Male: Jake Mullin, So./Jr., McMurry (Football/Baseball)

Female: Ayrika Henderson, Sr., East Texas Baptist (Softball)

1. Jake Mullin, So./Jr., McMurry (Football/Baseball)

3. Bryson Tucker, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor (Football)

3. Kaela Parnell, Sr., Hardin-Simmons (Volleyball)

Mary Hardin-Baylor

Howard Payne

Mary Hardin-Baylor

Howard Payne

Mary Hardin-Baylor

Meia Daniels, Howard Payne (2006-07, 2007-08)

Robert Moore, Mary Hardin-Baylor (2000-01, 2001-02)

Kendra Anderson, Hardin-Simmons (2001-02, 2002-03)

Track and Field

Brad Walker, Sr., CTX (Basketball)

Haylee Staton, Fr., CTX (Softball)

East Texas Baptist University

Kyle Pope, Sr., ETBU (Football/Baseball)

Ayrika Henderson, Sr., ETBU (Softball)

Chris O’Brien, Jr., HSU (Soccer)

Kaela Parnell, Sr., HSU (Volleyball)

Howard Payne University

Ross Sidman, Sr., HPU (Tennis)

Ashley Silva, Jr., HPU (Softball)

JJ Rockmore, Sr., LETU (Basketball)

Leslie Lee, Jr., LETU (Golf)

Jordan Rideaux, Jr., LC (Football)

Jodi Montagnino, Sr., LC (Softball)

Jake Mullin, So./Jr., McM (Football/Baseball)

Breana Anderson-Burton , Jr., McM (Track and Field)

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Bryson Tucker, Sr., UMHB (Football)

Megan Aarhus, So., UMHB (Tennis)

Adam Shaffer, Sr., MC (Football)

Jennifer Cooper, So., MC (CC/Track & Field)

University of the Ozarks

Cory Briggs, Sr., UO (Baseball)

Emalee Pearson, Sr., UO (Soccer)

Jay Chapman, Jr., SU (Golf)

Tiffany Miller, Sr., SU (Volleyball)

Sul Ross State University

Javier Arrieta, Sr., SRSU (Baseball)

Liz Pereyra, Sr., SRSU (Basketball)

University of Texas at Dallas

Scott Rodgers, Sr., UTD (Basketball)

Niki Calverley, Jr., UTD (Volleyball)

University of Texas at Tyler

Brandon Ellis, Sr., UT TYLER (Golf)

Joey Cronin, Fr., UT TYLER (Softball)

Texas Lutheran University

Brad Orosey, So., TLU (Baseball)

Briana Aiken, Fr., TLU (Track & Field)

Hometown: Brenham, TX

Summary: Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Player of the Year…National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All-South Region…D3hoops.com Second Team All-South Region…Concordia Male Athlete of the Year…Concordia Men’s Basketball Team MVP…American Southwest Conference West Division Player of the Year…All-ASC…All-ASC West Division First Team…Four-time selection to the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week (only player in the country to do so)…ASC West Division Player of the Week (01/11/10)…ASC West Division Preseason Player of the Year…Walker led the Tornados to their fourth consecutive appearance in the postseason ASC tournament…He helped the team to a 16-10 overall record and 14-7 mark in the ASC West…Walker was the leading scorer on the conference’s top scoring team, averaging 17.8 points per game, fifth most in the ASC…He finished his career fifth on the CTX all-time scoring list with 1,533 points…Second in school history in career rebounds (617) and is the school’s all-time leading shot blocker (119).

Hometown: Longview, TX

Summary: First-team All-ASC East outfielder…hit .431 with 5 HR and 36 RBI…team-high 66 hits…hit safely in first 29 games of the season…connected on 7 of 10 field goal attempts and was 20 of 22 on extra points as kicker on football team…ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete for both football and baseball…ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American for baseball…named ETBU’s Top Tiger for third year in a row.

Major: Criminal Justice

Summary: O’Brien was named the ASC Defensive Player of the Year and was also the MVP of the ASC Tournament as he led the Hardin-Simmons men’s soccer team to its third ASC title in the last five years. O’Brien also helped the Cowboys make league history as he returned late in the game from a broken nose and hammered home the game-winner in an upset of Trinity in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, making HSU the first team in ASC history to beat Trinity in the NCAAs.

