CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Winning a national title isn’t easy on the field, court or course. It’s just as hard in the classroom, but The University of New Mexico women’s golf team just accomplished it, capturing the 2014-15 Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Scholar Team GPA Award. The award recognizes the women’s collegiate golf program with the highest collective average team GPA which includes all of the team’s student-athletes for the 2014-15 season.
New Mexico’s six team members had an average GPA of 3.799. The team was pretty solid on the course as well, saving their best for last, coming in a close second at the Mountain West Championships. Manon Mollé won medalist honors at the MW Championships and advanced to the NCAA Regionals as an individual.
The honor is the top team academic honor available in women’s golf, and the award is presented regardless of division. The WGCA also announced the top 25 teams with the highest Team GPA.
WGCA Top 25
| Pl. | Institution | GPA |
| 1. | The University of New Mexico | 3.799 |
| 2. | Concordia University – St. Paul | 3.783 |
| 3. | Florida Gulf Coast University | 3.781 |
| 4. | Creighton University | 3.778 |
| 5. | Concordia University – Nebraska | 3.774 |
| 6. | Upper Iowa University | 3.773 |
| 7. | St. John’s University | 3.771 |
| 8. | East Tennessee State University | 3.731 |
| Houston Baptist University | 3.731 | |
| 10. | University of Findlay | 3.730 |
| 11. | University of Memphis | 3.729 |
| 12. | University of Louisville | 3.720 |
| 13. | Cleveland State University | 3.708 |
| 14. | Keiser University | 3.693 |
| 15. | Vanderbilt University | 3.687 |
| 16. | University of Detroit – Mercy | 3.684 |
| 17. | Jacksonville University | 3.680 |
| Northeastern State University | 3.680 | |
| 19. | Eastern Michigan University | 3.673 |
| 20 | Wittenberg University | 3.672 |
| 21. | Baylor University | 3.661 |
| 22. | Rockhurst University | 3.657 |
| 23. | Coastal Carolina University | 3.648 |
| 24. | New Mexico State University | 3.644 |
| 25. | Butler University | 3.641 |
About the Women’s Golf Coaches Association
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 500 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.