2008-09 NGCA Division III Awards

O'Connor Named All-Region

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The National Golf Coaches Association announced the 2008-09 student-athlete and coaches awards for Division III Women's Golf at the annual banquet held in conjunction with the NCAA Championships. Among the 10 honorees receiving NGCA All-Region Team honors for the Great Lakes Region is Saint Mary's College sophomore Rosie O'Connor.

In the fall, O'Connor became the fifth Belle in the past six years and the youngest Saint Mary's golfer to earn MIAA Season Medalist honors at the MIAA Championships. She finished the fall season with a 78 in day two of the MIAA Championships to finish with 403 strokes to average 80.6, edging out Lindsay Pipkin from Olivet by a single stroke. Pipkin, meanwhile, was one of three Olivet golfers to earn All-Region honors and also garnered Second Team All-American honors from the NGCA.

Division III SkyCaddie NGCA National Coach of the YearMatt Interbartolo - University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

Division III SkyCaddie NGCA Regional Coaches of the YearEast Region Coach of the Year: Vici Pate, Methodist University Great Lakes Coach of the Year: Bill Maas, Olivet College Central Region Coach of the Year: Matt Interbartolo, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Midwest Region Coach of the Year: Scott Moe, Gustavus Adolphus College West Region Coach of the Year: Paulette Pera, University of California Santa Cruz