CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Five members of the Indiana State women's golf team have been named All-American Scholars for 2017-2018 by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) it was announced Tuesday. Selected from Indiana State were
Sophie Benetti,
Robyn Blanchard,
Sierra Hargens,
Alex Jennings and
Dawn Turner.
Turner has the highest mark on the squad with a 3.94 GPA in sports management while Blanchard has also set the bar high with a 3.88 GPA in marketing. Hargens holds a 3.84 GPA in mechanical engineering, Benetti posted a 3.60 GPA in biology and Jennings holds a 3.52 GPA in special education.
As a team, the Sycamores led the athletic department with a 3.71 GPA in the spring, improving from a 3.59 mark in the fall.
Indiana State and Illinois State each led the Missouri Valley Conference with five selections apiece. Southern Illinois added four to the team while Drake, Evansville and Loyola each had three student-athletes named to the list.
A total of 1,011 women's collegiate golfers recognized with this prestigious 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.
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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