Five women golfers named NGCA All-American Scholars

Five Tusculum College women’s golfers have been named to the 2010-2011 National Golf Coaches Association Division II All-American Scholar Team.  Selected from Tusculum are Jillian Corum, Katie Doane, Sara Howard, Haley Rye and Adriana Vizcarrondo.

 

Tusculum’s five honorees were tied for the most in the nation, along with Drury University.

 

Criteria for the NGCA All-America Scholar Team includes having a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 and competing in at least 66 percent of the college’s regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.

 

The Pioneers boasted an impressive 3.52 team grade point average, which was the second highest of Tusculum’s 14 intercollegiate sports.

 

Jillian Corum

Corum, a rising junior from Knoxville, Tenn., led the Pioneers with her 80.42 stroke average, which is the third best in school history and a new Tusculum mark for sophomores.  She captured two medalist titles this past season, winning at the Anderson Invitational and Maryville Invitational.  The two wins ties a school single-season record, while her three career victories are a new Tusculum mark.

 

She finished seventh at the 2011 South Atlantic Conference Championship to earn a spot on the SAC All-Tournament Team.  Corum lowered her career scoring average to 81.79, which is presently the best in Pioneer history.  Last month, she advanced to the round of 16 at the Tennessee State Amateur.

 

The Fulton High School graduate is a member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll, Tusculum Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List with a 3.52 GPA while majoring in business.  She also becomes a NGCA All-America Scholar for a second time in her career.

 

Katie Doane

Doane, a rising senior from Sevierville, Tenn., returns to the NGCA All-America Scholar Team for a third straight year.  She posted an 87.29 scoring average as she played in nine tournaments and tallied two top 20 performances.  She finished ninth at the Anderson Invitational and the Maryville Invitational.  The Pigeon Forge High School graduate was named to the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Dean’s List and Charles Oliver Gray Honors List.  She has a 3.86 GPA while majoring in education.

 

Howard, who just completed her first season with the Pioneers, finished second on the team with an 82.25 stroke average, which is a new Tusculum freshman record and tied for the seventh lowest seasonal average in school history.  The Knoxville, Tenn. native played in all 10 tournaments, including six top-25 performances.  She placed with the Maryville Invitational and also finished seventh at the Tusculum Fall Classic.  At the Tusculum College Classic, she opened with a career-best 72, the fourth-lowest round in Pioneer history.  She tied for 10th place at the Anderson Invitational in her collegiate debut.  She also tied for 15th at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate and 20th at the Pinehurst Challenge.

 

Sara Howard

Howard has a 3.58 GPA and is a pre-medicine major.  The South Doyle High School graduate is a member of the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the Dean’s List.

 

Rye, a rising junior from Cumberland City, Tenn., makes her inaugural appearance on the NGCA All-America Scholar Team.  The Montgomery Central High School product finished fifth on the team with an 85.47 scoring average, while playing in all 10 events.  She tallied four top-30 appearances, including an eighth place showing at the Maryville Invitational.  Rye also finished 27th at the Tusculum Fall Classic and 28th at the Anderson Invitational.  Her 86.77 career average is currently 10th in the Tusculum record book.

 

Haley Rye

Rye has a 3.54 GPA while majoring in elementary education and is a member of the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the TC Dean’s List.

 

Vizcarrondo, a native of Anaco, Venezuela, graduated from Tusculum in May with a degree in business management. She earned NGCA All-America Scholar accolades for a third time.   She tallied an 85.69 scoring average while playing in six events. Vizcarrondo tied for 13th place at the Tusculum Fall Classic with a two-day score of 157, including a career-best 77 in the final round.  Her 61 career rounds are tied for the ninth most in school history, while her 88.08 career stroke average is the 13th best ever by a Pioneer.

 

Adriana Vizcarrondo

She finished her Tusculum career with a 3.70 GPA and is a member of the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Dean’s List and Charles Oliver Gray Honors List.

 

Tusculum accounted for over half of the nine honorees representing the South Atlantic Conference on the Scholar Team.