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2010 EMU Women's Golf

Women's Golf Recognized For Team GPA

7/24/2011 9:40:00 PM | Women's Golf

The Eagles posted a collective 3.657 GPA

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's golf team was one of 25 teams recognized Friday, July 22, by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) for having a collective team GPA of 3.657.

Lee University was honored as the recipient of the 2010-01 NGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award. This award recognizes the women's collegiate golf program with the highest collective average team GPA, which includes all of the team's student-athletes for the 2010-11 season. Lee's six team members had an average GPA of 3.864.

The Eagles had the 19th highest team GPA among all NCAA Divisional Institutions.

Earlier this month Meredith Fairbairn (Orangeville, Ontario, Canada-Westside Secondary School), Sarah Johnson (Wixom, Mich.-Walled Lake Central), Alyssa Kwon (Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada-Richmond Hills), Usanee Laopattananont (Bangplee, Thailand-Thai Christian School) and Robyn Scott (Auckland, New Zealand-Westlake Girls-Texas Tech Univ.) were named to the 2010-11 NCAA Division I All-American Scholar Team by the NGCA.

The National Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The NGCA 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 NGCA represents nearly 500 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent. 

2010-11 NGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award
Rank Institution GPA
1. Lee University 3.864
2. Ohio University 3.834
3. Bradley University 3.819
4. University of Indianapolis 3.800
5. Seton Hill University 3.743
6. Concordia University - St. Paul 3.734
7. University of Memphis 3.723
8. Otterbein University 3.721
9. Siena College 3.703
t-10. Gustavus Adolphus College 3.697
t-10. University of Akron 3.697
12. Austin Peay State University 3.691
13. University of New Mexico 3.678
14. Edgewood College 3.674
15. University of Alabama 3.670
16. Harvard University 3.664
17. Xavier University 3.660
18. East Carolina University 3.658
19. Eastern Michigan University 3.657
20. University of Tennessee Chattanooga 3.649
21. Ashland University 3.645
22. Rollins College 3.640
23. Drury University 3.638
t-24. Tusculum College 3.622
t-24. University of Nevada-Las Vegas 3.622
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