Taylor named SoCon Freshman of the Year

HILTON HEAD, S.C. - UNC Greensboro freshman Courtney Taylor was named the Southern Conference Women's Golf Freshman of the Year on Tuesday at the conclusion of the conference championship.

Taylor, a native of Gastonia, N.C., also earned all-conference and all-freshman honors in the balloting of the league's coaches. She became the first Spartan to win the SoCon Freshman of the Year award in women's golf since Anna Hoffanen in 1998.

Taylor finished fifth in the league championship on Tuesday, completing a season in which she was UNCG's statistical leader just about throughout the season and enter the conference tournament fifth in the league in stroke average at 75.41. Including the SoCon Tournament, she had five Top 10 finishes and finished in the top 10 in four of her last six tournaments.

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All-Conference Team
Leigh Whittaker, College of Charleston
Tara McFadden, Elon
Jackie Hilea, Furman
Stefanie Kenoyer, Furman
Courtney Taylor, UNC Greensboro
Katelyn Stanier, Samford
Emma de Groot, Chattanooga
Maria Juliana Loza, Chattanooga
Desiree Karlsson, Western Carolina
Josefine Sundh, Western Carolina

All-Freshman Team
Yue Xu, Appalachian State
Vanessa Koechli, College of Charleston
Diana Davis, Elon
Courtney Taylor, UNC Greensboro
Malin Jansson, Western Carolina

Player of the Year: Stefanie Kenoyer, Furman
Freshman of the Year: Courtney Taylor, UNC Greensboro
Coach of the Year: Colette Murray, Chattanooga

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