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Four Wildcats Golfers Earn 2017 All-Big Ten Honors
4/25/2017 4:45:00 PM | Women's Golf
EVANSTON, Ill. – A quartet of Wildcats received 2017 Women's Golf All-Big Ten honors, the Conference announced on Tuesday. Over the last five seasons Northwestern has piled up 20 total All-Big Ten awards.
Junior Hannah Kim and sophomore Stephanie Lau led the way as members of the All-Big Ten First Team.
This year's recognition marks the third consecutive First Team All-Big Ten nod for Kim, the two-time Big Ten Player of the Year. The Chula Vista, California native leads NU with 13 rounds at par-or-better this season, and won both the Hurricane Invitational and Silverado Showdown this spring.
For the second straight year, Lau was the Wildcats top finisher at the Big Ten Championships, earning All-Tournament Team honors with a fifth-place result last weekend at TPC River's Bend. The 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year earned a victory at the Pepperdine Triangular.
Junior Sarah Cho and sophomore Janet Mao both received Second Team laurels, the second career All-Big Ten nod for each.
Senior Kacie Komoto was selected as Northwestern's 2017 Sportsmanship Award honoree. The students chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the students must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
The Wildcats will learn their NCAA Regionals destination on Thursday morning, when the 2017 NCAA Championships field is announced live on the Golf Channel. Northwestern won the 2016 Shoal Creek (AL) Regional, the first Regional victory in program history, on the way to a best-ever ninth-place result at last year's NCAA Championships.
The 2017 NCAA Golf Championships for both men and women will be hosted at Rich Harvest Farms west of Chicago.
First Team All-Big Ten
HANNAH KIM, Northwestern
STEPHANIE LAU, Northwestern
Elodie Van Dievoet, Michigan
Sarah Burnham, Michigan State
Allyson Geer, Michigan State
Micaela Farah, Purdue
August Kim, Purdue
Brooke Ferrell, Wisconsin
Second Team All-Big Ten
SARAH CHO, Northwestern
JANET MAO, Northwestern
Swing Liu, Illinois
Tristyn Nowlin, Illinois
Jaclyn Lee, Ohio State
Katja Pogacar, Ohio State
Jessica Porvasnik, Ohio State
Covadonga SanJuan, Purdue
Junior Hannah Kim and sophomore Stephanie Lau led the way as members of the All-Big Ten First Team.
This year's recognition marks the third consecutive First Team All-Big Ten nod for Kim, the two-time Big Ten Player of the Year. The Chula Vista, California native leads NU with 13 rounds at par-or-better this season, and won both the Hurricane Invitational and Silverado Showdown this spring.
For the second straight year, Lau was the Wildcats top finisher at the Big Ten Championships, earning All-Tournament Team honors with a fifth-place result last weekend at TPC River's Bend. The 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year earned a victory at the Pepperdine Triangular.
Junior Sarah Cho and sophomore Janet Mao both received Second Team laurels, the second career All-Big Ten nod for each.
Senior Kacie Komoto was selected as Northwestern's 2017 Sportsmanship Award honoree. The students chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the students must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
The Wildcats will learn their NCAA Regionals destination on Thursday morning, when the 2017 NCAA Championships field is announced live on the Golf Channel. Northwestern won the 2016 Shoal Creek (AL) Regional, the first Regional victory in program history, on the way to a best-ever ninth-place result at last year's NCAA Championships.
The 2017 NCAA Golf Championships for both men and women will be hosted at Rich Harvest Farms west of Chicago.
First Team All-Big Ten
HANNAH KIM, Northwestern
STEPHANIE LAU, Northwestern
Elodie Van Dievoet, Michigan
Sarah Burnham, Michigan State
Allyson Geer, Michigan State
Micaela Farah, Purdue
August Kim, Purdue
Brooke Ferrell, Wisconsin
Second Team All-Big Ten
SARAH CHO, Northwestern
JANET MAO, Northwestern
Swing Liu, Illinois
Tristyn Nowlin, Illinois
Jaclyn Lee, Ohio State
Katja Pogacar, Ohio State
Jessica Porvasnik, Ohio State
Covadonga SanJuan, Purdue
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