Hometown: Seabrook, TX

Summary: Ross Sidman, who majored in criminal justice with a 3.94 GPA, is a four-year letterman. Sidman played a key role in the Yellow Jackets making the ASC postseason tournament the past two seasons. He is a three-time Academic All-Conference selection, on the HPU President’s list and an All-Conference selection. He was HPU’s Scholar-Athlete award winner. Sidman is also a member of Sigma Theta Phi and has helped out with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Brownwood.

Summary: JJ Rockmore had another outstanding season and finished his career by recording 1,165 points in four years for the Blue and Gold. He earned ASC East Division First Team honors and was also selected to the ASC East All-Defensive Team.

Hometown: Carencro, LA

Summary: AFCA First Team All-America, 2009 ASC Special Teams Player of the year; set new school records for single season receiving touchdowns, receiving yards, receptions, receiving average; D3Football.com all-region; Second-team All-Louisiana (an award presented by the Louisiana Sport Writers Association and selected from among all Louisiana Universities and Schools – LSU, Tulane, etc. – of which LC is the only D-III program). Rideaux was one of the most versatile offensive weapons, racking up 1,857 all-purpose yards (a new single-season record for LC) and scored 14 touchdowns. He caught 78 passes for 1,157 yards and 11 touchdowns (two more single-season records), rushed eight times for 23 yards and a touchdown, returned 17 punts for 281 yards and one touchdown, returned 17 kickoffs for 400 yards and one touchdown and completed one pass for 22 yards. He also became the first player in LC history to score a touchdown via a reception, rush, punt return and kickoff return in the same season.

Hometown: Burleson, TX

Summary: Mullin was all-conference honorable mention on the ASC football team and was a two-time ASC Offensive Player of the Week. He threw for 2,749 yards, 25 touchdowns and just nine interceptions after taking three years off from football. As a baseball player, he became the sixth player in school history to earn all-America honors when he was named honorable mention by D3baseball.com In addition, he was a first-team all-West Region selection by Rawlings/NBCA and was the ASC West Division Player of the Year. He led the ASC in batting average (.462), on-base percentage (.570), walks (33) and slugging percentage (.871). He hit 11 home runs, drove in 44 runs and had four assists from the outfield.

Hometown: Caldwell, TX

Summary: Bryson earned First Team All-American honors from D3football.com and from the American Football Coaches Association. D3football.com actually created an All-Purpose position for Bryson so that he could be named to the site’s All-American First team. He was also named All-American by the Associated Press after splitting the season between defensive back and running back. Bryson finished with 43 total tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss as a safety. He also broke up three passes and returned a fumble for a touchdown. In the middle of the season, injuries forced his move to running back and he promptly ran for 218 yards and two touchdowns in his first start at that position. Bryson finished with 558 yards and seven touchdowns rushing and he also caught a touchdown pass and returned a punt for a touchdown during the season. He helped lead the Cru to an ASC Co-Championship and an NCAA postseason appearance. Bryson was an ASC All-Conference selection, earning All-Conference honors for the fourth consecutive season and at his third different position. During his career, he accounted for touchdowns in six different ways: fumble return, punt return, kickoff return, rushing, receiving and passing.

Hometown: Brandon, MS

Summary: Shaffer led the Choctaw football team to their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Playoffs and only the second ASC Championship in school history, sharing the title with Mary Hardin-Baylor. Shaffer was named ASC Offensive Player of the Year after setting a single-season record with 33 touchdown passes, breaking his own mark of 31 in 2007. On the year, Adam completed 236 of 399 passes for 3,105 yards and the 33 scores. In his career, Shaffer now holds MC passing marks for passing yards (9,505), completions (704), touchdown passes (91), and total offense (9,359). Adam is also at the top of the single-season marks for passing yards (3,497 in ’07), attempts (399 in ’09) and completions (236 in ’09). This season, Adam was a finalist for the Cellular South Conerly Trophy, rewarding the top football player in the state of Mississippi. Shaffer was a finalist alongside Anthony Dixon of Mississippi State and Dexter McCluster of Ole Miss.

