ABILENE, Texas – Hardin-Simmons' Cowboy football's
Harrison Foster and Cowgirl volleyball's
Abbi Allen were named the 2025-26 ASC Scholar-Athlete Medal of Honor recipients for HSU, announced by the ASC on Thursday.
The Scholar-Athlete Medal of Honor is the highest honor one can achieve as an American Southwest Conference student-athlete. Presented by the Faculty Athletics Representatives, the Scholar-Athlete Medal of Honor is awarded to one male and one female member of each member institution's graduating class who has compiled the most outstanding record in academics, athletics, and leadership over their collegiate career.
Harrison Foster is a finance major from Sweetwater, Texas and finished with a 3.88 GPA. He secured 161 total tackles for the Cowboys at safety, including 81 solo and 80 assisted tackles. Foster intercepted two passes which were each returned for touchdowns, forced two fumbles, had nine passes deflected, and blocked one kick to go with four tackles for loss in 2025.
Foster was named a Campbell Trophy semifinalist, an Associated Press second-team All-American, D3football.com first-team all-region, first-team all-ASC, a Cowboy football team captain, and CSC academic all-district for the 2025 season.
Abbi Allen is a Coleman, Texas native and hit for .250 for the Cowgirl volleyball team and recorded 212 kills in the 2025 season. She averaged 2.12 kills a set and was one of the best blocking right-sides in the nation with a total of 109 blocks, averaging 1.09 blocks a set on the season for Hardin-Simmons.
Allen finished with a 4.0 GPA in business and was named an AVCA All-American, becoming just the fifth All-American in Cowgirl volleyball history. She was AVCA first-team all-region, first-team all-ASC, and CSC academic all-district as well in her final year at Hardin-Simmons.
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