FRISCO, Texas – HBU junior
Sara Zrnikova has been selected Southland Conference Women's Golf Student-Athlete of the Year, as the league office announced the sport's All-Academic Teams Wednesday.
Zrnikova is a kinesiology major from Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, who has achieved a 3.96 GPA. She ranked sixth in the Southland Conference according to Golfstat's ranking system and was second on the team with a 74.33 stroke average. Zrnikova recorded five top-20 finishes, including three in the top 10 and one top five. She posted two of the Huskies' four season-low rounds of 3-under par 69, first in the opening round of the USA Intercollegiate and in the final round of the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational. Zrnikova tied for fifth at the USA Intercollegiate with a score of 2-under par 214, tied for eighth to help HBU to the team title at the Huntsville Toyota Bearkat Invitational and tied for seventh in the final tournament of the spring at the Islander Classic.
As a freshman, Zrnikova earned All-Southland Conference honorable mention and was named to the Southland Conference All-Academic Team as a sophomore. In her two Southland Conference Championship appearances, she tied for seventh as a sophomore and ninth as a freshman in helping the Huskies capture their second-straight title.
Zrnikova was joined on this year's all-academic first team by sophomore teammate
Tiffany Nguyen, while sophomore
Grace Cassity and senior
Alisa Chong made the second team. Read more about Nguyen, Cassity and Chong by
clicking here.
The Southland Conference All-Academic Teams are voted upon by the league's head coaches, sports information directors and academic advisors. Nominees must have at least a cumulative 3.0 GPA and completed one full academic year at the nominating institution. The Student-Athlete of the Year is chosen by a league committee and nominees must have at least a 3.2 GPA and two years of athletic achievement at the nomination institution.
