LSA Releases D-II All-Conference

DALLAS – The Lone Star Alliance (LSA) has released its all-conference teams and major award winners for the 2023 season.

Conference champion Missouri State was well-represented on the postseason teams this spring while also sweeping four of the five major awards.

Blake Donnelly was the Offensive Player of the Year while Bears teammate Jack Stewart was the Defensive Player of the Year. Kyle Hunter took home Most Valuable Player honors while Missouri State head man Donnie Curran was the Coach of the Year.

The Bears placed seven players on the LSA first team.

UT-San Antonio’s Luke Wardlow was tabbed the Rookie of the Year in the conference and was one of four Roadrunners on the top squad.

Baylor had two players on the first team.

2023 LSA Division II All-Conference Awards

First Team
A – Kyle Hunter, Missouri State
A – Luke Wardlow, UT-San Antonio
A – Mark Brugner, Baylor
M – Ian Henke, UT-San Antonio
M – Andrew Tipton, Missouri State
M – Robert Brackett, UT-San Antonio
SSDM – Tyler Cole, Missouri State
FO – Austin Fouse, Missouri State
LSM – Blake Seifert, Missouri State
D – Bryan Cole, Missouri State
D – Jack Stewart, Missouri State
D – Ethan Triem, Baylor
D – John Suprynowicz, UT-San Antonio
G – Nick Ledesky, Baylor

Second Team
A – Blake Donnelly, Missouri State
A – Brady Vincent, Baylor
A – Mark Crookenden, Tulane
M – Noah Reff, Missouri State
M – Giuseppe Randazzo, Baylor
M – Sean Douglas, Baylor
SSDM – Raymond Issa, Missouri State
FO – Ethan Carter, Missouri State
LSM – Logan Cantu, UT-San Antonio
D – Connor Gambelin, Tulane
D – Ethan Warfield, Baylor
D – Linden Knup, Drury
G – Trenton Meeks, Missouri State

Third Team
A – Christian Reil, UT-San Antonio
A – Colton Daniel, Missouri State
A – Christian Beckett, Baylor
M – Jakob Wattles, Missouri State
M – Jack Maloney, Tulane
M – Derek Suiter, Missouri State
SSDM – Douglas Macon, UT-San Antonio
FO – Andrew Liu, Tulane
LSM – Andrew Mason, Baylor
D – Caleb Griffin, Missouri State
D – Patrick Zertuche, UT-San Antonio
D – Van Hoang, Dallas Baptist
G – Arturo Lujan, East Texas Baptist

Honorable Mention
A – Logan Verlinden, East Texas Baptist
A – Luke Farnan, Tulane
A – Henry Kneidel, UT-San Antonio
M – Koy Hancock, Baylor
M – Austin Hardy, Dallas Baptist
SSDM – Russell Okupski, Baylor
FO – Daniel Lemus, Baylor
LSM – Garrett Limpert, Drury
D – Joel Titus, Dallas Baptist
G – Ethan Rogers, Drury

Offensive Player of the Year: Blake Donnelly, Missouri State
Defensive Player of the Year: Jack Stewart, Missouri State
Most Valuable Player: Kyle Hunter, Missouri State
Rookie of the Year: Luke Wardlow, UT-San Antonio
Coach of the Year: Donnie Curran