BRADENTON, Fla.—Arizona State’s Monica Vaughn earned First Team All-American honors, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced Tuesday at the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship. The 11 members of the First Team also include Emma Talley, NCAA Individual Champion from the University of Alabama, and Leona Maguire, the world’s No. 1 amateur golfer, from Duke University.
.@Mvaughn13 Earns First Team All-American Honors @WGCAGOLF http://t.co/I0FTwfZ9Fs #NCAAGolf pic.twitter.com/YdAIVo3uRy
— Sun Devil Golf (@SunDevilGolf) May 26, 2015
The WGCA 1st Team All-Americans include:
Celine Boutier, Duke University
Justine Dreher, University of South Carolina
Dana Finkelstein, UNLV
Lauren Kim, Stanford University
Bronte Law, UCLA
Gaby Lopez, University of Arkansas
Leona Maguire, Duke University
Caroline Nistrup, LSU
Madeline Sagstrom, LSU
Emma Talley, University of Alabama
Monica Vaughn, Arizona State University
Fresh off a fifth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships, Vaughn carded the second-most birdies of the week (15) and was second in par-four scoring behind the NCAA individual champion Emma Talley. Vaughn, now ranked No. 9 in the nation according to Golfstat, had a standout sophomore season for the Sun Devils. The sophomore recorded six top-ten finishes on the year, four of which were in the top five. She leads the Sun Devil squad with a 72.31 scoring average and 98 birdies, and her 4.71 par-five scoring average is second in the nation.
The criteria used to determine the WGCA All-American teams include:
· Head to head competition
· Comparison with common opponents
· Scoring average
· Place finishes in regular season events and tournament wins
· Strength of schedule
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 500 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.