Golf’s Linda Brown Named WGCA All-American Scholar

- July 6, 2015
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Brown is one of 758 collegiate golfers across all divisions to be honored with this year's prestigious award. The WGCA Scholar All-American criteria are among the most stringent in all of college athletics, requiring a 3.5 cumulative grade point average.
Brown recently completed a remarkable four-year career as the most decorated golfer in the program's young history. She was also an outstanding student as a kinesiology major, capturing the women's golf team's scholar-athlete award three times.
On the golf course, Brown led the Pioneers in scoring average four straight years and claimed seven individual tournament titles. She was consistently one of the top players in the nation on and around the green.
Brown's junior season was particularly impressive, as she posted eight top-10 finishes and four victories, highlighted by a co-championship at the 2013-14 NCAA Division II West Super Regionals in Texas. She became the first Pioneer woman ever to compete at the NCAA Division II national championships, placing 23rd in the nation. She was subsequently named All-West Region and All-America by the WGCA, and she was voted CSUEB's Co-Female Athlete of the Year.
The San Leandro native wrapped up her career in 2014-15 by qualifying for NCAA Regionals for the second straight year and ranking among the top 50 golfers in the nation. Now she becomes the first East Bay woman ever to claim WGCA Scholar All-American honors.
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