CALIFORNIA (May 23) – Five members of the California (PA) women's golf team received College Sports Communicators (CSC) At-Large Academic All-District honors on Tuesday afternoon, as senior
Kate Brown (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory), senior
Halle Herrington (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola), junior
Addi Mann (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East), sophomore
Madelyn Myers (Smock, Pa./Uniontown) and sophomore
Keegan Selinsky (Bolivar, Ohio/Tuscarawas Valley) earned the laurel.
With the honor, all five golfers are eligible for consideration on the CSC At-Large Academic All-America Teams that will be announced in June. The CSC Academic All-America program replaces the former CoSIDA Academic All-America program after CoSIDA recently rebranded the organization as College Sports Communicators.
Brown averaged a career-best scoring average of 87.7 strokes while playing six events, included all four tournaments in the fall. She carded a top-10 finish at the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational in April before shooting a career-low round of 81 at the Gannon Spring Invitational. Brown recently completed her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in business & commerce with a minor in finance while maintaining a 3.90 cumulative grade-point average (GPA).
A two-sport athlete, Herrington accomplished the unique feat of receiving academic all-district honors in multiple sports after previously earning the same accolade in women's basketball this year. She finished with a scoring average of 89.8 strokes over five events while playing four of the five tournaments in the spring. Herrington maintained a 3.90 GPA while earning her bachelor's degree this month in sport management with a minor in business.
Mann ranked second on the team in scoring average at 84.1 strokes while playing six events. She carded a top-five overall finish at four tournaments, highlighted with medalist honors at the Husky Invitational in April. Mann boasts a 3.95 cumulative GPA while pursuing a degree in exercise science with a concentration in professional golf management.
A Uniontown product, Myers posted a scoring average of 88.5 strokes over eight events this season. She finished among the top-15 overall at four tournaments, including a top-five finish at the home invitational in the fall. Myers holds a 3.68 cumulative GPA while majoring in mathematics.
Selinsky finished third on the team with a career-best scoring average of 84.3 strokes and was the only golfer to play all nine events this year. She fired the team's best score at a trio of tournaments and carded a top-five overall finish four times, including fifth place at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships after being the opening-round leader with a career-best round of 76. Selinsky is pursuing a degree in sport management and boasts a 3.93 cumulative GPA.
The women's at-large program includes nominees in the sports of beach volleyball, bowling, crew/rowing, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing and water polo.
To qualify for the academic all-district honors, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically while maintaining a cumulative 3.50 GPA or higher. Additionally, each institution is capped at five nominees in the at-large program.
