Fan Named WGCA All-American Scholar

BOULDER GÇô University of Colorado golfer Brittany Fan has been named to the WomenGÇÖs Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar team for her achievement in the classroom during the 2014-15 academic year. To be eligible for selection, the student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average and play in half the scheduled competitions.

Fan completed her first season with the Buffaloes posting a freshman school record 74.87 stroke average over 31 rounds. The Pearl City, Hawaii native also had six top 20 finishes and a team-leading 28 rounds in the 70s. Fan also played a vital role in helping CU earn a program-best fifth place finish at the Pac-12 Championships last spring.

GÇ£IGÇÖm very happy for Brittany GÇô earning the WGCA Academic All-American award is a difficult challenge and one of the hardest academic awards to earn in collegiate sports,GÇ¥ said Colorado head coach Anne Kelly. GÇ£In addition, Brittany was in her freshman year and just learning to balance travel and academics is hard enough, but to earn Academic All-American honors her first year is an outstanding accomplishment.GÇ¥

In total, 758 womenGÇÖs collegiate golfers from all three division programs were recognized, 17 of which from the Pac-12 Conference. Arizona State led the conference with six honorees, four were honored from Washington State and Arizona had a pair. CU joined California, Oregon, Oregon State and Washington to each have one honoree. In addition, Fan was one of only four freshmen from the Pac-12 to earn the award.

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