Women's golf trio earns WGCA All-American Scholar honors
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (July 6) - Wheeling University women's golfers Olivia Zampedro (Mentor, Ohio/Lake Catholic), Emily Holzopfel (Rayland, Ohio/Buckeye Local) and Kylee Tolliver (Reedsville, Ohio/Easter) each were named Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars for the 2020-21 season announced the organization Tuesday.
A total of 1,432 women's collegiate golfers were recognized by the WGCA. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50.
Zampedro earned the honor for the second-straight year, while Holzopfel and Tolliver collect the award for the first time in their careers.
The WGCA, 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 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.