Hometown: Greencastle, PA

Summary: Cory Briggs ends his baseball career as a four-time All-Conference player, an ABCA/Rawlings All-American and a three-time member of the ASC All-Academic Team. This season, the versatile Briggs played shortstop, outfield, first base and pitched. He hit .319 with seven home runs, nine doubles and 30 RBI. He started eight games on the mound, ranking second on the team in strikeouts (44) and innings pitched (48.2). The right-hander was named ASC Pitcher of the Week once this season. In 2008, he was named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team while earning ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team honors. In 2009, he was voted the ASC co-Preseason Player of the Year. Briggs was part of three playoff seasons for the Eagles. In 2008, he set school single-season records in batting (.467), hits (79), total bases (124) and doubles (19). He ranks among the program leaders in nearly every career offensive category including hits (200 – 1st), assists (430 – 1st), doubles (39 – 2nd), runs (133 - 2nd), RBI (129 – 2nd), home runs (21 – 3rd), slugging percentage (.541 – 7th) and batting (.351 – 9th).

Hometown: Houston, TX

Summary: Chapman had a remarkable season for SU, one of the fastest improving men's golf progr ams in the nation. In the fall, he carried the Mountaineers through the season, posting a scoring average of 72.8 in his three tournaments (five rounds). At the end of the fall, he was ranked #9 in all of NCAA D-III golfers after being roughly 700th after his sophomore year. The Houston, TX native was strong again in the spring and got started fast by becoming the first Mountaineer in a decade to win a tournament when he was the co-medalist for the Schreiner Spring Shootout at Comanche Trace. He was named All-Tournament three times and finished in the top 14 in every tournament during the year, except one. He finished the year ranked #53 among D-III players and should be one of the ASC's top returning players in 2010-11. His remarkable transformation on the course paralleled his dramatic improvement in the classroom. He earned Dean's List distinction after the fall, 2009 semester and took that up to President's List recognition this past semester. He will have a chance to earn Academic All-American Southwest Conference during his senior year.

Hometown: El Paso, TX

Summary: Arrieta, a returning DIII All-American and All-ASC baseball selection, batted .404 this past season with 12 home runs. The four-year starter compiled a career .407 batting average with 36 homers and 224 hits. He also stole 13 bases out of 21 tries as a senior. Arrieta posted two homers in a 12-11 conference victory at Hardin-Simmons University on April 9. He went 3-for-4 in the first of a doubleheader sweep of visiting Schreiner University on March 14. He had a pair of doubles in the 14-5 win then added a solo homer in an 11-5 victory over the Mountaineers to close out the series. Arrieta was selected as American Southwest Conference West Division Hitter of the Week after the Lobos posted a 3-0 series sweep over visiting University of Dallas on February 13 and 14. Arrieta was selected to the 2010 American Southwest Conference First All-Conference squad.

Summary: A four-year member of UTD’s successful men’s basketball team, Rodgers became one of the top players in program history despite not cracking the starting lineup until his final season. As a reserve off the bench, Rodgers was one of the team’s top 2-3 scorers and rebounders each of his first three seasons, but saved his best effort for his senior year. In 2009-2010 he led the team in scoring throughout the season, averaging 32.0 minutes of playing time throughout the course of the season and became UTD’s first American Southwest Conference All-Conference selection in his sport.  Off the court, he was a three-time ASC Academic All-Conference selection and UTD Distinguished Scholar-Athlete. After earning a finance degree one semester early, he was selected as a speaker at the December 2009 Winter Commencement ceremony, then later was elected to third-team honors in the prestigious Academic All-America Team.

Summary: 2010 PING Third Team All-American, 2009 PING Second Team All-American, 2009 & 2010 PING All-West Region Team, 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District, two-time All-ASC First Team selection, two-time ASC Golfer of the Week in 2010, led UT Tyler to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, led the ASC with a 72.9 scoring average in the regular season with four Top 5 finishes and two individual tournament wins, including taking first at the ASC Championships, carried a 3.33 GPA in management.

Hometown: Houston, TX

Summary: Brad Orosey is a 2009-10 All-American as selected by both ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com. He was a Second Team ABCA/Rawlings selection and a Third Team D3baseball.com selection. Orosey was TLU's staff ace in 2010, posted a 10-1 record with a 3.15 ERA. He led the Bulldogs to the 2010 ASC West Division Championship and to the championship series of the conference tournament. He struck out 104 batters in 97.0 innings, and he walked only 21. Orosey was fourth in the nation in strikeouts, seventh in wins, and fourth in innings pitched. Orosey was named the 2010 American Southwest Conference West Division Pitcher of the Year, to the 2010 ASC West Division First Team, and to the ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team. On Feb. 13 of this year, Orosey tossed a no-hitter against Southwestern. For his career, Orosey is 20-2 with eight complete games, 189.0 innings pitched, 196 strikeouts, and an ERA of 3.43. After his freshman season, Orosey was a 2009 Honorable Mention All-America selection by D3baseball.com.

