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Four Women's Golfers Named WGCA All-American Scholars
July 02 | Women's Golf
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Four University of Akron women's golf student-athletes, led by three-time honorees Sara Chaves and Laura Murray, have been named Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars, the organization announced on Wednesday.
The four honorees marked the fifth-straight year that the Zips have had at least three student-athletes selected as All-American Scholars. Akron had a school-record five honorees last year.
Chaves and Murray earned All-American Scholar honors for a third-consecutive season, while Frida Fougberg earned her second selection and Mallory Etcheberry was named an All-American Scholar as a freshman.
Chaves and Murray are the fourth and fifth UA student-athletes to earn at least three All-American Scholar honors, joining Amanda Butler (four, 2009-12), Hanna Ek (four, 2009-11, 13) and Tyler Etcheberry (four, 2009-11, 13).
The women's golf team has been one of the top-performance teams in the classroom in the nation. The Zips have finished in the top-15 nationally for overall team GPA (all divisions) in the past three seasons and await to hear where they finished for the 2013-14 campaign. Akron is just one of three programs nationally to appear in the top-15 in each of the past three seasons, joining Lee University and Otterbein University.
A total of 664 student-athletes were selected across all three divisions of women's collegiate golf. 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.
The WGCA, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. Today, the WGCA represents nearly 500 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
