WINTER PARK, Fla. – The No. 1 Nova Southeastern women’s golf team earned high praise in this year’s All-Sunshine State Conference awards, capturing Golfer of the Year, Freshman of the Year and four 1st Team All-SSC selections as announced by the conference office Tuesday, April 24.
A total of 11 student-athletes have been recognized as members of the 2013 All-Sunshine State Conference Women's Golf Team with NSU’s
Linnea Johansson (Fr., Vaxjo, Sweden), earning the two highest honors of Golfer and Freshman of the Year.
In her debut season from Vaxjo, Sweden, Johansson rolled to six top-five finishes in nine tournaments. Among those performances were back-to-back individual titles at the Lady Moc Classic and the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational. She also had a couple of runner-up finishes to her credit, placing second at Bucknell's Bison Invitational and tying for second at the Saint Leo Invitational. Other top-five finishes came at the Yale Intercollegiate and Guy Harvey Invitational, where Johansson placed third and tied for fourth, respectively. Over 24 rounds of play, she registered a 74.08 stroke average.
Joining Johansson on the All-SSC First Team were teammates
Liliana Cammisa (So., Alta Gracia, Argentina),
Abbey Gittings (Sr., Tamworth, England) and
Daniela Ortiz (So., Morelia, Mexico).
Of the Sharks' five individual medalist honors on the season, senior leader Gittings has tallied one individual crown along with five top-three finishes of her own, while Ortiz and teammate Cammisa captured the remaining two individual crowns.
This is the third consecutive season in which the Sharks made up the majority of the five-player All-SSC First-Team roster.
NSU is currently ranked No. 1 according to the Golfstat.com national rankings, heading into the NCAA Division II South/Southeast Super Regional.
2013 ALL-SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM
First Team
Liliana Cammisa, Nova Southeastern (So)
Annie Dulman, Rollins (Fr)
Abbey Gittings, Nova Southeastern (Sr)
Linnea Johansson, Nova Southeastern (Fr)
Daniela Ortiz, Nova Southeastern (So)
Golfer of the Year -
Linnea Johansson, Nova Southeastern
Freshman of the Year -
Linnea Johansson, Nova Southeastern
Coach of the Year - Robbie Davis, Florida Southern
Second Team
Jessica Bradley, Lynn (So)
Ellen Chambers, Lynn (Jr)
Megan Kiley, Florida Southern (Sr)
Kayla Sciupider, Rollins (So)
Samantha Smolen, Lynn (So)
Barbara Vejlupkova, Florida Southern (Sr)
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