Lightfritz Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
7/9/2021 4:09:00 PM | Women's Golf
Lightfritz become the first women’s golfer from Mercer to earn this honor
MACON, Ga. – Mercer's Lauren Lightfritz has been named CoSIDA Academic All-District IV First Team honors, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday. She became the first women's golfer from Mercer to earn this honor.
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The 2020-21 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's At-Large Teams, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in athletic competition and in the classroom. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early August. To view the complete team, click here.
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Lightfritz is pursuing her master's degree in organizational leadership. The Suwanee, Ga., native played in all nine events for the Orange and Black, earning four of top-10 finishes. Lightfritz earned her first collegiate victory in her final regular season tournament as she shot even par and led the Bears to a second-place finish at the Brickyard Collegiate on April 5-6. She came back two weeks later and tied for third at the Southern Conference Championship on April 19-20, becoming the first Bear to finish in the top-3 at the SoCon Tournament. It was her first top-10 finish at the SoCon Championship and earned All-Tournament honors.
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The 2020-21 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's At-Large Teams, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in athletic competition and in the classroom. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early August. To view the complete team, click here.
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Lightfritz is pursuing her master's degree in organizational leadership. The Suwanee, Ga., native played in all nine events for the Orange and Black, earning four of top-10 finishes. Lightfritz earned her first collegiate victory in her final regular season tournament as she shot even par and led the Bears to a second-place finish at the Brickyard Collegiate on April 5-6. She came back two weeks later and tied for third at the Southern Conference Championship on April 19-20, becoming the first Bear to finish in the top-3 at the SoCon Tournament. It was her first top-10 finish at the SoCon Championship and earned All-Tournament honors.
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Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Women's Golf, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerWGolf (Twitter), /MercerWGolf (Facebook) and @MercerWGolf (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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