Wake Forest Athletics
Natalie Sheary Named NGCA, Golfweek All-America Honorable Mention
6/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
June 5, 2008
Wake Forest women's golfer Natalie Sheary has been named All-America Honorable Mention by the National Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek. Sheary is the 11th Wake Forest women's golfer to garner All-America honors.
The selection gives Wake's program four consecutive seasons of All-America selections. Ashley Hoagland was selected to the First Team in 2005 followed by back-to-back honorable mention selections for Mandy Goins in 2006 and 2007.
Sheary, a freshman, won the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif. to give the Demon Deacons back-to-back individual medalists for the first time in program history. Her win followed Nannette Hill's victory at the Landfall Tradition.
Sheary was named All-ACC and Freshman of the Year in the conference after posting four top 10 finishes and seven top 20 finishes on the season.
Her victory at the Northrop Grumman made Sheary the first freshman to win an event since Marta Prieto won the ACC Championship in 1998.
Sheary finished fifth at the ACC Championship and 20th at the NCAA East Regional to lead the Deacs to their third consecutive NCAA Championship appearance.
Golfworld selected Sheary, who hails from Hartford, Conn., as its College Female Golfer of the Week following the freshman's win over an impressive field at the Northrop Grumman.
Sheary is the first Wake Forest freshman to be named All-America for women's golf since Alexandra Armas was selected to the second-team in her rookie year of 1995. Stephanie Neill Harner was the first All-America freshman for the Deacons in 1992.
The NGCA and Golfweek All-America Teams are listed below.
Golfweek All-America
First Team
Amanda Blumenherst, Jr., Duke
Stacy Lewis, Sr., Arkansas
Tiffany Joh, Jr., UCLA
Azahara Munoz, Jr., Arizona St.
Maria Hernandez, Jr., Purdue
Anna Nordqvist, Soph., Arizona St.
Belen Mozo, Soph., USC
Alison Walshe, Sr., Arizona
Maria Jose Uribe, Fr., UCLA
Jaclyn Sweeney, Fr., Oklahoma St.
Second Team
Dewi Claire Schreefel, Sr., USC
Caroline Westrup, Jr., Florida State
Cydney Clanton, Fr, Auburn
Christina Boeljon, Jr., Purdue
Pernilla Lindberg, Jr., Oklahoma State
Stefanie Endstrasser, Soph., USC
Taylore Karle, Fr., Pepperdine
Jessica Yadloczky, Fr., Florida
Lizette Salas, Fr., USC
Glory Yang, Fr., UCLA
Third Team
Sydnee Michaels, Soph., UCLA
Kathleen Ekey, Jr., Alabama
Paola Moreno, Sr., USC
Sara Brown, Sr., Michigan State
Jennie Lee, Jr., Duke
Benedicte Toumpsin, Soph., S. Carolina
Valentine Derrey, Soph., TCU
Maude Aimee Leblanc, Fr., Purdue
Hannah Yun, Fr., Florida
Whitney Myers, Sr., Florida
Honorable Mention
Dori Carter, Jr., Mississippi
Natalie Sheary, Fr., Wake Forest
Garrett Phillips, Sr., Georgia
Stephanie Sherlock, Soph., Denver
Ashley Rollins, Sr., Texas
Tiffany Chudy, Sr., Florida
Mari Chun, Jr., Stanford
Jodi Ewart, Soph., New Mexico
Krystle Caithness, Fr., Georgia
Danielle McVeigh, Soph., Texas A&M
So-Hyun Park, Fr., Notre Dame
Alison Whitaker, Soph., Duke
Sarah Zwartynski, Fr., Texas A&M
Therese Kolbaeck, Fr., UNLV
Marci Turner, Sr., Tennessee
Katie Kempter, Jr., Denver
Steffi Kirchmayr, Jr., Coll. of Charleston
Laura Kueny, Soph., Michigan State
Jennifer Pandolfi, Sr., Duke
Kirby Dreher, Jr., Kent State
NGCA All-America Awards
PING NGCA Division I Player of the Year
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
NGCA Division I Freshman of the Year
Cydney Clanton, Auburn
Golfstat Cup
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
Dinah Shore Trophy Award
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
NGCA Division I Kim Moore Spirit Award
Paige McCracken, Butler
Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award
Azahara Munoz, Arizona State
Division I SkyCaddie NGCA National Coach of the Year
Andrea Gaston, USC
Division I SkyCaddie NGCA Regional Coaches of the Year
East Region: Jill Briles-Hinton, Florida
Central Region: Mike Morrow, Kent State
West Region: Andrea Gaston, USC
NGCA Assistant Golf Coach of the Year
Robin Walton, Florida
Duramed FUTURES Tour NGCA Division I All-American Teams
First Team
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
Cydney Clanton, Auburn
Maria Hernandez, Purdue
Tiffany Joh, UCLA
Stacy Lewis, Arkansas
Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma State
Belen Mozo, USC
Azahara Munoz, Arizona State
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State
Maria Jose Uribe, UCLA
Alison Walshe, Arizona
Second Team
Christina Boeljon, Purdue
Valentine Derrey, TCU
Stefanie Endstrasser, USC
Taylore Karle, Pepperdine
Jennie Lee, Duke
Sydnee Michaels, UCLA
Lizette Salas, USC
Dewi Schreefel, USC
Caroline Westrup, Florida State
Jessica Yadloczky, Florida
Glory Yang, UCLA
Honorable Mention
Sara Brown, Michigan State
Krystle Caithness, Georgia
Dori Carter, Mississippi
Tiffany Chudy, Florida
Mari Chun, Stanford
Kathleen Ekey, Alabama
Ashley Freeman, Texas A&M
Maude Aimee Leblanc, Purdue
Paola Moreno, USC
So-Hyun Park, Notre Dame
Garrett Phillips, Georgia
Natalie Sheary, Wake Forest
Stephanie Sherlock, Denver
Jaclyn Sweeney, Oklahoma State
Benedicte Toumpsin, South Carolina
Hannah Yun, Florida
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