Awards Programs

Soccer Team Academic Award Winners

Texas State Athletic Academic Center hosts several events and awards student-athletes who have achieved on the field and in the classroom. Below is a list of awards and ceremonies hosted by the AAC.

Bobcat Academic Excellence Award
Any student-athlete who earns a 3.0 semester GPA in either the fall or the spring semester is awarded a certificate. Those who earn a 3.5 or better are recognized at a spring reception for their academic achievements with a framed certificate. Student-athletes who earn a perfect 4.0 are awarded the "Star of Excellence," a lime-stone award to signify this outstanding accomplishment. 

Emmett Shelton Team Academic Award 
This award is given to the male and female athletic program that earned the highest grade point average in the Spring and Fall semesters. Each program is given a plaque
in honor of this achievement. 
 
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award
This award recognizes one male and female Texas State athlete who have excelled in academics, demonstrated qualities of leadership, and provided service to the university and the community. These athletes are nominated by their coaches, are letter winners of junior, senior, or graduate status, have completed at least one full year of their education at Texas State University, and have an overall GPA of at least a 3.2.

Jean Smith Outstanding Female Student-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship
Dr. Jean Smith came to Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1953 and was chairman of the Women's Physical Education Department until 1970. She continued teaching as a professor in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department until her retirement in 1984. 

Dr. Smith is a true pioneer of women's athletics in the State of Texas. During her tenure she helped establish the first state athletic organization for women, the Texas Commission of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, which governed all women's athletics in the state until 1982. 

Twenty-five years ago she decided to continue helping women?s athletics by establishing this $1,000 post-graduate award that is given annually to an outstanding female student-athlete who seeks to continue her education after graduating. 

Bill Miller Outstanding Male Student-Athlete Post Graduate Scholarship 
Bill Miller served as head football coach of the Texas State Bobcats from 1964 through 1978. During that time, he compiled a record of 94-53-3. His 94 wins are more than any other football coach in school history. In 1975, Miller was named director of athletics, and he served in that capacity until his retirement in February 1992. 

Under his leadership, 31 Bobcat teams claimed conference titles. The Bobcats won back-to-back Division II national championships in football in 1981 and 1982, a national golf championship and had two national runner-up finishes in tennis. In 1986, the volleyball team became the first Bobcat team to qualify for post-season play in Division I of the NCAA. In 1990, two Bobcat track stars--Charles Austin in the high jump and Drew Fucci in the decathlon--became the university's first NCAA Division I national champions. 

Miller is enshrined in the Texas State Athletic Hall of Honor, was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the university's Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and is a member of the Southland Conference Hall of Honor. In 2005, he received the Alumni Achievement Award from the Texas State Alumni Association. He was presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Daniel Baker College in 2003. Miller attended Daniel Baker before coming to Texas State. 

In honor of Bill Miller a $1,000 post-graduate award will be given annually to an outstanding male student-athlete who seeks to continue her education after graduating. 

Texas State Athletics Academic Ring Ceremony
The Academic Ring symbolizes excellence on the playing field, as well as in the classroom. The Texas State Department of Athletics initiated the Ring Ceremony program in May of 1986. Since the inception of the program, more than 700 student-athletes have received the Bobcat Athletic Foundation Ring. The criteria for receiving this symbol of academic and athletic achievement are the following: 

1) Student-athlete must have received the "T" Letter from the Texas State Department of Athletics.
2) Student-athlete must have completed NCAA eligibility with Texas State and be in good standing with their team.
3) Student-athlete must have earned an undergraduate degree from Texas State within six years of initial full-time enrollment.

This ring is dedicated to the student-athletes who have contributed their efforts on the field of play and balanced those efforts with a commitment to achieving excellence in the classroom.
 
 
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