12 Husker Golfers Earn Spots on Big 12 Honor Roll

Lincoln - Twelve of the 13 members of the Nebraska women’s golf team earned recognition from the conference for their academic accomplishments by being named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll.

Junior Beth Anne Cherry and sophomore Chelsea Gehring led the way for the Huskers in the classroom during the fall semester, as both golfers produced perfect 4.0 grade-point averages. Cherry, an elementary education from Lincoln, Neb., and Gehring, a sophomore horticulture major from Aberdeen, S.D., both enjoyed perfect semesters in the classroom.

Senior captain Stephanie Schaefer, an exercise science major from Columbus, Neb., also produced a strong semester in the classroom, while juniors Merynn Ito (Aiea, Hawaii) and Stephanie Ruiz (Edmond, Okla.) also earned spots on the honor roll.

Sophomores Jackie Beste (Sauk Centre, Minn.) and Sara Sackett (Cambridge, Neb.) also earned mention on the honor roll along with all five of Nebraska’s freshmen (Andrea Dunagan, Heather Gutschow, Christine McArdle, Madison Schroeder and Allison Stewart).

The Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes who earned a 3.0 GPA or higher during the previous semester. Overall, Nebraska had 286 student-athletes named to the fall honor roll, including 26 who produced perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during the fall semester.