Four Missouri Western women’s golfers have earned scholar honors from the Women’s Golf Coaches Association. Amber Chivington (Elementary Education), Cassie Wilson (Accounting), Natalie Bird (Recreation Sports Management) and Shelby Stone (Nursing) have been named to the Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Division II Team as announced Monday afternoon.

These four are just two of 644 golfers nationwide at all levels to receive the recognition. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.

Chivington (St. Joseph, Mo.) and Wilson (Hermantown, Minn.) just completed their freshman seasons at MWSU while Stone (St. Paul, Neb.) will be a senior this fall at MWSU.

Bird, a Carl Junction, Mo. native, just complete her career as a Griffon. She leaves MWSU as the most decorated golfer to got through the program. She became the Griffons first ever player to earn a bearth to the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament, which was held in St. Joseph, Mo.

— MWSU Sports Information —