Ball State, Purdue Each Get Trio On WGCA List
NORMAN, OK – The Women’s Golf Coaches Association of America announced its list of All-American Scholars this week and student-athletes from two Indiana schools made found their name among the proud honorees.
Purdue senior Johanna Tillstrӧm, junior Anna Appert Lund and sophomore August Kim were named All-American Scholars by WGCA, honoring their athletic and scholastic achievements in the 2014-15 season. The trio marks the 18th, 19th and 20th golfers in school history to earn the national honor and the first since Kishi Sinha in 2013.
A total of 758 women’s collegiate golfers recognized with this prestigious honor in 2015. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50. The Big Ten Conference accounted for 27 honorees, with Penn State fielding the most at four, and Purdue as one of three teams with three, joining Michigan State and Ohio State.
Tillstrӧm wrapped up her Boilermaker career in 2014-15, appearing in nine events with a stroke average of 77.2. Her top showing came at the Big Ten Championships as she tied for 13th place with a 54-hole mark of four-over par, and helped the Boilermakers to a third-place team finish. Appert Lund averaged 75.4 strokes in her junior campaign, appearing in all 12 Purdue events. She had a trio of top-10 finishes, including a career-best showing at the MountainView Collegiate, where she shot a 54-hole score of six-under, 210, and a six-under round of 66. Kim also appeared in all 12 Boilermaker outings in 2014-15, averaging a team-low 74.8 strokes per round. She earned her first career tournament victory at the Dallas Athletic Club/SMU Invitational, winning a playoff after finishing one-under par for the event, and had 11 rounds of par or better on the season.
The Boilermakers finished 12th at the 2015 NCAA Championships, played at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. It marks their 12th top-12 finish at the national championships over the last 16 years, and Purdue’s 15th NCAA Championship appearance in 16 seasons.
Ball State placed three golfers on the list as well. Recent graduate Jenna Hague was recognized, along with rising seniors Karley Dobis and Meghan McDougall. Hague was honored for the fourth time in her career, while Dobis was honored for the third time.
Hague graduated in May with a 3.583 GPA in finance. Dobis owns a 3.737 GPA as a telecommunications major, while McDougall carries a 3.821 GPA in history.
All three players were also named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team last month, along with teammate Kelsey Sear.