Tarleton State’s Carla Cooper was named the Academic
Player of the Year to headline the list of women’s golf
academic honorees announced by Lone Star Conference officials
Sunday night at the championship awards banquet.
Cooper, a pre-physical therapy
major from Arlington, Texas, was joined by Central Oklahoma’s
Raelynn Farthing, West Texas A&M’s Sara Coe,
Cameron’s Marrik Wooten and TexAnn teammate Melanie Tham.
Cooper has won four tournaments
this year with a 74.5 scoring average. The top-rated player
in the West Region and No. 4 in the country, she has finished in
the top-10 of every tournament to help the TexAnns win six team
titles.
Cooper, Farthing and Wooten are
repeat picks to the All-Academic Team.
In addition to the five players
on the All-Academic Team, 13 more gained recognition on the LSC
Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
To be eligible for LSC academic
honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point
average and be at least a sophomore, both academically and
athletically. The Academic Player of Year award and All-Academic
Team are selected from the list of academically qualified players,
with the league’s sports information directors voting on the
basis of both academic and athletic achievement. All qualifying
student-athletes not selected for the All-Academic Team are then
named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2010 Women’s Golf All-Academic Team
Player
Team
Year
Major
Hometown
Carla
Cooper
Tarleton
State
Jr.
Pre-Physical Therapy Arlington, Texas
Raelynn
Farthing Central
Oklahoma
Jr. Forensic
science
Muskogee, Okla.
Sara
Coe
West Texas A&M
So.
Education
Amarillo, Texas
Marrik
Wooten
Cameron
Sr. Business
Admin. Duncan,
Okla.
Melanie
Tham
Tarleton
State
Jr. Human
Sciences
Malaysia
LSC
Women’s Golf Academic Player of the Year: Carla
Cooper, Tarleton State
COMMISSIONER’S HONOR
ROLL
Angelo
State: Serena Sosa, So.;
Cameron: Tori McCollom, Sr.; Megan Whan,
Jr.
Central
Oklahoma: Emily Leahey, So.; East
Central: Whitney McDaniel, Jr.;
Northeastern
State: Katie Miller, Sr.; Southwestern
Oklahoma: Sarah Simpson, So.;
Amber Henderson, So.;
Tarleton State: Chrissie Cooper, Sr.;
Texas
A&M-Commerce: Kathleen May, Jr.; Malonie Oats,
So.; Megan Benites, Jr.;
West Texas
A&M: Mollie Peterson, Sr.
