2012
Women’s Golf
NCAA National
Tournament:
Team Regional Qualifiers – N/A
Individual Regional Qualifier – Valentina Urquiola, Mount
Olive (T-19th)
Conference
Carolinas Tournament Champion: Queens
All-Conference
Awards:
All-Conference First
Team:
Valentina Urquiola, Mount Olive
Chelsea Demers, Pfeiffer
Emelie Andersson, Mount Olive
Julia Wennerlund, Queens
Stephanie Peareth, Pfeiffer
All-Conference Second
Team:
Rachel Moore, Erskine
Louise Sjoberg, Queens
Brittney Zine, Barton
Rebecca Mirovich, Belmont Abbey
Denise Shirley, North Greenville
All-Conference Third
Team:
Camilla Mallberg, Queens
Esther Gandrias, King
Anna Jenkins, Erskine
Lauren Lyle, Pfeiffer
Mallory Ruhling, Queens
Player of the
Year:
Valentina Urquiola, Mount Olive
Valentina Urquiola recorded four top 10 finishes in seven
tournaments this year, including a first-place finish at the
CenturyLink Invitational and a second-place finish at the MOC
Spring Invite. Urquiola averaged 77.86 strokes per round during the
regular season. She shot 75 or lower in five of 14 rounds in
2011-12. A senior from Venezuela, Urquiola will finish her career
with the most wins and lowest stroke average in Mount Olive women's
golf history.
Freshman of the
Year:
Rachel Moore, Erskine
Rachel Moore from Erskine College was named Freshman of the Year
after leading the Flying Fleet team throughout the year. The
freshman from Lexington, SC had multiple standout performances
highlighted by her fifth place tie at The Aramark Collegiate
Invitational Tournament where she carded a 175 (88,87) in the
two-day tournament to led the Fleet to a third place showing. Moore
also shined at the Agnes McAmis Memorial Tournament where she fired
a two-day score of 154 (77, 77).
Coach of the
Year:
Chip Spiron, Mount Olive
Chip Spiron wins Conference Carolinas Women's Golf Coach of the
Year for the second year in a row. He becomes the fourth Mount
Olive coach in the past eight years to earn coach of the year
honors in back-to-back seasons. Mount Olive posted three of the
four lowest 36-hole scores in school history this year, including a
record-shattering 637 for a fifth-place finish out 15 teams at the
Dana Rader Intercollegiate. The Trojans also recorded a pair of
second-place finishes this season.
All-Tournament
Team:
Valentina Urquiola, Mount Olive
Sara Jackson, Belmont Abbey
Steph Peareth, Pfeiffer
Louise Sjoberg, Queens
Esther Gandarias, King
Emelie Andersson, Mount Olive
Camilla Mallberg, Queens
Laura Belanger, Queens
Julia Wennerlund, Queens
Tournament MOP/Medalist: Tegan Skirptas, Mount
Olive
2012
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2012
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2011 Spring
Scholar Athletes of the Year Link
2011 Spring
‘Team Sportsmanship Award Winners’ Link
*Note: For all sports in 2011-12 season, St. Andrews was
a scheduling partner only