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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Six Falcons Named WGCA All-American Scholars
July 06, 2015 | Women's Golf
2014-15 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
Coral Springs, Florida – The Bowling Green State University women's golf team had a total of six Falcons in Fran Rodriguez, Hannah Lewis, Lily Bartell, Mikayla Baer, Patricia Holt and Shelby Wilson recognized by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) as All-American Scholars, it was announced today.
A total of 758 women's collegiate golfers nationwide were recognized with this prestigious honor. 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 Falcons joined Arizona State University, Bethel University, College of Charleston, Florida Gulf Coast University, Lewis University, University of Findlay, University of Indianapolis and the University of Redlands with a total of six student-athletes represented.
Yale University and Upper Iowa University each had the most student-athletes recognized as WGCA All-American Scholars with seven.
Rodriguez was named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team for the first time in 2014-15. The sophomore, who has a 4.00 grade point average while working toward her degree in sport management, posted a third-place finish overall at both the Cardinal Classic and the Jon P. Spiess Memorial event in 2014-15. The sophomore posted a season stroke average of 79.27 over 15 rounds of play on the year and recorded four top-25 place finishes. She also carded a career low round 73 on the year.
Lewis, who earned her first Academic All-MAC selection earlier this year, picks up her third WGCA All-American Scholar recognition. Lewis, who shot a career low round of 72 twice on the year, is a business administration major with a concentration in accounting. The Michigan native played in 10 events for the Falcons on the year, including at the Women's Mid-American Match Play Challenge, and posted a stroke average of 80.15 on the season over 20 rounds of play. The junior finished in a tie for 13th overall at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational and in a tie for 22nd at the Cardinal Classic.
Bartell was named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team for the third straight time as well in 2014-15. Majoring in journalism with a minor in communications, the junior played in 10 events, including at the Women's Mid-American Match Play Challenge where she went a perfect 3-0-0 overall, and turned in a stroke average of 80.15 on the season over 20 rounds of play. Bartell carded a low round 74 on the year twice and recorded three top-25 place finishes overall.
Baer, who is majoring in Biology, received her second straight WGCA All-American Scholar recognition. The Ohio native turned in five top-20 finishes on the year, which included earning EKU Colonel Classic All-Tournament Team honors with a third-place finish at the rain-shortened event this spring. The sophomore, who carded a BGSU low round 74 at the 2015 MAC Women's Golf Championships in May, posted a stroke average of 79.07 over 15 rounds of play in just her second year as a Falcon. She finished second at the Jon P. Spiess Memorial event, third at the EKU Colonel Classic and fifth at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational.
Holt, who graduated in May 2015 with her degree in sport management, received her fourth straight WGCA All-American Scholar recognition. The 2015 MAC Women's Golf MAC Championships Individual Runner-Up Medalist, Holt made history as her second-place individual finish at the MAC Championships not only earned her a spot on the 2015 MAC Championship All-Tournament Team, but it was also the highest ever finish for a Falcon women's golfer in BGSU's history at the conference championship tournament. The Co-MVP carded a career low season stroke average of 77.60 on the year, which ranked second on the team and 21st overall in the MAC. Tabbed the MAC Women's Golfer of the Week in Feb., the Texas native went a perfect 3-0-0 overall at the Women's Mid-American Match Play Challenge and totaled five top-15 place finishes on the year.
Like Holt, Wilson, who graduated with a degree in nursing in May 2015, earned her fourth straight WGCA All-American Scholar selection in 2014-15. A senior co-captain, Wilson led the team with a 77.20 stroke average overall on the season, which ranked 13th overall in the MAC. Tabbed the Co-MVP and the Most Improved Player on the team in 2014-15, the Texas native tallied six top-15 place finishes on the year, including finishing in a tie for 11th-place overall at the 2015 MAC Women's Golf Championships with a score of 235, +19. Wilson, who carded a season low round of 72 on the year, finished in fourth at both the Golden Grizzlies Invitational and the Bearcat Classic. She also finished eighth at the EKU Colonel Classic and the Rocket Classic.
The six WGCA All-American Scholars is the most ever in a single year for the Falcons, surpassing the previous record of five honorees in 1999-2000, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, 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 500 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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