Women’s Golf Garners No. 10 WGCA GPA Ranking
July 11, 2019 | Women's Golf
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The ECU women's golf team was one of 25 teams recognized Thursday by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) for having a collective GPA of 3.770, which ranked 10th nationally (out of 264 universities). This marks the fourth-straight academic year the Pirates were ranked among the Top 10 in the nation.
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This is the eighth time in program history that the Pirates have garnered a Top 25 national ranking following the 2007-08 (21st/3.531), 2010-11 (18th/3.658), 2013-14 (25th/3.635), 2014-15 (14th/3.66), 2015-16 (3.768/10th), 2016-17 (sixth/3.840) and 2017-18 (fourth/3.806) seasons. The Pirates are joined in the Top 25 by American Athletic Conference Cincinnati, who comes in No. 15.
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The University of New Mexico women's golf team has been honored as the recipient of the 2018-19 WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award. The 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 2018-19 academic year. New Mexico's seven-member team had an average GPA of 3.903.
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Five (Carley Cox, Dorthea Forbrigd, Kate Law, Siranon Shoomee and Grace Yatawara) of ECU's seven-member squad were named Division I All-America Scholars by the WGCA earlier this week. The Pirates were also recognized by the American Athletic Conference earning the Team Academic Excellence Award for the fourth consecutive year.
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The WGCA, 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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This is the eighth time in program history that the Pirates have garnered a Top 25 national ranking following the 2007-08 (21st/3.531), 2010-11 (18th/3.658), 2013-14 (25th/3.635), 2014-15 (14th/3.66), 2015-16 (3.768/10th), 2016-17 (sixth/3.840) and 2017-18 (fourth/3.806) seasons. The Pirates are joined in the Top 25 by American Athletic Conference Cincinnati, who comes in No. 15.
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The University of New Mexico women's golf team has been honored as the recipient of the 2018-19 WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award. The 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 2018-19 academic year. New Mexico's seven-member team had an average GPA of 3.903.
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Five (Carley Cox, Dorthea Forbrigd, Kate Law, Siranon Shoomee and Grace Yatawara) of ECU's seven-member squad were named Division I All-America Scholars by the WGCA earlier this week. The Pirates were also recognized by the American Athletic Conference earning the Team Academic Excellence Award for the fourth consecutive year.
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The WGCA, 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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