Wake Forest Athletics
Ashley Hoagland Selected To Team USA
5/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 19, 2005
Norman, Okla. - Wake Forest's Ashley Hoagland ('05) has been named to the United States Team for the 2005 Fuji Xerox U.S.A. vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The 12-member squad will consist of eight men's and four women's collegiate players. The event will be held July 13-15 at Stanford Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif.
Travis Bertoni of Cal Poly, South Carolina-Aiken's Dan Burkhart, Will Dodson of SMU, Methodist's Adam Horton, J.J. Killeen of TCU, Arizona's Henry Liaw, Shane Prante of St. Martin's and Duke's Nathan Smith comprise the men's portion of the team. The women's team consists of Hoagland, Stacy Lewis of Arkansas, Fresno State's Laura Luethke and Annie Thurman-Young of Oklahoma State.
Hoagland, a native of Palmetto, Fla., earned All-ACC honors in 2004 and again in 2005. She finished in the top-10 in six tournaments this year, ending the season with a 73.54 stroke average, the lowest season mark by any Deacon in the history of the women's golf program. She finished her four-year career with a 74.92 average, also the lowest in the record books.
Hoagland's success was not limited to the golf course. She was a recipient of the ACC Post graduate scholarship, she earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall semester and she was named the Wake Forest 2005 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.
The U.S. team boasts five conference players of the year - Bertoni (Big West), Burkhart (Peach Belt), Dodson (WAC), Killeen (C-USA) and Thurman-Young (Big 12). Additionally, Bertoni, Burkhart, Dodson, Horton (USA South), Lewis (SEC) and Thurman-Young claimed their individual league title. Every member of Team USA earned all-conference honors.
Team USA leads the all-time U.S.A. vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship series, 22-7, and has won nine-straight competitions.
