DC Metro Sports - Simpson Named to NGCA All-American Scholar Team

Written by media relations
Friday, 04 July 2008
Charlottesville, VA Virginia women's golfer Kristen Simpson was named to the 2008 National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. A economics major with a 3.51 GPA, Simpson was one of 402 golfers from the Division I, II and III ranks to earn the distinction. It marks the fifth straight year a Cavalier golfer has received the honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of themost stringent of all college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50 and student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent (Division I) or 66 percent (Division II & III) of the college¹s regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year. A native of Norfolk, Va., Simpson recently won the Virginias Women's Stroke Play Championship in Alexandria. She played in six tournaments this year and posted a 77.44 stroke average. Simpson was named to the ACC's All-Academic team in 2005 and 2007. She was a senior in 2008, but will return to the team for the 2008-09 season and compete as a graduate student. She redshirted her first season (2005) at Virginia. The National Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women¹s collegiate golf coaches. The NGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the NGCA represents over 400 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.

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