After a stellar sophomore season, University of Evansville women’s golf student-athlete Sophia Rohleder has been named to the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention Scholar-Athlete team, it was announced in a release by the conference office on Thursday.
Rohleder enjoyed a strong sophomore campaign that saw her secure three top five finishes, including finishing in a tie for fifth at the 2019 MVC Championships. Amassing a team-best stroke average of 77.6 that was 13th-best in the MVC, Rohleder became the first Ace since Kayla Katterhenry to earn MVC all-conference honors after her top five finish at the championship.
The 2019 MVC Scholar-Athlete teams featured 14 student-athletes with nine being named to the first-team and five receiving honorable mention recognition. The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for academic Capital One Academic All-America® program. Nominees must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), while the student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions and must have participated in at least 50 percent of her team’s rounds or played at the MVC Championship.
