HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Six SWOSU Golfers were named to the 2017-18 All-Great American Conference team on Saturday night at the awards banquet that precedes the GAC Championships. The women's side produced five of the six selections including a pair of first-team honorees.
 
Gloria Choi and Elin Wahlin earned First Team All-GAC honors for the Lady Bulldogs, while Chloe Thackeray was placed on the second team, and both Emily Folsom and Jenna Eidem were named honorable mentions. On the men's side, Kason Cook was the lone Bulldog represented as a second team all-conference selection.
 
Choi (Langley, British Columbia) garners her third consecutive First Team All-Conference honors. Choi – last year's GAC Women's Golfer of the Year – recently picked up her second career victory at the Central Region Spring Preview. She has finished in the top five of the leaderboard in four of SWOSU's eight tournaments this season and also placed 10th and 12th in two others. Choi also was named the GAC Women's Golfer of the Week one time this season.
 
Wahlin (Karlshamn, Sweden) is also now a three-time First Team All-GAC selection. She has a fifth-place finish to her credit this season and has placed within the top 10 in two other tournaments.
 
Thackeray (Billericay, England) improves from her honorable mention status last season and is now a Second Team All-Conference recipient. She has a top-three placing under her belt and has finished within the top 15 in two other events this year.
 
Folsom (Oklahoma City) picks up her third all-conference honors in four years as a Lady Bulldog as an honorable mention. She is SWOSU's other GAC Golfer of the Week recipient this season after earning the honor back on February 21. Folsom has finished in the top 20 four times this season and has a season best finish of 10th.
 
Eidem (Wiesbaden, Germany) earns her first all-conference honors as an honorable mention during her junior year. She had a personal best finish of 12th this season and has another Top 20 performance to her credit.
 
Cook (Hydro, Okla.) earns a Second Team All-GAC nod for the first time in his young career at SWOSU. The sophomore has placed fifth at The Mule and 12th at the NSU Men's Classic, while finishing just outside the Top 20 three other times this season.  
 
SWOSU Golf has now had 37 All-GAC selections in the seven-year history of the conference between both the men's and women's teams. The Bulldogs tee off at the 2018 GAC Championships on Sunday at Hot Springs Country Club.
 
2017-18 All-Great American Conference Golf Teams (pdf)
 
WOMEN - * Unanimous Selections
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
* ARKANSAS TECH – Peerada Piddon, Jr., Bangkulay, Thailand
 
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
HARDING – Kiera Smith, Plymouth, Minnesota
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
ARKANSAS TECH – Amy Anderson
 
FIRST-TEAM ALL-GAC
* SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Gloria Choi, Jr., Langley, British Columbia, Canada
* ARKANSAS TECH – Pia Nunbhakdi, Jr., Bangkok, Thailand
* ARKANSAS TECH – Peerada Piddon, Jr., Bangkulay, Thailand
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS – Helle Leed, Sr., Vallda Halland, Sweden
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Elin Wahlin, Jr., Karlshamn, Sweden
 
SECOND-TEAM ALL-GAC
HENDERSON STATE – Taylor Loeb, So., Maumelle, Arkansas
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO – Frida Rydberg, Sr., Jarfalla, Sweden
ARKANSAS TECH – Avery Struck, Sr., Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia, Canada
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Chloe Thackeray, Jr., Billericay, England
HENDERSON STATE – Sarah Wright, Sr., Fayetteville, Arkansas
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-GAC
HENDERSON STATE – Hanna Brauburger, Jr., Bentonville, Arkansas
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST – Michelle Carr, So., Alvin, Texas
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Jenna Eidem, Jr., Weisbaden, Germany
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Emily Folsom, Sr., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
HENDERSON STATE – Luisa Gartmann, Jr., Hannover, Germany
 
MEN - * Unanimous Selections
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
* SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Zach James, Jr., Whitesboro, Texas
 
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
ARKANSAS TECH – Jackson Marseilles, Harrison, Arkansas
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
ARKANSAS TECH – Luke Calcatera
 
FIRST-TEAM ALL-GAC
* HARDING – Mason Banger, Sr., Southampton, England
* SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Zach James, Jr., Whitesboro, Texas
SOUTHERN NAZARENE – Rhett Bechtel, Jr., Edmond, Oklahoma
ARKANSAS TECH – Luke Cornett, Sr., Drasco, Arkansas
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Hayden Foster, Jr., Pottsboro, Texsa
 
SECOND-TEAM ALL-GAC
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Sam Berry, Sr., Manchester, England
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE – Kason Cook, So., Hydro, Oklahoma
HENDERSON STATE – Nick Shapiro, So., Plano, Texas
ARKANSAS TECH – Putter Srinoon, Sr., Bangkok, Thailand
ARKANSAS TECH – Shawn Tsai, So., Taipei, Taiwan
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-GAC
HENDERSON STATE – Kevin Boutier, Jr., Paris, France
ARKANSAS TECH – Austin Gean, So., Florence, Alabama
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS – Kade Johnson, So., Yorkton, Saskatchewan
ARKANSAS TECH – Jackson Marseilles, Fr., Harrison, Arkansas
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST – Dalton Rhoden Sr., Fort Gibson, Oklahoma