WAYNE – A trio of Wayne State College women’s golfers have earned WGCA All-American Scholar honors.
According to a release from Wayne State Athletics, junior Paige Peters, sophomore Abbey Kurmel and freshman Abigail Brodersen were listed among the 2021-22 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars Team.
The criteria for selection to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team is maintaining a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 with a total of 1,485 women golfers in NCAA Division I, II and III and NAIA levels earning the award.
Peters, a graduate of Bancroft-Rosalie HS (Bancroft, Neb.), has a cumulative grade point average of 3.66 majoring in elementary education. On the course this season, she posted a stroke average of 85.42 in 19 rounds and shot a season-best 78 at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Invite last fall in Norfolk.
Kurmel, a graduate of Okemos High School in Michigan, maintains a 3.861 grade point average majoring in graphic design. She ranked second on the Wildcat squad this season with an 18-hole scoring average of 81.00 and captured NSIC individual medalist honors at the NSIC Championships in Missouri in April.
Brodersen, a graduate of Boone Central HS (Albion, Neb.), carries a 4.00 grade point average majoring in industrial technology, drafting and design and recorded an 83.95 scoring average while playing all 21 rounds this season, highlighted by a third place finish at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Invite last fall in Norfolk.
The Wayne State College women’s golf team finished the 2022 season with a second place finish at the NSIC Women’s Golf Championships and set a new school record with a team scoring average of 324.10, 21 strokes better than the previous season.
