From left: Emilie Anderson, Hannah Erickson, and Mae Meierhenry have been named WGCA All-American Scholars.
Coral Springs, Fla. – The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars for Division I, II & III were announced on Wednesday, July 2 with a total of 664 women’s collegiate golfers recognized with this prestigious honor. Among the list of 664 recipients were three members of the Gustavus Adolphus women’s golf team. Representing the Black & Gold on this season’s WGCA All-American Scholar Team are sophomores Emilie Anderson (Osceola, Wis.) and Hannah Erickson (St. Cloud, Minn.), and first-year Mae Meierhenry (Sioux Falls, S.D).
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.
Emilie Anderson, a biochemistry/molecular biology major with a GPA of 3.78, played in 18 rounds and finished with a season stroke average of 86.2. Hannah Erickson, a psychological science major with a GPA of 3.84, played in 16 rounds and finished with an average of 87.8. Mae Meierhenry, who carries a GPA of 3.74 but has yet to declare a major, played in all 21 rounds and turned in a stroke average of 83.8.
To go along with Gustavus’s All-American Scholar honorees, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was represented by 10 other student-athletes including Abby Perrenoud of Bethel, Grace Gilmore and Shannon Holden of Carleton, and Annelise Keune, Doyle O’Brien, Emma Wilson, Erin Dingmann, Kristin Tischer, Rachel Morris and Sophia Tuttle of St. Thomas.
For a complete list of recipients, please follow the link below.