Women’s Golf Garners No. 11 WGCA GPA Ranking

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The ECU women's golf team was one of 25 teams recognized Monday by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) for having a collective GPA of 3.852, which ranked 11th nationally (out of 264 universities). This marks the fifth-straight academic year the Pirates were ranked among the Top 11 in the nation.

This is the ninth 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), 2017-18 (fourth/3.806) and 2018-19 (10th/3.770) seasons. The Pirates are joined in the Top 25 by American Athletic Conference Cincinnati, who comes in tied for No. 17.

The University of New Mexico women's golf team has been honored as the recipient of the 2019-20 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 2019-20 academic year. New Mexico's seven-member team had an average GPA of 3.965.

Four (Dorthea Forbrigd, Caroline Hermes, Siranon Shoomee and Grace Yatawara) of ECU's six-member squad were named Division I All-America Scholars by the WGCA On June 29th.

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.

Players Mentioned

Dorthea Forbrigd

Caroline Hermes

Siranon Shoomee

Grace Yatawara

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