The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's Golfers Named NGCA All-American Scholars
7/8/2011 | Women's Golf
July 8, 2011
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - Members of the Ole Miss women's golf team were recognized again for their outstanding efforts in the classroom, as the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) announced its All-American Scholar Teams for all divisions on Friday.
Rising seniors Ashley Lance and Haley Millsap, sophomore Kathryn Fowler and recent freshman Christina Miller were among 369 Division I student-athletes named to the list. The Rebels tied with South Carolina for the most selections in the SEC.
"Academics are very important to our team, and we are just as competitive in the classroom as on the golf course. Golf and Academics are both a game of a lifetime. With an Ole Miss degree and Southeastern Conference golf on their resume our student athletes are already highly respected in the business world," head coach Michele Drinkard said.
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative grade point average is 3.50 and student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent (Division I) of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.
Lance and Millsap both earned the honor for the third consecutive year. A native of Franklin, Tenn., Lance holds a 3.85 grade point average in Journalism. Millsap, who hails from Pace, Fla., owns a 3.82 GPA in Hospitality Management. Fowler (Americus, Ga.) made the team for the first time with a 3.94 GPA in the Classics.
"The team has a goal of winning the Chancellor's Cup this year, and with all our teams stepping up their game in the classroom too, we are going to have to work really hard and come on strong this fall semester to have that opportunity."
All four players helped the Rebels earn their third straight postseason bid this past year, as they traveled to Florida for the NCAA East Regional.
