FORT MYERS, Fla. – A trio of FGCU women's golfers were named 2022 Scholar All-Americans as announced by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA).
Anouk Casty and
Posie Farrelly earned the honor for the first time after their freshman campaigns, while
Haley Yerxa did so for the second straight year.
The award requires a minimum of 3.50 grade-point-average with a total of 1,506 women's collegiate golfers recognized.
The honor was the capstone for Yerxa who completed her career in the Green & Blue having been named to the CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-District Team, the first in program history, and the ASUN All-Academic Team during the spring season. She was twice named to the ASUN All-Academic Team during career receiving the accolade along with WGCA Scholar All-America status following the 2021 season as well. Overall, she held a perfect 4.0 GPA as a software engineering major.
On the course this past season, she posted a career-best 74.14 scoring average through 29 rounds this season (+2.34 vs. Par). She had 10 rounds at par-or-better which led the team and three rounds in the 60s with 72 birdies on the year. Yerxa won the 44
th Annual Pat Bradley Invitational and has four top-10 finishes on the year. She shot a season-low 209 at the Spring Break Shootout highlighted by 68's in the first and third rounds.
Casty was a member of the ASUN All-Freshman Team after ranking third on the squad with a 75.96 scoring average. In her lone season with the Eagles, she played 26 rounds with three at par-or-better and had a top finish of sixth at the Spring Break Shootout where she had a 54-hole total of 215. Casty also was a member of the AD Honor Roll, the Dean's List and the President's List during her freshman season where she posted a 3.61 GPA as an entrepreneurship major.
Farrelly, a rising sophomore, was fourth on the team last spring with a 77.41 scoring average. She had a top finish of 19
th at the First Coast Classic and a season-low 54-hole score of 222 at the FAU Paradise Classic. In the classroom, Farrelly posted a 3.90 GPA as an environmental engineering major. She also earned AD Honor Roll, Dean's List, and President's List honors during her first season as an Eagle.
FGCU Women's Golf All-Time WGCA All-American Scholar Honorees
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