Hokie ClubVirginia Tech women's golfers Amanda Hollandsworth and Elizabeth Bose have been named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Women's Golf Team, as announced by the conference on Thursday. This is Hollandsworth's first year on the team, while Bose makes her second consecutive appearance on the team. This marks the first time in that Virginia Tech has placed two student-athletes on the team.
Bose, a rising senior from Norfolk. Virginia, was recently named to the 2018 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 Women's At-Large team. A clinical neuroscience and biochemistry double major at Virginia Tech, Bose was awarded the 2017 Skelton Award for Academic Excellence in Athletics, the top academic honor awarded by the Virginia Tech athletics department.
On the course, Bose led the Hokiesin stroke average, at 73.21. She competed in every event for the Hokiesthis season; with two top five, two additional top 10 and three additional top twenty finishes. Bose became the first player in Virginia Tech women's golf history to win an individual title, when she won medalist honors at the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables, Florida in March. Earlier this month, Bose helped lead the Hokiesto their first-ever NCAA regional appearance.
Hollandsworth, who graduated in May with a degree in Bio Science, will return next season for her final year of eligibility. She was second on the team in scoring average (74.21) and final round scoring average (74.82). She had a third place finish at the Augusta 3M Invitational and an eighth place finish at the Moon Golf Invitational, to go along with two additional to 20 individual finishes this season.
Duke senior Leona Maguire was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year again this season. To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic team, a student-athlete, regardless of classification, must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.
The 2018 All-ACC Academic Women's Golf team is as follows:
Emma Albrecht, Jr., Notre Dame (Science-Business)
Jaravee Boonchant, Fr., Duke (Undeclared)
Elizabeth Bose, Jr., Virginia Tech (Clinical Neuroscience & Biochemistry)
Virginia Elena Carta, Jr., Duke (Environmental Sciences & Policy)
Olivia Cason, Jr., Louisville (Finance)
Amanda Doherty, So., Florida State (Sports Management)
Kristyna Frydlova, Fr., Miami (Biochemistry)
Renate Grimstad, So., Miami (Sports Administration)
Maddy Hamilton, Jr., Notre Dame (Management Consulting)
Lauren Hartlage, So., Louisville (Finance)
Abigail Heck, Fr., Notre Dame (Mathematics)
Amanda Hollandsworth, Sr., Virginia Tech (Bio Science)
Beth Lillie, Fr., Virginia (Arts & Sciences)
Siyun Liu, So., Wake Forest (Mathematical Economics)
Leona Maguire, Sr., Duke (Psychology)
Marissa Messana, Sr., Clemson (Masters of Human Resource Development)
Kim Metraux, Sr., Florida State (Management)
Morgane Metraux, Sr., Florida State (Management)
Emilia Migliaccio, Fr., Wake Forest (Undeclared)
Bryana Nguyen, Sr., North Carolina (Media and Journalism)
Cecily Overbey, Sr., NC State (Business Administration)
Anna Redding, Jr., Virginia (Sociology)
Molly Skapik, Sr., Louisville (Accounting)
Kathleen Sumner, Fr., Florida State (Exploratory)
Kennedy Swan, So., Clemson (Parks, Rec. & Tourism Management)
Ana Paula Valdes, So., Clemson (Communications)
Brynn Walker, So., North Carolina (Media and Journalism)
Dewi Weber, Jr., Miami (Motion Pictures/Advertising)
Kelly Whaley, Jr., North Carolina (Exercise and Sport Science)