
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — The Berry College women's golf team received recognition from the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) yesterday, earning the All-Scholar Team GPA Award.
The Vikings ranked No. 24 in NCAA Division III with a 3.42 collective GPA. Ithaca College took top spot in Division III while Carnegie Mellon ranked second. Rhodes College was the only other Southern Athletic Association (SAA) school recognized, placing 16th with a 3.57 GPA.
Earlier this month, Berry's Brittany Hadden and Jorie Hodapp were named WGCA All-American Scholars.
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 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
Full Results for Division III
Place | University | Team GPA |
1 | Ithaca College | 3.801 |
2 | Carnegie Mellon University | 3.719 |
3 | Transylvania University | 3.710 |
4 | Misericordia University | 3.670 |
5 | Wartburg College | 3.666 |
6 | University of Texas at Dallas | 3.652 |
7 | Middlebury College | 3.641 |
8 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3.631 |
9 | University of Northwestern - St. Paul | 3.612 |
10 | Saint Mary's College (IN) | 3.609 |
11 | Piedmont College | 3.604 |
12 | St. Catherine University | 3.599 |
13 | Grinnell College | 3.593 |
14 | Union College | 3.584 |
15 | Marietta College | 3.577 |
16 | Rhodes College | 3.571 |
17 | Olivet College | 3.547 |
18 | Williams College | 3.527 |
19 | Monmouth College | 3.515 |
20 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 3.507 |
21 | Huntingdon College | 3.492 |
22 | Hardin-Simmons University | 3.463 |
23 | Texas Lutheran University | 3.442 |
24 | Berry College | 3.420 |
25 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 3.415 |