Zain, Deleonardis & Kang named All-Americans!!

2013 NAIA Women’s Golf All-Americans Announced

Individual Medalist Jessica Schiele headlines the list of honorees

May 28, 2013

By Travis Rae, Communications and Sports Information Intern

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2013 NAIA Women’s Golf All-America teams, as selected by the NAIA-Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-America Committee. The list of honorees includes 15 first and second team student-athletes and 15 honorable mention selections.

Oklahoma City, who claimed its NAIA best sixth national crown this year, landed two individuals, Elia Folch and Jessica Schiele, on the first team. Schiele and Folch finished first and second at the championships this year to lead the Stars to the victory.

Repeat All-Americans include: Kylie Barros and Stephanie Wong of British Columbia, Sunny Powers of Concordia (Ore.), Courtney Shelton of Lee (Tenn.), Anna Schopp of Lubbock Christian (Texas), Schiele of Oklahoma City and Jamie Palermo of William Woods (Mo.).

The 2013 All-America list is composed of eleven seniors, eight freshman, seven juniors and two sophomores.

2013 NAIA Women’s Golf All-Americans

First Team
Name	School	Class	Hometown
Maria Saavedra	Bellevue (Neb.)	Fr.	Mexico City, Mexico
Kylie Barros*	British Columbia	Sr.	Edmonton, Alberta
Sunny Powers*	Concordia (Ore.)	Jr.	Medford, Ore.
Liz Stephens	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Jr.	Tockington, Bristol, England
Connie Pitenis	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	Sr.	Daytona Beach, Fla.
Courtney Shelton*	Lee (Tenn.)	Jr.	Franklin, Tenn.
Mariah Montoya	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	So.	Lubbock, Texas
Anna Schopp*	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	Sr.	Bremen, Germany
Tarah Winfield	Northwood (Fla.)	Sr.	Brantford, Ontario
Fariza Zain	Northwood (Texas)	Fr.	Singapore
Elia Folch	Oklahoma City	Jr.	Barcelona, Spain
Jessica Schiele*	Oklahoma City	Sr.	Grimsby, N. East Lincolnshire England
Alazne Urizar	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	So.	San Tome, Venezuela
Sofia Molinaro	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	Fr.	Treviso, Italy
Myriam Hassan	William Woods (Mo.)	Fr.	Newport, Wales

 

Second Team
Name	School	Class	Hometown
Renee Santoyo	Bellevue (Neb.)	Fr.	Guadalupe, Mexico
Haley Cameron	British Columbia	Sr.	Kelowna, British Columbia
Casara Hong	British Columbia	Jr.	Calgary, Alberta
Reagan Wilson	British Columbia	Jr.	Calgary, Alberta
Stephanie Wong*	British Columbia	So.	Richmond, British Columbia
Sophie Olley	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	So.	Leeds, England
Sloane Skinner	Lee (Tenn.)	Sr.	Lexington, Ky.
Laura Deleonardis	Northwood (Texas)	Fr.	Flowermound, Texas
Kelli Nakano	USC Beaufort	Sr.	Cave Creek, Ariz.
Jessica Macphee	Thomas (Ga.)	Sr.	Langley, British Columbia
Nathalia Valencia	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	Sr.	Cali, Columbia
Alejandra Ferrer	William Woods (Mo.)	Fr.	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Lindsey Johnson	William Woods (Mo.)	Sr.	Springfield, Mo.
Jamie Palermo*	William Woods (Mo.)	Jr.	Santa Fe, N.M.
Jodie Peacock	William Woods (Mo.)	Fr.	Nottinghamshire, England

 

Honorable Mention
Name	School
Geandra Almeida	Bethel (Ind.)
Laura Beth Harris	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Pia Jenko	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Bea Serra	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Kenzie Rottinghaus	Grand View (Iowa)
Madison Alexander	Lee (Tenn.)
Esther Kang	Northwood (Texas)
Taylor Howard	Oklahoma City
Mary Larsh	Oklahoma City
Tanya Tibshraeny	Oklahoma City
Alexa Osbourn	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
Victoria DeGroodt	USC Beaufort
Hannah Mason	Southwestern (Kan.)
Alainey Muro	Texas at Brownsville
Morgan Matchett	Wayland Baptist (Texas)

* 2012 All-American