Hometown: Austin, TX

Summary:All-ASC West Division First Team as a pitcher…Three time ASC West Division Pitcher of the Week…Concordia Softball Player of the Year...Concordia Female Athlete of the Year…Finished her freshman campaign with 10-6 overall record with a 1.56 earned run average, the third lowest in the ASC…Staton racked up 80 strikeouts in 103.1 innings pitched, while holding opposing batters to a .233 batting average…She was equally as good with the bat…Batting in the cleanup spot for the Tornados, Staton was second on the team with a .324 batting average with a team-best four home runs and 25 runs batted in… She slugged at a .459 clip and posted a .406 on base percentage.

Hometown: Nacogdoches, TX

Summary: Went 21-7 with a 1.74 ERA in 157.1 innings for national champion softball team…first-team All-ASC East…ASC All-Academic…named All-Tournament at national championship tournament…went 6-1 with a 0.84 ERA in 33.1 innings and 10 appearances in the NCAA Tournament…ASC East Preseason Pitcher of the Year…went 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA in four appearances at World Series…named ETBU’s female Top Tiger.

Hometown: Carrollton, TX

Summary: Parnell will go down as one of the most decorated student-athletes in Hardin-Simmons history. She was named the ASC West MVP and was an honorable mention All-American in volleyball. She led the Cowgirls to the ASC Championship game in three of her four years as a Cowgirl. She is the all-time leader in kills at HSU. What makes her more unique is what she does off the court. She is a 4.0 pre-med major and commits up to 10 hours a week as a community service volunteer in several different capacities. She also was an Academic All-American, the ASC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Volleyball, was the HSU nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year, earned an NCAA Postgrad Scholarship and given the Minnie Anderson Award that goes to the highest achieving woman in the HSU graduating class of 2010.

Hometown: Angleton, TX

Summary: She currently serves as president of the Howard Payne Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Ashley coaches and helps with local youth softball programs in Brownwood and in her hometown of Angleton giving free hitting lessons. She read to kids and tutored at an elementary school in Angleton. She also help organized a youth team for the walk-a-thon and helped with Keep Brownwood Beautiful program. Ashley is a three-time All-Conference player at first base, this year’s West Division Player of the Year, and a two-time Academic All-Conference selection for the Lady Jacket softball team. She fished fourth in the ASC in batting avg. (.448), and second in on base pct. (.579).

Hometown: Longview, TX

Summary: Lee became the first back-to-back winner in the American Southwest Conference Women’s Golf Championship. She went on to play in the NCAA Division III Championships where she finished eighth and was named All-Region and Honorable Mention All-American. She is the first athlete from LETU to earn All-American honors at the Division III level. A member of SAAC and was named to the ASC Academic Women’s Golf Team.

Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA

Summary: AFCA first team All-America, featured in Sports Illustrated, First Team ASC East, All-Louisiana Hitter of the Year (an award presented by the Louisiana Sport Writers Association and selected from among all Louisiana Universities and Schools – LSU, Tulane, etc. – of which LC is the only D-III program). Montagnino, who did not play outfield until her sophomore year, set news school single-season records in home runs (13) and on-base percentage (.508) while batting .390 with 57 hits, 44 runs scored and 55 RBI and successfully stealing 25 bases on 29 attempts. She also became just the second LC softball player in history to be featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” section.

Hometown: Arlington, TX

Summary: Anderson-Burton sat out the indoor track season because of an ankle injury, but then fought back to earn her way back to the outdoor championships. She was seeded 15th, but turned in a sixth-place performance in the long jump to earn her fourth career all-America award. She also won individual ASC titles in the long jump and the 4X100-meter relay.

Hometown: Georgetown, TX

Summary: Megan was voted ASC West Division Player of the Year, ASC All-Conference and First Team All-West Division at both #1 doubles and #1 singles. She finished the spring with an 18-0 record at #1 doubles and a 15-2 record at #1 singles. Megan teamed with her twin sister, Mallory, to become the first ASC and UMHB tennis players to be selected to the NCAA Division III Individual Tennis Championships. The Aarhus sisters won their opening set before falling in a three-set marathon in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. Megan was 25-3 overall in doubles and went 21-5 overall in singles play this school year.

