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2018 DIGITAL PROGRAM Lone Star Conference Basketball Championship | March 1-4, 2018 Dear Basketball Fans, Thank you for attending the 2018 Lone Star Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship. We’re excited to partner with Visit Frisco and Dr Pepper Arena to bring LSC basketball to Frisco, home of the Dallas Stars, Dallas Cowboys, FC Dallas, the Texas Legends and now…the LSC! With 11 member institutions in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, the LSC seeks to provide student-athletes with a first-class experience. We believe the LSC Basketball Championship does just that, while highlighting the outstanding basketball being played in our Conference and giving our member schools a chance to reconnect with former students and recruit future students in the North Texas area. I hope you will have a great time and enjoy the games this week. As you cheer on your favorite team, I request your assistance in helping to create a positive game environment for all attendees. I encourage enthusiastic support for your team, but I also ask that you respect all participants by treating players, coaches, officials and fellow fans with respect. Thank you for your support in creating a great championship experience for our student-athletes. Enjoy the games! Respectfully, Jay Poerner @LoneStarConf | #LSCmbb | #LSCwbb 3 Lone Star Conference Basketball Championship | March 1-4, 2018 LONE Star CONFERENCE Long known as a leader in intercollegiate athletics, the Lone Star Conference™ (LSC) is an innovative athletics conference that aims to provide a superior competitive experience for member institutions and to allow for comprehensive development of student-athletes through academic services and life skills programming. The LSC continues to build upon its proud history while intending to be recognized as the premier NCAA Division II conference in the nation. The league’s mission is to foster student participation and success among member institutions in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of each institution’s total educational program. The LSC shall pursue student- athlete development with highest regard to the principles of academic excellence, graduation success, sportsmanship, ethical conduct, resourcefulness, community service, gender equity, and diversity. The LSC - founded on April 25, 1931 - has developed from a five-team conference of Texas-based schools to an 11-member league that spans three states (Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico). The league continues to assist its member institutions in the maintenance of intercollegiate athletic programs that are compatible with the highest standards of education and competitive sports. Jay Poerner Throughout the league’s 86-year history, various institutions have competed under the LSC banner. Today, only Texas Interim Commissioner A&M University-Commerce (then East Texas State) remains from the original group that was formed in 1931 when North Texas State, Southwest Texas State, Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin withdrew from the old Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The membership alignment has changed over the years, with current members added from 1954 to 2016. Texas A&M-Kingsville (formerly Texas A&I) joined in 1954, and Angelo State in 1968. Conference membership remained within the Texas borders until 1984 when Eastern New Mexico was admitted. Since then, the LSC has included members from Arkansas and Oklahoma. Cameron (1988, 1996) was added near the outset of an expansion phase, while Texas Woman’s (1989) and previous members West Texas A&M (1986, 1993) and Tarleton State (1968, 1994) joined the league soon after. Midwestern State was admitted early in 1995, while Incarnate Word joined the league in 2010. Harding reconnected with the league as an affiliate member in track and field from 2013-15, and McMurry was an affiliate member in indoor and outdoor track and field, and football in 2014. Melanie Robotham UT Permian Basin and Western New Mexico were added to the league in 2016, while Lubbock Christian joined as Assistant Commissioner - an affiliate member in indoor and outdoor track and field that same year. Oklahoma Panhandle State was an affiliate Media Relations member in football in 2016. Past members of the LSC include Trinity, Houston, Lamar, Howard Payne, Sul Ross State, McMurry, Harding, Ouachita Baptist, Central Oklahoma, East Central (Okla.), Northeastern State (Okla.), Southeastern Oklahoma, Southwestern Oklahoma, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word. While the LSC has maintained a long-standing tradition of competitive athletic programs for its members, many teams and individuals have gone on to distinguish themselves on the national stage. Entering 2017-18, LSC member institutions have collected 76 NCAA team national championships since the league joined the Division II membership in 1982. The LSC conducts conference championships in 17 sports (eight men and nine women). Men’s championships include football, cross country, basketball, baseball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, golf and tennis. Women’s titles are determined in volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, softball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and golf. Danielle Anderson The conference office is located in Richardson, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas. Jay Poerner serves as Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner - with assistance from Melanie Robotham (Media Relations), Danielle Anderson (Compliance) and Cheryl Scott (Business). Compliance Follow the Lone Star Conference LONESTARCONFERENCE.ORG The official internet home of the Lone Star Conference contains news, videos, notes, standings, results and information about the league’s 11 member institutions and 17 sports. TWITTER.COM/LONESTARCONF FACEBOOK.COM/LONESTARCONF YOUTUBE.COM/LSCMEDIA31 CREDITS: The 2018 Lone Star Conference Basketball Championship program is a publication of the LSC. Photography credits: Vladimir Cherry, Sarah Glenn, Patrick Green, Jeremy Enlow/Steel Shutter Photography, Angelo State University, Cameron University, Eastern New Mexico University, Midwestern State University, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, UT Permian Basin, Texas Woman’s University, West Texas A&M University, Western New Mexico University. 4 LoneStarConference.org Lone Star Conference Basketball Championship | March 1-4, 2018 LSC MEMBER INstitUTIONS Conveniently located in the center of Texas, to highlight CU’s athletic history and feature numerous Aggie greats. Angelo State University has been recognized Cameron offers 11 intercollegiate athletic programs and is a proud by Princeton Review every year since 2010 as member of both the NCAA Division II and the Lone Star Conference. one of the top public universities in the state Cameron athletes compete in the Aggie Gym (basketball, volleyball), and among the best in the nation. ASU offers 42 McCord Field (baseball), McMahon Field (softball), and the Streich-Henry undergraduate degrees with more than 100 majors and concentrations, Family Tennis Complex(men’s and women’s tennis); as well as having the plus 21 master’s degrees and one doctoral degree, on one of the state’s Cameron Golf Practice Range on campus. Cameron has recently opened safest and most technologically sophisticated residential campuses. In the Terry Bell Golf Center, which is an indoor training facility for the men’s addition to strong academic programs, Angelo State is known for its Carr and women’s golf programs, which houses three indoor hitting bays and Academic Scholarship Program and its generous gift aid for students. As state-of-the-art swing tracking technology. the second-largest campus in the Texas Tech University System, Angelo State University attracts students from 34 countries, 44 states and 224 Since its founding as a junior college in 1934, Eastern of the 254 counties in Texas. With nationally recognized undergraduate New Mexico University has blossomed into a university programs in biology, physics, agriculture, nursing, criminal justice, teacher offering an associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree in education, homeland security and psychology, Angelo State provides 66 programs and with an enrollment of approximately a quality education on a 268-acre San Angelo campus that includes 6,014 students. Currently, students attend ENMU from award-winning residence halls, library facilities and student centers. As 49 states and 20 foreign countries. well, Angelo State offers robust online programs at the undergraduate The varsity athletic teams at the university compete in the nationally and graduate levels. The university also serves about 2,000 high school respected NCAA II Lone Star Conference. Eastern is having a strong year, students throughout Texas through dual credit courses. highlighted by the football team posting its most wins since 2002 and The Angelo State Athletic Department provides opportunities for its first national ranking since 2003, while claiming the Wagon Wheel exceptional student-athletes to compete in their sports, enrich their for the fourth time in five seasons. The women’s basketball team has personal lives, improve their abilities to serve and contribute to society, reached double-digit wins for the second straight year, after reaching and to become leaders in their professions and their communities. the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The men’s Angelo State student-athletes strive to be their best on the playing field, basketball team has made