RICHARDSON – Tarleton's Julie Norris and Scott Grantham have been named 2009-10 Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athletes.

The annual LSC Scholar-Athlete Award is given by league officials each academic year.  Twenty-nine individuals were selected as representatives of the outstanding accomplishments in athletics, scholarship and leadership that are displayed on each LSC campus during the year.

To be eligible for consideration, student-athletes must have participated at least two years in their sport and must have exhausted their athletic eligibility.
   
Besides representing each of the league's 15 member institutions, this year's recipients represent 10 of the 16 sports that are sponsored by the conference.  Basketball, football, soccer and softball had the most Scholar-Athletes with five selections each.
   
The 2009-10 Scholar-Athletes led their respective teams to seven conference championships and two LSC divisional titles.  
   
Texas is home for 19 of the recipients, with three from Oklahoma, two from Canada and one each from Arizona, Slovakia, Santiago, Australia and Denmark.