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 |
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Name |
Academic Major |
Year |
GPA |
Hometown |
*+ Cammie Decker |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
Sr. |
3.60 |
Keizer, Ore. |
* Kendall Freeman |
Biology |
Jr. |
3.85 |
Lake Oswego, Ore. |
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MONTANA STATE BILLINGS |
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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. |
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NORTHWEST NAZARENE |
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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 |
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SAINT MARTIN’S |
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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 |
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SIMON FRASER |
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Name |
Academic Major |
Year |
GPA |
Hometown |
* Estee Leung |
Biomedical Physiology |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Richmond, B.C. |
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WESTERN WASHINGTON |
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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