Ƶ U. Women’s Golf Team Lands National Accolade
Team Ranks Sixth in Nation for Academic Success
The Ƶ University 2009-10 women’s golf team, coached by Carolyn Thompson, has been honored by the National Golf Coaches Association All-Scholar Team GPA Award. This is the first year that the team was honored by the National Golf Coaches Association for its academic achievements.
The All-Scholar Award recognized the women’s collegiate golf programs with the highest collective average team grade point average. Ƶ University’s team finished the season with an overall grade point average of 3.650, the best grade point average for the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) and the sixth best among DII schools in the nation.
“I am very proud of the team. Their strong academic performance parallels their dedication to the sport,” said Thompson.
Members of the 2009-10 Ƶ University women’s golf team include: Brianna Bush, of Ridgway, Pa., Juliana Cox, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Jessica Krehlik, of Greensburg, Pa., Nikki Mizrahi, of Dillsburg, Pa., and Jenna Petrini, of Irwin, Pa.
The National Golf Coaches Association (NCGA) is the professional association of women's collegiate golf coaches composed of over 400 members at Division I, II, III & NAIA institutions. The vision of NGCA since its inception has been to encourage the playing of intercollegiate golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. The NGCA instills within coaches of women’s golf a deeper sense of responsibility for the promotion, development, maintenance and conduct of competitive golf for women.