Jorge Campillo of Indiana and Anna Nordqvist of Arizona State named Mid-Season “Players of the Year”
NEW YORK, NY-Golf World has announced its mid-season awards for the first half of the 2008-09 collegiate golf season. Select awards are pasted below and the complete mid-season review can be viewed online now at www.golfworld.com.
In the “Players of the Mid-Year” category, senior Jorge Campillo of Indiana and junior Anna Nordqvist of Arizona State earned the honors for their accomplishments during the first half of the season. Campillo, a native of Spain, posted a 70.27 stroke average this fall and won two of the five stroke-play events he played. His performance also helped the Hoosiers notch top-three finishes in their final two tournaments of the fall and claim the No. 8 spot in the final Golf World/Nike Golf coaches’ poll of the season.
Nordqvist, a native of Sweden, posted a 70.44 stroke average and broke par in seven of her nine rounds. After a runner-up showing at the NCAA Fall Preview and a T-7 finish at the Mason Rudolph, the junior closed out the fall with a victory at the Derby Invitational. Arizona State finished No. 2 in the final Golf World/NGCA coaches’ poll of the fall season.
Golf World has also selected its men’s and women’s Mid-Season All-American Team. The men’s team is comprised of Campillo, Zahkai Brown (Colorado St., Fr.), Bronson Burgoon (Texas A&M, Sr.), Kevin Foley (Penn St., Jr.), Dustin Garza (Wichita St., Jr.), Matt Hill (N.C. St., Soph.), Scott Langley (Illinois, Soph.), Eddie Olson (UNLV, Jr.), Kyle Stanley (Clemson, Jr.), Derek Tolan (Colorado, Sr.), Cameron Tringale (Georgia Tech, Sr.) and Mike Van Sickle (Marquette, Sr.).
On the women’s side, the team consists of Nordqvist, Jane Chin (UC Irvine, Sr.), Kirby Dreher (Kent St., Sr.), Jodi Ewart (New Mexico, Jr.), Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma St., Fr.), Therese Koelbaek (UNLV, Soph.), Cindy LaCrosse (Louisville, Sr.), Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine, Fr.), Azahara Munoz (Arizona St., Sr.), Sydnee Michaels (UCLA, Jr.), Lizette Salas (Southern Calif., Soph.) and Candace Schepperle (Auburn, Jr.).
Visit Golf World Senior Writer Ryan Herrington’s “Campus Insider” blog to find out the latest on collegiate golf: http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.
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MID-SEASON AWARDS
COACH OF THE (MID)YEAR
Men: Mike Small, Illinois
Women: Carrie Forsyth, UCLA
FRESHMAN OF THE (MID)YEAR
Men: Zahkai Brown, Colorado State
Women: Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State
BIGGEST SURPRISE: PLAYER
Men: Dustin Garza, Wichita State
Women: Jane Chin, UC Irvine
BIGGEST SURPRISE: TEAM
Men: Illinois
Women: Virginia
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
Men: Alex Martin, Indiana
Women: Whitney Neuhauser, Virginia
Contact:
Bret Hopman, 212-630-2490
bret.hopman@golfworld.com
