July 1, 2009

List of 2008-09 Honorees

Coral Springs, Fla. - Three Belmont women's golfers, Lauren Oeser, Laura Dyson, and Kelly Maguigan have been named to the 2008-2009 National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American Scholar Team as announced Wednesday. This marks the fourth straight season that Belmont has had a women's golfer named to this prestigious team.

For Lauren Oeser, this is third consecutive year she has been named to the All-American Scholar Team. During the 2008-2009 season, the native of Old Hickory, Tennessee carded a scoring average of 82.4, which ranked fourth on the team. She posted one top-20 finish as she placed in a tie for 16th at the Eat a Peach Collegiate last fall. Oeser graduated from Belmont in May with a degree in Biology.

Laura Dyson is named to the team for the second consecutive year. The rising junior played 20 rounds in nine events last season. The Fairview, Texas native and Business major posted a 2008-09 scoring average of 84.4 and her tie for 20th place finish in last April's Southern Miss Invitational was a career best.

Rising sophomore Kelly Maguigan played in all 11 tournaments as a freshman last season. The Pre-Pharmacy major from Franklin, Tennessee ranked second on the team in scoring average at 81.1 and posted two top-20 finishes, with her best finish being an 11th place showing at the Eat a Peach Collegiate last fall.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent of all college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50 and student-athletes must have competed in at least 50% (Division I) or 66% (Division II & III) of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.

Oeser, Dyson, and Maguigan are the only three Atlantic Sun Conference golfers to be given this honor for the 2008-2009 season.