Texas Tech University Athletics
Lammert Named Big 12 Male Sportsperson Of The Year
June 25, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Clark Lammert has been named the 2014-15 Big 12 Male Sportsperson of the Year.
June 25, 2015
IRVING, Texas -- Former Texas Tech men's basketball player Clark Lammert has been named the Big 12 Male Sportsperson of the Year, the conference office announced Thursday.
Lammert is the second Red Raider to win this award. He joins former Lady Raider basketball player Natalie Ritchie, who earned the honor for the 2001-02 academic year.
The San Antonio, Texas, native is the founder and program coordinator for the Red Raider Reach Program, a community service initiative that he started in 2015 to increase involvement at local children's hospitals from Texas Tech sports teams.
During the 2014-15 academic year alone, Tech student-athletes increased their community service by over 500 hours thanks in part to the Red Raider Reach Program. Lammert is a longtime member of the Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Committee where he currently serves as the Director of Community Engagement. His involvement in community activities earned him a nomination to the All-State "Good Works Team" for the 2014-15 season.
Lammert was a member of the Big 12 Conference Sportsmanship Working Group to study and reform sportsmanship throughout the league. During his four years on the Tech men's basketball team, he was known for assisting a fallen teammate or opposing player off the court and congratulating and praising the other team, regardless of the outcome.
He was named the 2014-15 Texas Tech Athletics Good Citizen Award recipient as well as the Male Student-Athlete of the Year.
Lammert was named to the 2014-15 Academic All-Big 12 First Team. He has also been a regular on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll as well as the Texas Tech President's and Dean's Lists throughout his career.
Lammert was recognized as the top graduating senior off the men's basketball program and is currently working on his master's degree in sports management with an expected graduation date in December. He has been chosen for a congressional internship in Washington D.C. this fall.
The Sportsperson of the Year Awards began in 2000-01 to annually recognize student-athletes who displayed an extraordinary degree of sportsmanship, community service and academic achievement. This year's winners were selected by a media panel.
