SFU Women’s Golf Dominates All-GNAC First Team
SFU Women's Golf Team - Image Credit Jacob Hall/SFU
By Samuel Rowan/SFU Athletics
BURNABY, BC --- On Friday, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference announced it's All-GNAC selections for the 2019-2020 golf season. After a historically impressive campaign, Simon Fraser had five student athletes selected to the All-GNAC first team, while Matthew Steinbach was named coach of the year.
In addition to being named an All-GNAC first team selection, Emily Leung shared the GNAC player of the year award with Cammie Decker of Concordia University. Both were also recently named DII All-Americans.
Leung finished in the top-10 in five out of the six events that she competed at and finished in the top-five on four occasions. She won October's Division II West Region Preview in Carlsbad, California, with a two-round score of 2-under-par 142 to pace the Clan to a tie for third place to close out the fall season.
Her performance included a season-low round of 69 in the first round that, at the time, tied the GNAC single-round record. Leung was also the runner up at September's Dixie State Fall Invitational at 2-under-par 142.
Freshman Claire Lovan also shared a major award, as she was named co-freshman of the year in the GNAC. Lovan finished fifth in the conference with a 76.4 stroke average over 10 rounds (2nd among freshman), placing in the top-10 three times, including an eighth-place finish at the True North Classic with a score of 9-over-par 153.
Joining Emily Leung and Lovan on the All-GNAC first team were senior Jaya Rampuri, junior Estee Leung and freshman Frida Ehnebom.
Rampuri earned her third first-team nod after she finished third in the conference with a 75.2 stroke average over 12 rounds and carded four rounds of par or below. The former All-American honourable mention placed in the top-10 four times and finished in the top-three on three occasions, opening the fall season with a win at the True North Classic with a score of even-par 144 as the Clan cruised to a 25-stroke victory.
Estee Leung joins her sister on the first team after earning second-team honors last year. She finished with a 78.4 stroke average over eight rounds, finishing in the top-10 twice and in the top-five once, placing third at the True North Classic with a score of 4-over-par 148.
Ehnebom finished seventh with a 77.5 stroke average over 12 rounds, turning in two rounds of par or better and finishing in the top-10 on two occasions.
As a team, Simon Fraser led the conference with a 302.0 stroke average over 12 rounds, and finished the season ranked No. 14 in the WGCA Division II National Rankings. SFU placed in the top-three at five of its six tournaments, winning their home tournament, the True North Classic, in September, as well as the Concordia Invitational.