Oklahoma State University Athletics
Trio Of Cowgirl Golfers Earn All-Big 12 Recognition For Third Straight Year
April 28, 2017 | Cowgirl Golf
STILLWATER – For the third consecutive year and for the 10th time since the league was founded in 1997, the Oklahoma State women's golf team placed three student-athletes on the on the All-Big 12 Conference team.
Cowgirl Emma Broze was selected for a second time, while Maddie McCrary and Linnea Johansson earned All-Big 12 recognition for a third straight year. Cowgirl golfers have now accounted for 53 All-Big 12 selections in the league's history, which is the most of any school.
McCrary and Johansson are just the eighth and ninthg Cowgirls to earn at least three All-Big 12 selections, joining Maria Boden, Caroline Hedwall, Pernilla Lindberg, Karin Kinnerud, Annie Thurman-Young, Karin Sjodin and Linda Wessberg.
Johansson leads all Cowgirls with a 72.9 stroke average in 2016-17. The 2016 WGCA All-American has three top-10 finishes this season, and posted her best individual round – a 66 at the season opening Dick McGuire Invitational – and her best 54-hole score – 10-under 206 also at the Dick McGuire Invitational – this season.
McCrary overcame an injury that held her out for the fall campaign to earn her second career All-Big 12 honor. The junior, who played as an amateur in the LPGA Texas Shootout this week, has a 73.88 stroke average this season, and earned a top five finish at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic last month.
Emma Broze also bounced back from a fall injury to earn a second career All-Big 12 selection. The junior was second at OSU with a 73.56 stroke average, and recorded a 10th place finish in the season opening Dick McGuire Invitational and a 16th place nod at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii.
The Cowgirls were named the No. 5 seed in the upcoming NCAA Regional in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which takes place from May 8-10. It was OSU's 25th consecutive NCAA Regional bid, which is every year since the NCAA moved to the regional format.
2017 All-Big 12 Awards
Player of the Year: Amy Lee, Baylor
Freshman of the Year: Greta Voelker, Texas
Coach of the Year: Ryan Murphy, Texas
All-Big 12 Team
Amy Lee, Baylor (average ranking of 26)
Linnea Johansson, Oklahoma State (average ranking of 47)
Maddie McCrary, Oklahoma State (average ranking of 48)
Sophia Schubert, Texas (average ranking of 52.5)
Julienne Soo, Oklahoma (average ranking of 58.5)
Emmy Martin, TCU (average ranking of 64.5)
Emma Broze, Oklahoma State (average ranking of 73)
Greta Voekler, Texas (average ranking of 77)
Chayani Wangmahaporn, Iowa State (average ranking of 87.5)
Dylan Kim, Baylor (average ranking of 94.5)
Cowgirl Emma Broze was selected for a second time, while Maddie McCrary and Linnea Johansson earned All-Big 12 recognition for a third straight year. Cowgirl golfers have now accounted for 53 All-Big 12 selections in the league's history, which is the most of any school.
McCrary and Johansson are just the eighth and ninthg Cowgirls to earn at least three All-Big 12 selections, joining Maria Boden, Caroline Hedwall, Pernilla Lindberg, Karin Kinnerud, Annie Thurman-Young, Karin Sjodin and Linda Wessberg.
Johansson leads all Cowgirls with a 72.9 stroke average in 2016-17. The 2016 WGCA All-American has three top-10 finishes this season, and posted her best individual round – a 66 at the season opening Dick McGuire Invitational – and her best 54-hole score – 10-under 206 also at the Dick McGuire Invitational – this season.
McCrary overcame an injury that held her out for the fall campaign to earn her second career All-Big 12 honor. The junior, who played as an amateur in the LPGA Texas Shootout this week, has a 73.88 stroke average this season, and earned a top five finish at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic last month.
Emma Broze also bounced back from a fall injury to earn a second career All-Big 12 selection. The junior was second at OSU with a 73.56 stroke average, and recorded a 10th place finish in the season opening Dick McGuire Invitational and a 16th place nod at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii.
The Cowgirls were named the No. 5 seed in the upcoming NCAA Regional in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which takes place from May 8-10. It was OSU's 25th consecutive NCAA Regional bid, which is every year since the NCAA moved to the regional format.
2017 All-Big 12 Awards
Player of the Year: Amy Lee, Baylor
Freshman of the Year: Greta Voelker, Texas
Coach of the Year: Ryan Murphy, Texas
All-Big 12 Team
Amy Lee, Baylor (average ranking of 26)
Linnea Johansson, Oklahoma State (average ranking of 47)
Maddie McCrary, Oklahoma State (average ranking of 48)
Sophia Schubert, Texas (average ranking of 52.5)
Julienne Soo, Oklahoma (average ranking of 58.5)
Emmy Martin, TCU (average ranking of 64.5)
Emma Broze, Oklahoma State (average ranking of 73)
Greta Voekler, Texas (average ranking of 77)
Chayani Wangmahaporn, Iowa State (average ranking of 87.5)
Dylan Kim, Baylor (average ranking of 94.5)
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