Friday, May 1, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. – Postseason awards have become a tradition in the Leung family as Estee Leung is among the leaders on the 2019-20 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Golf All-Academic Team.
The Simon Fraser junior leads the team’s 15 honorees with a 3.97 cumulative grade point average as a biomedical physiology major. Leung earned First Team All-GNAC selection after she finished with a 78.4 stroke average over eight rounds. She finished in the top-10 on two occasions and in the top-five once, finishing in third place at the Clan’s True North Classic in September with a two-round score of 4-over-par 148.
Leung is one of six honorees with a 3.80 GPA or better. Those selections include Concordia junior Kendall Freeman; Montana State Billings sophomore Tierney Messmer; Northwest Nazarene sophomore Taylor Entenman and junior Hannah Holloway; and Saint Martin’s sophomore Katherine Swor. Messmer tops the squad with a perfect 4.00 GPA as a health administration major.
The 2019-20 All-Academic Team has seven repeat selections, including a pair of three-time selections in Northwest Nazarene senior Natalie Chehimi and Concordia senior Cammie Decker, the GNAC Co-Player of the Year.
Montana State Billings and Northwest Nazarene led the conference with four selections each while Concordia, Saint Martin’s and Western Washington all had two.
The GNAC All-Academic Teams honor excellence in the classroom while committing to the rigor of being part of a collegiate athletic program. Nominees must be of sophomore eligibility or greater, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 or greater, be a letterwinner on their team and must be in their second season at the nominating institution.
2019-20 GNAC WOMEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
CONCORDIA | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Cammie Decker | Interdisciplinary Studies | Sr. | 3.60 | Keizer, Ore. |
* Kendall Freeman | Biology | Jr. | 3.85 | Lake Oswego, Ore. |
MONTANA STATE BILLINGS | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Kinsey Irvin | Psychology | So. | 3.32 | Lewistown, Mont. |
Tierney Messmer | Health Administration | So. | 4.00 | Sidney, Mont. |
* Sydney Rochford | Business Administration: Management | Jr. | 3.69 | Three Forks, Mont. |
Jalen Wagner | Health Administration | So. | 3.78 | Billings, Mont. |
NORTHWEST NAZARENE | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Natalie Chehimi | Biology: Pre-Medicine | Sr. | 3.60 | Eagle, Idaho |
Taylor Entenman | Accounting | So. | 3.94 | La Center, Wash. |
Hannah Holloway | Political Science | Jr. | 3.81 | Eagle, Idaho |
* Ragan McGilvery | Social Work | Jr. | 3.72 | Nampa, Idaho |
SAINT MARTIN’S | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Michaela Morris | Environmental Science | So. | 3.45 | Walla Walla, Wash. |
Katherine Swor | Communication Studies | So. | 3.89 | Wailuku, Hawaii |
SIMON FRASER | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Estee Leung | Biomedical Physiology | Jr. | 3.97 | Richmond, B.C. |
WESTERN WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Megan Billeter | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.32 | Spokane, Wash. |
Brianna Esvelt | Business Management | Sr. | 3.72 | Kennewick, Wash. |
* - 2018-19 All-Academic Selection
+ - 2017-18 All-Academic Selection