CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (July 9, 2019) – The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars were announced this past week with two Lumberjack golfers
Elle Kocourkova and
Sara Padilla earning spots on the prestigious list. A total of 1,097 women's collegiate golfers were recognized with this honor.
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.
This past year the Lumberjacks had an overall team GPA of 3.54, the highest in ten years.
"Elle and Sara are pillars of what it means to be student-athletes," said head women's golf coach
Brad Bedortha. "They work very hard at what they do both on and off the course."
Twenty-four Big Sky women's golfers from eight league institutions were named to the team.
2018-2019 18Birdies WGCA All-American Scholar Team (Big Sky Conference Student-Athletes)
Jaelin Ishikawa, Eastern Washington, Freshman
Alexa Clark, Eastern Washington, Sophomore*%
Megan Ohland, Eastern Washington, Junior
Madalyn Ardueser, Eastern Washington, Junior*#
Kirsten Ishikawa, Eastern Washington, Senior@
Delaney Eliott, Montana State, Junior#
Kelly Hooper, Montana State, Junior#
Clare Dittemore, Montana State, Senior%
Coral Schulz, Montana State, Junior#
Sofia Todd Rodriguez, Montana State, Freshman
Eliska Kocourkova, Northern Arizona, Freshman*
Sara Padilla, Northern Arizona, Sophomore
Marisa Hisaki, Northern Colorado, Junior
Morgan Sahm, Northern Colorado, Junior%
Jenna Chun, Northern Colorado, Freshman
Valerie Hernandez, Portland State, Junior*#
Yun-Chu Huang, Portland State, Sophomore%
Sofie Babic, Sacramento State, Junior*#
Corinne Viden, Sacramento State, Sophomore*%
Nishtha Madan, Sacramento State, Junior%#
Kyla Smith, Southern Utah, Junior
Lydia Austin, Weber State, Junior
Kameryn Basye, Weber State, Freshman
Kirsten Convoy, Weber State, Sophomore
* Earned All-Conference First, Second, Third or Honorable Mention Honors
% Two-Time WGCA All-American Scholar
# Three-Time WGCA All-American Scholar
@ Four-Time WGCA All-American Scholar
A complete list of honorees can be found by
clicking here.
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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