Carter, Picchi & Garcia Named To All-OVC Honors

Murray State women's golf saw Payton Carter and Ana Picchi earn All-Ohio Valley Conference honors and Alma Garcia was named to the All-OVC Newcomer Team on the eve of the 28^th OVC Championship in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

The honored trio of juniors gives the Racers 55 All-OVC selections in the Coach Velvet Milkman era which began in the fall of 1993 when the Murray State women's golf program was launched.

Payton Carter, Jr., Henderson, Ky.
The All-OVC honor for Carter is her second after also earning the spotlight in 2021. She is fourth in the OVC with a scoring average of 76.0 in 25 rounds and produced a pair of top-5 finishes including a first-place trophy (Oct. 12) at the Chris Banister Classic on scores 71-74-69=214.

Ana Picchi, Jr., Seville, Spain
The All-OVC honor for Picchi is her first after she was part of the OVC Newcomer Team in 2020. She has played 22 rounds in the 2021-22 season with a scoring average of 77.5 which is 12th in the conference. Picchi recorded three top-15 finishes in 2021-22 including a ninth place showing (Oct. 20) at the Ozark National Invitational on scores of 73-71-77=221.

Alma Garcia, Jr., Oaxaca, Mexico
Not only an OVC Newcomer Team pick in 2022, Garcia has made much progress in her first season with the Racers after she transferred from Alabama State. She is MSU's first OVC Newcomer selection since Ana Picchi and Eliza Mae Kho in 2020 and the 15^th in program history since Andrea Downer was MSU's first in 2007. Ranked 17th in the OVC with a scoring average of 78.5, Garcia has played 24 rounds for MSU in 2021-22.

The awards were announced after the practice round of the 2022 OVC Championship which is being held at RTJ at The Shoals. The first round will take place on Sunday at the Fighting Joe Course.

The OVC Player, Freshman and Coach of the Year awards will be announced following Tuesday's final round. Picchi, Carter, Gar

2021-22 All-OVC Women's Golf Team
Erica Scutt, Austin Peay
Olivia Hensley, Morehead State
Payton Carter, Murray State
Cameron Fish, Belmont
MacKenzie Neal, Morehead State
Delia Gibbs, Belmont
Shelby Darnell, Austin Peay
Ana Picchi, Murray State
Taylor Dedmen, Austin Peay.
Bridget Connolly, Morehead State

2021-22 OVC All-Newcomer Team
Erica Scutt, Austin Peay
Kendall Maynard, Belmont
Kaley Campbell, Austin Peay
Hanna Montgomery, Morehead State
Alma Garcia, Murray State

About Murray State Athletics
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department of Murray State University is a NCAA Division I member and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football and golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, as well as a mixed gender rifle team. Currently a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers will join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022. The Racers will begin play in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2023.

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