The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has named Georgia Southern's Abby Newton and Haley Yerxa All-American Scholars.
Newton earns the honor for the fourth consecutive season while Yerxa is named for the second straight season. Both Eagles were named to the College Sports Communicators At-Large Academic All-District team last month.
A three-time All-Sun Belt selection, Newton competed in nine events for the Eagles posting a 74.33 scoring average over 27 rounds played. The Statesboro native led the Eagles at the Sun Belt Championship shooting 3-over par to finish T7. Newton posted three top-10 finishes and four-top-20 finishes while recording par or better in six rounds. Newton graduated with her bachelor's degree in finance carrying a 3.90 GPA.
Yerxa earned her second all-conference honors after being named first-team All-Sun Belt this season. The Ottawa, Ontario, native competed in 10 events for the Eagles including one as an individual posting a 73.03 scoring average over 29 rounds played. The 73.03 season scoring average marks the second-best in program history. Yerxa's best finish came at the Edisto Island Invitational where she finished T6. Yerxa notched five top-10 finishes and six top-20 finishes. The graduate student recorded 13 rounds of par or better and finished three tournaments at even or under par. Yerxa carried a 4.0 GPA and graduated with a master's degree in Computer Science.
A total of 1,497 women's collegiate golfers were recognized with this prestigious honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50.
