KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2014 NAIA Women's Golf All-America teams and four Bellevue University golfers were selected by the NAIA-Women's Golf Coaches Association All-America Committee.
Renee Santoyo earned first team NAIA All-American honors after being named a second team selection as a freshman. She was named to the all-tournament team at the NAIA National Championships after a fifth place finish.
Maria Saavedra, Natalia Soria, and Charlene Dubois each earned third team accolades.
In just their third season, the Bruins finished in third place at the 20th annual NAIA Women's Golf National Championships.
2014 NAIA Women's Golf All-America Teams
First Team | |||
Player | School | Year | Hometown |
Renee Santoyo* | Bellevue (Neb.) | So. | Guadalupe, Mexico |
Winnie Hyun | British Columbia | Fr. | Langley, British Columbia |
Sarah Gilliard | Coastal Georgia | So. | Alma, Ga. |
Sunny Powers*^ | Concordia (Ore.) | Sr. | Medford, Ore. |
Lauren Kruszewski | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | Fr. | Chesapeake, Va. |
Wiebke Schlender | Indiana Tech | Fr. | Paderborn, Germany |
Heather Bruce | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | Sr. | Enterprise, Ore. |
Daniela Martinez | Northwood (Texas) | So. | Mexicali, Mexico |
Fariza Zain* | Northwood (Texas) | Sr. | Singapore |
Elia Folch* | Oklahoma City | Sr. | Barcelona, Spain |
Caroline Goodin | Oklahoma City | Fr. | Oklahoma City |
Kyla Clancy | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | So. | Park City, Mont. |
Sofia Molinaro* | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | So. | Treviso, Italy |
Alazne Urizar* | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Jr. | San Tome, Venezuela |
Myriam Hassan* | William Woods (Mo.) | So. | Newport, Wales |
Second Team | |||
Player | School | Year | Hometown |
Geandra Almeida | Bethel (Ind.) | Sr. | Joinville, Brazil |
Kat Kennedy | British Columbia | Fr. | Okotoks, Alberta |
Stephanie Wong*^ | British Columbia | Jr. | Richmond, British Columbia |
Christian Liggin | Coastal Georgia | Sr. | Smithville, Ga. |
Liz Stephens* | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Sr. | Tockington, United Kingdom |
Bri-ann Tokariwski | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Jr. | Winnepeg, Manitoba |
MacKenzie Cunningham | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | So. | Carmel, Ind. |
Sophie Olley* | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Leeds, England |
Heather Shake | Houston-Victoria (Texas) | Fr. | Pearland, Texas |
Rebecka Holmstrom | Northwood (Fla.) | Fr. | Sweden |
Bri LaFoca | Northwood (Fla.) | Jr. | Dallas, Pa. |
Anna Mikish | Oklahoma City | Fr. | Choctaw, Okla. |
Kailey Campbell | Oklahoma City | Fr. | Oktasha, Okla. |
Mariona Maeso | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Fr. | Barcelona, Spain |
Jodie Peacock* | William Woods (Mo.) | So. | Nottinghamshire, England |
Third Team | |||
Player | School | Year | Hometown |
Maria Saavedra* | Bellevue (Neb.) | So. | Mexico City, Mexico |
Natalia Soria | Bellevue (Neb.) | So. | La Paz, Bolivia |
Charlene Dubois | Bellevue (Neb.) | So. | Salbris, France |
Casara Hong* | British Columbia | Sr. | Calgary, Alberta |
Heather Wiquist | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Sr. | Bluffton, S.C. |
Tamina Romer | Indiana Tech | Fr. | Dusseldorf, Germany |
Courtney Dye | Indiana Tech | Fr. | Williamsburg, Mich. |
Paulina Bergbom | Northwood (Fla.) | Fr. | Sweden |
Micaela Johansson | Northwood (Fla.) | So. | Sweden |
Katie-Lee Wilson | Oklahoma City | Fr. | Owasso, Okla. |
Katy Peterson | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Sr. | Glendive, Montana |
Samantha O'Donnell | USC-Beaufort (S.C.) | Jr. | Hilton Head Island, S.C. |
Demi Coertze | William Penn (Iowa) | So. | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Alejandra Ferrer* | William Woods (Mo.) | So. | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
Jamie Palermo*^+ | William Woods (Mo.) | Sr. | Sante Fe, N.M. |
* 2013 NAIA Women's Golf All-American
^ 2012 NAIA Women's Golf All-American
+ 2011 NAIA Women's Golf All-American
^ 2012 NAIA Women's Golf All-American
+ 2011 NAIA Women's Golf All-American