
Lindgren owns a .338 career average at Midwestern State and is the only player in school history to record back-to-back 1.000 fielding percentages.
 
Last season, Lindgren earned third team Google Cloud Academic All-America honors, joining Lauren Craig, who garnered first-team honors in 2010, as the only student-athletes in program history to earn the distinction.
 
Purcell, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance this spring, sported a 3.80 grade-point average.
 
The Kingwood native was named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll on seven occasions, while working his way up the quarterback depth chart.
 
Purcell was a member of two NCAA Division II playoff teams and was a reserve signal caller on MSU's Lone Star Conference championship squad of 2017.
 
Purcell claimed a starting role last season passing for 765 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions over the first four games which included a 323-yard, three-touchdown performance in a win over FCS Northwestern State in the season opener.
 
Each academic year, the LSC presents a Scholar-Athlete to one male and one female student-athlete at each member institution. These student-athletes are selected as representatives for the outstanding accomplishments in athletics, scholarship and leadership that are displayed on campus each year.
 
To be eligible for consideration, student-athletes must have participated in at least two years in their sport and be a member of the graduating class.

 

Scholar Athlete	Institution	Year	Sport	Hometown
Nicholas Novak	Angelo State	Sr.	Baseball	Stillwater, Minn.
Meagan Hill	Angelo State	Sr.	Softball	Salado, Texas
Steffan Ristenpatt	Cameron	Sr.	Men's XC/T&F	Bissendorf, Germany
Allison Duffin	Cameron	Sr.	Women's Golf	San Antonio, Texas
Conner Lidiak	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Men's Basketball	Arlington, Texas
Hope Koym	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Women's Soccer	Odessa, Texas
Tyler Lynch	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	Football	Gilbert, Ariz.
Sierra Quinones	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	Women's Cross Country	Albuquerque, N.M.
Abdou Joof	Lubbock Christian	Sr.	Men's Soccer	Banjul, Gambia
Maddi Chitsey	Lubbock Christian	Sr.	Women's Basketball	Wall, Texas
Zach Purcell	Midwestern State	Sr.	Football	Kingwood, Texas
Lauren Lindgren	Midwestern State	Sr.	Softball	Denton, Texas
Gabe Rodery	Oklahoma Christian	Sr.	Baseball	Verdigris, Okla.
Abigail Rigsby	Oklahoma Christian	Sr.	Women's Golf	Courtnenay, Bristish Colombia
Chase Bartlett	St. Edward's	Sr.	Men's Tennis	Frisco, Texas
Jenna Lipscomb	St. Edward's	Sr.	Women's Soccer	Cedar Park, Texas
Jeremiah Sanchez	St. Mary's	Sr.	Men's Tennis	Harlingen, Texas
Staci Johns	St. Mary's	Sr.	Softball	Elgin, Texas
Brant Bailey	Tarleton State	Sr.	Football	Eastland, Texas
Jordan Withrow	Tarleton State	Sr.	Softball	Trenton, Texas
Justin Kim	Texas A&M International	Sr.	Men's Golf	Sachse, Texas
Dylan Henderson	Texas A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Men's Track & Field	Duncanville, Texas
Chealsea Slider	Texas A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Softball	Texarkana, Texas
Joseph Partida	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	Football	San Benito, Texas
Madeleine Maltais	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	Women's Track & Field	Corpus Christi, Texas
Katy Ranes	Texas Woman's	Sr.	Volleyball	Copperas Cove, Texas
Oliver Perez	UAFS	Sr.	Men's Cross Country	Berryville, Ark.
Rachel Williams	UAFS	Sr.	Volleyball	Mesquite, Texas
Jeremy Pantalion	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Men's Swim and Dive	Allen, Texas
Bailey Benson	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Women's Swim and Dive	San Antonio, Texas
Chazz Slatinsky	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Football	Forney, Texas
Marlene van Mourik	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Women's Soccer	Hovborg, Denmark