WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State's Skylar Minns and Keaton Dickens earned Lone Star Conference Scholar Athlete honors as released by league officials Wednesday afternoon.

Each academic year, the LSC presents a Scholar-Athlete award 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.

Minns, who graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance degree his spring, carried a 3.48 grade-point average while playing a central role in helping the Mustangs to an NCAA Division II national semifinal appearance this spring.

The Aransas Pass native boasted a 15-8 singles record, including a 12-6 run at No. 5 as the Mustangs rolled to a 22-5 record including a 10-0 run through the Lone Star Conference.

Minns provided a solid base of leadership for the Mustangs and was tabbed the LSC Sportsmanship Player of the Year. She was also recognized by her peers as the 24Strong Teammate of the Year this season.

The 5-8 senior also received the Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the South Central Region from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Minns is a two-time ITA Scholar Athlete and earned LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll acclaim on seven occasions throughout her career.

Dickens graduated with a Master of Sport Administration degree this spring, completing the program with a 4.00 grade-point average.

A local native from Iowa Park, Dickens played a key role in back-to-back NCAA Division II postseason showing by the Mustangs over the past two seasons.

He improved from a season stroke average of 75.14 as a junior in 2022-23 to a 73.79 stroke average this season. In all, Dickens carded four rounds in the 60s over the past seasons and par-or-better scores on 20 occasions.

Dickens, who also earned a bachelor of science in sport and leisure studies from MSU, earned the Mustang Scholar Award for carrying the program's highest GPA in each of his last two academic years. He was also on the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll following six semesters.

 

2023-24 Lone Star Conference Scholar Athletes

Scholar Athlete	Institution	Class	Major	Sport(s)
Rance Rosas	Angelo State	Gr.	Public Health	Baseball
Laura Kilmova	Angelo State	Gr.	Counseling Psychology	Golf
Andrew Durst	Cameron	Sr.	Accounting	Baseball
Katie King	Cameron	Sr.	Business Finance	Basketball
Adam Whitehead	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Mathematics	Cross Country, Track & Field
Olivia Mitchell	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Marketing	Golf
Greg Johnson	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	University Studies	Basketball
Samantha Jeffries	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	Digital Filmmaking	Soccer
Carson Ogilvie	Lubbock Christian	Sr.	Finance	Baseball
Tiarra Delrosario	Lubbock Christian	Gr.	Accounting	Softball
Keaton Dickens	Midwestern State	Gr.	Sport Administration	Golf
Skylar Minns	Midwestern State	Sr.	Finance	Tennis
Brooklin Bain	Oklahoma Christian	Sr.	Biology	Basketball, Softball
Nicholas Gonzalez	St. Edward's	Sr.	Behavior Neuroscience	Cross Country, Track & Field
Maddi Davis	St. Edward's	Sr.	Digital Media Management	Soccer
Douglas Beirne	St. Mary's	Sr.	Management	Esports
Rebecca Reed	St. Mary's	Gr.	Jurisprudence	Golf
Isaac Ponce	Texas A&M International	Sr.	Business	Baseball
Yuliana Yapur	Texas A&M International	Gr.	Psychology	Golf
Gabriel Field	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	History	Track & Field
Alessa Maier	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	Marketing	Tennis
Laurel Jones	Texas Woman's	Sr.	Psychology	Stunt
Michael Brinton	Arkansas-Fort Smith	Sr.	Biomedical	Baseball
Sidney Stramel	Arkansas-Fort Smith	Sr.	Sonography	Golf
Hayden Kelly	UT Permian Basin	Gr.	Business Administration	Football
Alexus Quaadman	UT Permian Basin	Gr.	Business Administration	Basketball
Lukas Paulun	UT Tyler	Gr.	Business Administration	Soccer
Michelle Arias	UT Tyler	Gr.	Business Administration	Softball
Dylan Fesperman	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Finance	Baseball
Brittni Rufus	West Texas A&M	Sr.	Public Administration	Softball
Adam Niles	Western New Mexico	Sr.	Business Management	Golf
Kennedy Jerrard	Western New Mexico	Sr.	Marketing	Softball