Five Lumberjack and Ladyjack Golfers Receive Academic Awards
7/25/2024 12:00:00 PM | Men's Golf, Women's Golf
Norman, Oklahoma/Coral Springs, Florida- Two Lumberjacks Men's Golfers and three Ladyjacks Women's Golfers received academic All-American awards.
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Matthew Hewitt and Eyan Edsall have been named to the 2023-24 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars list.
To be eligible for the Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar nomination an individual must be a high achiever on and off the field of play. To be selected, a student athlete must:
Matthew, a junior from Ormond Beach, Florida, competed in eight tournaments for the Lumberjacks this season and finished in 48th place at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championship.
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Eyan, a sophomore from Montgomery, Texas, played in nine tournaments for the Lumerjacks last season and finished 52nd overall at the WAC conference championships.
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Graduate students Valerie Routzong, Sloane Bennett and Sydni Leung were also named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar list. The trio were among the 1,497 women's collegiate golfers from 412 programs to be recognized as WGCA All-America Scholars.
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must:
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Matthew Hewitt and Eyan Edsall have been named to the 2023-24 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars list.
To be eligible for the Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar nomination an individual must be a high achiever on and off the field of play. To be selected, a student athlete must:
- Participate in fifty percent of their team's competitive rounds
- Have a stroke average under 76.0
- Maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2
Matthew, a junior from Ormond Beach, Florida, competed in eight tournaments for the Lumberjacks this season and finished in 48th place at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championship.
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Eyan, a sophomore from Montgomery, Texas, played in nine tournaments for the Lumerjacks last season and finished 52nd overall at the WAC conference championships.
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Graduate students Valerie Routzong, Sloane Bennett and Sydni Leung were also named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar list. The trio were among the 1,497 women's collegiate golfers from 412 programs to be recognized as WGCA All-America Scholars.
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must:
- Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
- Be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season.
- Have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.
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