LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Women's Golf Coaches Association dolled out its postseason awards Monday night, May 20, at a pre-championship banquet in Lexington, Ky. The Illinois Wesleyan University women's golf team was well-represented as seniors Emma Thorman (Macomb, Ill.-Macomb) and Lexi Onsrud (Normal, Ill.-University High) along with junior Macy Ludwig (Effingham, Ill.-St. Anthony) earned All-Region accolades.

Thorman, the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Women's Golfer of the Year, leads the Titans with an average of 75.2 strokes per round over 22.5 rounds and 10 tournaments. She has posted five top-five finishes, seven top-10 placements, and secured a top-20 effort in nine of 10 events en route to all-region honors for the third straight season. Thorman tallied three rounds of par-or-better. She won the CCIW individual championship and was a two-time CCIW Golfer of the Week selection.

Onsrud adds additional awards to an already lengthy resume, picking up all-region status for the third time in her career. In her final season donning the Green and White, Onsrud has played in 10 tournaments, compiling an average of 76.0 strokes per round. She has notched four-top-five finishes and six top-10 efforts this season with three rounds of par-or-better.

Garnering all-region status for the second straight season, Ludwig competed in 10 tournaments posting an average of 76.4 strokes over 22.5 rounds of play. She tied for the team lead with three rounds of par-or-better and placed in the top-five in three tournaments. Ludwig was a two-time CCIW Golfer of the Week honoree. She topped the 114-player field at the Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling, April 13-14, with a two-day score of three-under 141 (67-74) to set the program's 18 and 36-hole scoring records.

Illinois Wesleyan tees off at the NCAA Division III National Championship today, May 21, beginning at 9:10 a.m. ET. The Titans will play the opening round of the tournament alongside Redlands and Washington & Lee.

 
WGCA All-Region Teams
Region 1/East Region
Emma Abramson, Williams College
Aileen Du, Wellesley College
Jessica Huang, Amherst College
Gio Kim, Williams College
Victoria Kim, Williams College
Euna Lee, Williams College
Morgan Lee, Middlebury College
Peyton Sichol, Hamilton College
Audrey Tir, Middlebury College
Audrey Wang, Wellesley College
Sarah Yeh, Wellesley College
Tianyi Zhuang, Williams College


Region 2/Southeast
Ava Bankston, Rhodes College
Emily Brubaker, University of Lynchburg
Derica Chiu, Emory University
Carys Code, Emory University
Erin Donovan, Piedmont University
Emily Gresham, Methodist University
Heejo Hyun, Emory University
Esther Jung, Emory University
Janie Morgan, Centre College
Sharon Mun, Emory University
Morgan Mussatt, Randolph-Macon College
Ella Wong, Washington and Lee University
 
Region 3/Central
Amy Beanblossom, Washington University in St. Louis
Abbey Filipiak, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Meilin Hoshino, Grinnell College
Ellie Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Sydney Kuo, Washington University in St. Louis
Bailey Lengfelder, Macalester College
Greta McArthur, Bethel University
Grace Petzold, St. Catherine University
Emily Renner, College of Saint Benedict
Carter Sichol, Carleton College
Kyra Venne, St. Catherine University
Mindy Zhai, Carleton College
 
Region 4/Great Lakes
Grace Honigford, Ohio Northern University
Nikita Jadhav, Carnegie Mellon University
Macy Ludwig, Illinois Wesleyan University
Ella McRoberts, Denison University
Sriya Mupparaju, Carnegie Mellon University
Lexi Onsrud, Illinois Wesleyan University
Lauren Reed, Adrian College
Alexis Sudjianto, Carnegie Mellon University
Emma Thorman, Illinois Wesleyan University
Samantha Wang, Carnegie Mellon University
Becky Williams, DePauw University
Kaylin Yeoh, Carnegie Mellon University
 
Region 5/West
Liana Brown, George Fox University
Emily Chang, Pomona-Pitzer
Stella Cheng, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Federica Domecq Lacroze, Pomona-Pitzer
Sarah Kmiecik, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Esther Lee, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Iris Liu, University of Redlands
Jessica Mason, Trinity University
Alison Takamiya, George Fox University
Makensie Toole, George Fox University
Katelyn Vo, Pomona-Pitzer
Andrea York, University of Redlands
 
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA 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 WGCA represents over 750 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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