Golf Team Earns Academic Honor

Lincoln - The Nebraska women’s golf team earned recognition from the National Golf Coaches Association for its outstanding team grade-point average during the 2004-05 season, when it released its NGCA All-Scholar Team on Thursday. 

 

Nebraska was ranked seventh in the country with its Big 12 Conference-leading overall GPA of 3.566.  South Carolina won the NGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award with its 3.752 cumulative team GPA. 

 

The NGCA’s new award recognizes women’s collegiate golf programs for their academic achievements.  The list is made up of the top 25 collective GPAs in the nation. 

 

Earlier this summer, the NGCA recognized four Huskers individually for their outstanding academic performances.  Senior Merynn Ito, juniors Jackie Beste and Chelsea Gehring along with redshirt freshman Allison Stewart earned honors for their cumulative GPA’s of 3.5 or higher.