BROKEN ARROW, Okla. – Four members of SWOSU Women's Golf earned All-Great American Conference honors at the awards banquet preceding the GAC Championships on Saturday night, while head coach Brad Fleetwood was named the GAC's Women's Coach of the Year.
Megan Brown, Drew Dodgion, Freya Sala, and Rebecca Lau all landed on all-conference teams. Brown and Dodgion were placed on the first team, with Sala on the second team and Lau as an honorable mention.
Fleetwood was named the league's Coach of the Year on the women's side, matching his 2016 Men's Coach of the Year to become a two-time winner in the conference.
Aside from the all-conference nods for play on the course, four from the program earned academic honors including men's golfer Lukas Hendricks who was named the Men's Elite Scholar Athlete for having the highest GPA of any male competitor in the championship field. Dodgion, Ashlyn Acosta, and Cameron Gallagher were all named GAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes. The distinction is awarded to eligible student-athletes participating in the championship field with at least a 3.70 GPA and 70 hours of completed classwork.
Complete 2024 All-GAC Teams (pdf)
Brown (Cordell, Okla.) is now a four-time all-conference selection with three as a member of the first team. She finished inside the top-10 in five tournaments this season including a second-place finish at the ATU Spring Invitational earlier this month. She has an average stroke count of 74.4 in seven tournaments this year, good for sixth in the entire Central Region.
Dodgion (Guthrie, Okla.) joins an all-conference list for the first time in her career with an impressive spot on the first team. She has a trio of top-3 finishes including second place at both the Central Region Fall Preview & Tulsa Cup and holds a 75.3 scoring average, having competed in all nine tournaments this year. She is currently the eighth ranked women's golfer in the Central Region.
Sala (Mexico City, Mexico) lands on the second team in her first year as a Lady Bulldog. She won the NSU Women's Classic this fall – the only member of the team to win an event this season – and has another top-5 finish to her credit. She finishes the regular season with a 75.8 scoring average in nine tournaments.
Lau (Selangor, Malaysia) becomes a three-time All-GAC selection as an honorable mention for a second straight season. She has three top-10 finishes this year including a second place showing at the Diffee Ford/Lincoln Invite. Lau's average score is 76.4 this season.
The 2024 Men's & Women's GAC Championships are set to get underway Sunday at Forest Ridge Golf Club in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The tournament spans through Tuesday with a round of golf each day. It's the first year the conference tournament has been held at this venue.
