Golfing Pair Repeats As Scholar All-Americans
July 06, 2010 | Women's Golf
July 6, 2010
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - Senior Abby Bools and junior Colleen Estes have been named 2009-10 NCAA Division I All-American Scholars according to an announcement by the National Golf Coaches Association (NCGA) Monday. For Bools, the selection is the fourth in her career, making her the first four-time honoree in East Carolina program history. Estes has a chance to join Bools as a four-time winner next season, as it was Estes' third-straight selection to the All-American Scholar Team.
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent of all college athletics. The student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.50 grade-point average and have competed in at least 50 percent (Division I) or 66 percent (Division II & III) of the institution's regularly-scheduled competitive rounds during the year.
Bools, a three-time first-team All Conference USA selection and 2010 East All-Region Team member, closed her career by posting the lowest single-season stroke average in school history at 73.83. At the 2010 NCAA East Regional, hosted by ECU at Ironwood Golf Club, the Conference USA Co-Golfer-of-the-Year missed making the NCAA Championships as an individual by three strokes as she finished tied for seventh at one-under par (215). Her final round was a three-under par 69, tying her season-low mark.
The Hickory, N.C., native and history major participated in 45 career events with a 75.31 stroke average, which ranks second all time. She also claimed two tournament wins after taking home the 2007-08 Myrtle Beach Classic and Qdoba Invitational titles.
Estes, a health fitness specialist major, participated in all 13 events for the Pirates, posting a 79.17 average in 36 rounds. She collected a pair of top-20 finishes with her season-best three-round performance at the C-USA Championships, where she tied for 22nd with a 226 total. For her career, Estes has taken part in 35 events and 99 rounds with a stroke average of 78.84. She also has a pair of top-10 and six top-20 finishes to her credit.
Off the links, Bools has been named to the ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll eight times, C-USA Honor Roll four times, C-USA All-Academic Team three times and was the 2008 ECU Academic Excellence Award recipient. Estes is a six-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll selection and three-time C-USA Honor Roll member.
In the 10-year history of the Lady Pirates golf program, six golfers have tallied 17 NGCA All-America Scholar honors.
East Carolina National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars
Abby Bools (2007-10)
Colleen Estes (2008-10)
Jessica Hauser (2005-07)
Lene Krog (2006-07)
Margret Mitchell (2002-04)
Michelle Williams (2005 and 2007)
