University of Southern Mississippi Athletics

WGCA Announces All-Scholar Awards
7/16/2024 2:14:00 PM | Women's Golf
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Southern Miss women's golf team was named a Women's Golf Coaches Association All-Scholar Team on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles came in at No. 22 on the list with a team GPA of 3.804.
Southern Miss also had six golfers named as WGCA All-American Scholars – Taylor Trible, Ragini Navet, Momoka Ando, Alma Betoret, Jacee Fields and Elena Melich. 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
Southern Miss and Marshall were the only two Sun Belt Conference programs to earn a spot on the list - Marshall came in tied for second. North Dakota State earned the No. 1 spot with a 3.945 team GPA. Below is a full list of the Division I All-Scholar Teams:
Division I
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Southern Miss also had six golfers named as WGCA All-American Scholars – Taylor Trible, Ragini Navet, Momoka Ando, Alma Betoret, Jacee Fields and Elena Melich. 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
Southern Miss and Marshall were the only two Sun Belt Conference programs to earn a spot on the list - Marshall came in tied for second. North Dakota State earned the No. 1 spot with a 3.945 team GPA. Below is a full list of the Division I All-Scholar Teams:
Division I
| Place | University | Team GPA |
| 1 | North Dakota State University | 3.945 |
| T2 | San Jose State University | 3.916 |
| T2 | Marshall University | 3.916 |
| 4 | Rutgers University | 3.900 |
| 5 | Belmont University | 3.882 |
| 6 | Michigan State University | 3.874 |
| 7 | Youngstown State University | 3.873 |
| 8 | Oregon State University | 3.872 |
| 9 | Bowling Green State University | 3.864 |
| 10 | Eastern Washington University | 3.861 |
| 11 | Seton Hall University | 3.850 |
| 12 | St. John's University | 3.847 |
| 13 | Yale University | 3.833 |
| T14 | University of Kansas | 3.832 |
| T14 | East Carolina University | 3.832 |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 3.828 |
| 17 | Bradley University | 3.825 |
| 18 | Austin Peay State University | 3.821 |
| 19 | Monmouth University | 3.818 |
| 20 | Illinois State University | 3.815 |
| 21 | Columbia University | 3.806 |
| 22 | University of Southern Mississippi | 3.804 |
| 23 | University of New Mexico | 3.800 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt University | 3.796 |
| 25 | Oral Roberts University | 3.794 |
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