Cahoon qualifies for Division III Women’s Golf Championships

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Huntingdon sophomore LeeAnn Cahoon's record-setting season will continue in the NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships on May 12-15.

Cahoon became the first women's golfer in the seven-year history of the Lady Hawks' program to qualify for the national tournament with the announcement of the field on Monday. The field includes 21 teams and six individuals.

The 72-hole tournament will be held at the El Campeon Golf Course at the Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

Cahoon, who is ranked 14th in Division III, is averaging a Lady Hawks' record 77 per round this season. In 20 rounds since the fall, she has turned in the top four rounds in program history and seven of the Lady Hawks' top 11 rounds. 

In her second round of the fall, she shot a program-record 72, the first under-par-round in program history. In nine events during the fall and spring season, she placed second four times and third twice.

The entire field for the 2015 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships is listed below.

TEAMS

1. The University of Texas at Tyler

2. George Fox University

3. Washington University in St. Louis

4. Wittenberg University

5. Williams College

6. University of Redlands

7. Washington and Lee University

8. Rhodes College

9. Carthage College

10. New York University

11. Carleton College

12. University of Wisconsin, Stout

13. Wartburg College

14. Hope College

15. Hanover College

16. Otterbein University

17. Washington and Jefferson College

18. Grinnell College

19. Stevenson University

20. Gettysburg College

21. Aurora University

INDIVIDUALS

1. McKenzie Ralston, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

2. Sharon Li, Ithaca College

3. Emily Javadi, University of the South

4. LeeAnn Cahoon, Huntingdon College

5. Tiffany Gu, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

6. Jamie Gracie, Amherst College