Tarleton State’s Carla Cooper was named the Academic Player of the Year for the second straight year to headline the list of women’s golf academic honorees announced by Lone Star Conference officials Monday night at the championship awards banquet.
Cooper, a finance major from Arlington, Texas, was joined by Angelo State’s Krista Czarnecki, Northeastern State’s Whitney McAteer, Central Oklahoma’s Raelynn Farthing and West Texas A&M’s Sara Coe.
Cooper has won three tournaments with a 73.3 scoring average this spring. The senior, who is the top-ranked Division II player, added a second-place finish and three third-place endings as well.
Cooper, Farthing and Coe are repeat picks to the All-Academic Team.
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.
2011 Women’s Golf All-Academic Team
Player Team Year Major Hometown
Carla Cooper Tarleton State Sr. Finance Arlington, Texas
Krista Czarnecki Angelo State So. Accounting El Paso, Texas
Whitney McAteer Northeastern State So. Speech Pathology Jenks, Okla.
Raelynn Farthing Central Oklahoma Sr. Chemistry/Forensic Sc. Muskogee, Okla.
Sara Coe West Texas A&M Jr. Education Amarillo, Texas
LSC Women’s Golf Academic Player of the Year: Carla Cooper, Tarleton State