Mills & Jackson Named WGCA All-America Scholars
Jul 09 | Women's Golf
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers University rising sophomores Emily Mills and Tatum Jackson have been named 2014-15 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Division I All-America Scholars.
"The team has earned many academic honors in its inaugural season in the Big Ten, the nation's premiere athletic and academic conference," said Head Women's Golf Coach Kari Williams. "Emily and Tatum took on the challenge of enrolling in the honors program while competing at this level. They worked very hard, both on the course and in the classroom, to earn All-America scholar status. I am very proud of them."
The announcement comes a day after rising senior Racquel Zurick was one of 54 Rutgers student-athletes honored with the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. In addition, women's golf was one of three Rutgers programs, joined by football and women's lacrosse, to receive public recognition from the NCAA for its multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) score. The Scarlet Knights earned a perfect 1,000 multiyear score for a third consecutive year.
Mills and Jackson become the fifth and sixth Rutgers women's golfers to be named WGCA Academic All-Americans since 2008. They join Lauren Huhnerkoch ('08), Jeanne Waters ('10), Elisa Mateer ('12) and Taylor Clark ('14).
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.
The WGCA, 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.
