May 24, 2010
University of New Mexico senior Jodi Ewart has been named first team All-America by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA). She is a first team selection for the second straight year. Ewart was chosen to the NGCA second team following her freshman season of 2006-07 and was honorable mention in 2007-08.
Arguably the greatest women’s golfer in program history, Ewart completed her Lobo career last Friday at the NCAA Championships in Wilmington, N.C. She tied for 15th place with a 1-over 289 (73-71-72-73), which is the second-lowest 72-hole total by a Lobo at the NCAA Championships.
Ewart’s professional career began today at Pinnacle Peak Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., where she is attempting to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open in July. Ewart begins play on the Futures Tour in June hoping to earn her Tour card without going through the LPGA Q-school.
Ewart’s career highlights at the University of New Mexico:
* 4-time Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, the only student-athlete in any MWC sport to be recognized four times
* Program’s first 3-time All-American (2007, ’09 and ’10)
* 3-time MWC Championships individual medalist
* UNM’s top-3 season scoring averages: 72.12 in 2009-10, 72.68 in 2008-09 and 73.35 in 2006-07
* Lobos’ career scoring leader (73.11)
* school-record 5 tournament wins
* 23 top-10 finishes
* 2nd-lowest 72-hole total by a Lobo at the NCAA Championships (289)
* 127 rounds, 2nd-most in school history