Hometown: Raymond, MS

Summary: Cooper led the Lady Choctaws cross country team with a second place finish at the ASC Championships and finished seventh in the NCAA Southeast Regionals, advancing to the NCAA Nationals Meet. Cooper also was named the Co-MVP of the ASC Track and Field Championships with victories in the 10,000m (42:17) and the 5,000m runs (20:05). Cooper earned First Team All-ASC honors in cross country and was named Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year. Jennifer was also named Runner of the Week for the meets of October 12.

Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT

Summary: Pearson graduated a semester early all while juggling a rigorous school and work load. On the field, she was among the top defenders in the conference and was the clear team leader, serving as team captain. She earned All-Conference honors twice during her career. She is the program’s career leader in starts (70). In the classroom, she posted a 3.71 grade point average and was a member of the ASC All-Academic Team member three times. In 2008, she was named a NSCAA Scholar All-American. She currently works for a large public relations firm in Tulsa, Okla. Additionally, she worked in the Sports Information Office for two years, earning ASC SID All-Academic status.

Hometown: San Antonio, TX

Summary: Miller completed her career this past fall and will go down as one of the best at Schreiner to play volleyball. She certainly saved her best for last and came up big for the Mountaineers in her senior season. The 5'11 middle blocker from San Antonio was a four year starter for Schreiner. Last fall, she was one of the top offensive and defensive threats in the American Southwest Conference and nearly carried the Mountaineers to the ASC postseason tournament. She led the conference in blocks (1.03/game) was second in points (4.06/game), fourth in hitting percentage (.317) and eighth in kills at 3.06/game. She became the first Mountaineer to be named first team All-ASC since early last decade. She graduated last month with a degree in Mathematics and was strong in the classroom as well as she earned Dean's List three times during her career.

Summary: Pereyra led the Lady Lobos with per-game averages of 8.3 rebounds and 16.2 points this past campaign. She was a three-year letter winner. She was named the team’s Most Valuable Player and also received the Hustle Award. She received American Southwest Conference West Division honorable mention.

Hometown: Wylie, TX

Summary: In her first three seasons at UTD, Calverley has been one of the nation’s statistical leaders for the championship Comets volleyball program. In the last three seasons, she has twice been named to the prestigious American Southwest Conference All-Conference Team and has won first-team All-Division honors two times as well. As the team’s setter, Calverley quarterbacked her team to two consecutive American Southwest Conference Championships and an undefeated regular season in 2009. During her three seasons, the Comets are 70-19 overall and are 46-5 in ASC play. Last fall, Calverley became one of UTD’s first student-athletes to win All-America honors in her sport.

Summary: 2010 NFCA First Team All-American, NFCA All-West Region First Team, ASC East Freshman of the Year, ASC Player of the Week and NFCA National Player of the Week, led the Patriots in average (.405), doubles (14), home runs (13, 6th nationally), total bases (123), slugging percentage (.804) and on-base percentage (.511) as a freshman, involved in several community service efforts logging 30 hours, carried a 3.78 in engineering.

Hometown: Pflugerville, TX

Summary: On May 27, Briana Aiken won the 2010 NCAA Division III National Championship in the long jump at the DIII Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Aiken jumped a George Finnie Stadium record 19 feet, 3-1/2 inches to win the national title. Aiken had not competed in the long jump in her entire athletic career (college, high school, etc.) until April 2 of this year. Aiken made the championship final with a jump of 18-6 1/4. Her national championship jump of 19-3 1/2 came on her sixth and final jump of the competition. (The leap of 19-3 1/2 is also a new TLU school record.) She was in third place entering her final jump. Aiken followed the national championship in the long jump with an eighth-place national championship showing in the triple jump. Aiken left the DIII Championships with two All-America citations and a national championship. Aiken was a key contributor to TLU's 2010 ASC Championship in women's track and field. She earned All-ASC honors after scoring 20.5 points at the championship meet. (TLU won the team title by 4.5 points.) Aiken was third in the pole vault and the 400, fourth in the triple jump, sixth in the 200, and eighth in the long jump at the conference meet.