Hillier, Kelley and Folke Honored By WGCA

WGCA Release

Three Murray State student-athletes are among the All-America Scholars named by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) as announced from their headquarters in Coral Springs, Florida.

Senior Sophie Hillier, Junior Sydney Kelley (Trimble) and sophomore Moa Folke were three of 30 student-athletes from the Ohio Valley Conference that were named to the honor.

Hillier, from Sandy, England, was an honors graduate from Murray State in May and was the top student in finance of the MSU College of Business. She had the honor of carrying the banner for the department during graduation day. She becomes the Racers' second four-time selection following Delaney Howson (2011-14). Hillier earned the prestigious OVC Medal of Honor three times in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Kelley, from Paducah, Ky., earned her third honor from the WGCA and Folke, out of Tranas, Sweden, earned her second. Folke won the OVC individual title in the spring, the seventh medalist in MSU history, and Kelley posted a 12th place finish.

"I'm very pleased once again to see the selections to the WGCA team for Murray State," Milkman said. "Sophie, Sydney, and Moa have achieved excellence in the classroom and on the golf course and they represent what it means to be a student-athlete. They're also outstanding representatives for Murray State University."

Murray State women's golf has earned 40 selections to the WGCA list since 1998 and has produced multiple selections the last five years.

The 2016 WGCA All-American Scholars list includes 830 women's collegiate golfers combined from all divisions.

The criteria for selection to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50 and the student-athlete must compete in 60 percent of season's tournaments as part of the starting five players.

NGCA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR TEAM
Murray State Selections
1998 - Jessica Widman
1999 - Jessica Widman
2000 - Jessica Widman
2001 - Megan Rees
2002 - Kristin Margherio, Megan Rees
2003 - Ashley Kelbough
2004 - Ashley Kelbough, Christi Baron
2005 - Christi Baron, Ilka Loubser, Camilla Loeveid
2006 - Ashley Kelbough, Ilka Louser, Christi Baron, Bethany Yates, Megan McKinney
2008 - Bethany Yates, Andrea Downer, Megan McKinney, Caroline Lagerborg, Alex Hinteregger
2009 - Andrea Downer, Alex Hinteregger, Bethany Yates
2010 - Andrea Downer, Alex Hinteregger, Megan McKinney
2011 - Delaney Howson
2012 – Morgan Cross, Delaney Howson
2013 - Sophie Hillier Delaney Howson
2014 – Sophie Hillier, Delaney Howson, Sydney Trimble, Jacklyn Van Meter
2015 - Moa Folke, Sophie Hillier, Sydney Trimble, Jacklyn Van Meter
2016 – Mia Folke, Sophie Hillier, Sydney Kelley (Trimble)

The Women's Golf Coaches Association was founded in 1983 as 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 nearly 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.

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