UT Permian Basin men's tennis junior Raul Stevens was named a two-time Lone Star Conference Men's All-Academic Team member and the 2018 LSC Men's Tennis Academic Player of the year, and was joined by teammate Daniel Colmenares on the men's all-academic team and by Fernanda Orona for the second straight season on the women's honoree list as the Lone Star Conference announced all-academic teams for both sports Thursday afternoon.

To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average and have reached sophomore status both athletically and academically. The Academic Player of Year award and All-Academic Team are selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the league's sports information directors voting on the basis of both academic and athletic achievement. 

Stevens, a junior management major from Pretoria, South Africa, ended the regular season the #5 player in singles in NCAA Division II.

Colmenares is a junior petroleum engineering major hailing from Cajica, Colombia. 

Orona is a senior marketing major from Durango, Mexico.

Both UTPB Men's and Women's Tennis teams open play at the 2018 Lone Star Conference Championships Friday. The #6 women take on #3 Tarleton State at 10 a.m. at the HEB Tennis Center in Corpus Christi with the #3 men facing #2 Cameron at 2 p.m.


2018 LSC TENNIS ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
MEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Player                                 Team                                         Yr.        Major                                      Hometown
Raul Stevens                    UT Permian Basin                 Jr.         Management                      Pretoria, South Africa
Zachary Grabovic           Western New Mexico        Sr.         Psychology                           Melbourne, Australia
Vladimir Gnilozubov     Western New Mexico        Sr.         Accounting                           Kazakhstan, Astana
Daniel Colmenares        UT Permian Basin                 Jr.         Petroleum Engineering   Cajica, Colombia
Liam Fraboulet                Western New Mexico        Jr.         Business Administration Lyce Kerraoul, Paimpol, France
 
LSC Men's Tennis Academic Player of the Year: Raul Stevens, UT Permian Basin
 
 
WOMEN'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Player                                 Team                                         Yr.        Major                                        Hometown
Greta Lazzarotto            Midwestern State               Jr.         Management                        Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Fernanda Orona             UT Permian Basin                 Sr.         Marketing                               Durango, Mexico
Nadia Justiniano             Western New Mexico        So.        Zoology                                    Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Valerie Ruiz                      Texas A&M-Kingsville        So.        Animal Science                      San Antonio, Texas
Ashley Ramirez               Midwestern State               So.        Marketing                               Scottsdale, Arizona
Julia Rauer                        Texas A&M-Kingsville        So.        General Business                 Sasbach, Germany
 
LSC Women's Tennis Academic Player of the Year: Greta Lazzarotto, Midwestern State