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Thursday at the El Dorado Golf and Country Club, the 2008 Amer-Cable/News-Times Scholar Athletes of the Year were announced.

El Dorado’s Austin Brown and Smackover’s Jessica McDaniel were the two honorees.

McDaniel, a softball player who has a 4.06 GPA, had mixed emotions over receiving the accolade.

“I’m very excited about it,” she said. “The other four girls were all very qualified for this award. Any of the candidates could’ve won it.”

McDaniel admits this award is all about the effort she placed into her academics. ...