CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - The Eckerd women's golf team continued its impressive 2023-24 season with an accolade from the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA). The Tritons ranked fifth nationally in the annual WGCA Academic Top 25 Division II All-Scholar Team as released by the organization.
EC posted an astounding 3.819 team grade-point average. Eckerd had another impressive season, ending the season ranked No. 36 in the Clippd national poll. Sandra Eriksson was selected to the NCAA South Regional, the second Triton in program history to do so. The Tritons opened the season with a win at the Invite at Innisbrook on September 25-26.
The Tritons were just .10 off the top spot and the second-ranked team in the SSC. Eckerd and Rollins were the only two SSC teams in the top-25.
The honor is the first time Eckerd has appeared in the WGCA Academic Top 25 Division II All-Scholar Team in program history.
The award recognizes the women's collegiate golf program with the highest collective average team GPA, which includes all the team's student-athletes for the 2023-24 season.
The WGCA also announced the top 25 teams with the highest team GPA for Division I, Division II, and Division III, as well as the top 10 teams for NAIA.
Top 25
1 - 1 University of Findlay 3.919, 2 - Davenport University 3.915, 3 - Rollins College 3.835, 4 - West Texas A&M University 3.821, 5 - Eckerd College, 3.819 6 - University of South Carolina Beaufort 3.818, 7 - St. Mary's University (TX) 3.817, 8 - Kentucky Wesleyan College 3.814, 9 - Winona State University 3.800, 10 - University of Sioux Falls 3.783, 11 - Rockhurst University 3.778, 12 - Saint Martin's University 3.772, 13 - Catawba College 3.752, 14 - Hawaii Pacific University 3.730, 15 - Fort Hays State University 3.726, T16 - Sonoma State University 3.725, T16 - Texas A&M International University 3.725, 18 - Maryville University 3.714, 19 - Lander University 3.711, T20 - William Jewell College 3.702, T20 - California State University, Los Angeles 3.702, 22 - University of West Georgia 3.698, 23 - University of Central Missouri 3.697, 24 - Lee University 3.693, 25 - Lincoln Memorial University 3.691
