Wendy Joyner named All-Southland Conference
4/26/2009 9:30:00 AM | Women's Golf
Wendy Joyner, Sam Houston State senior from Montgomery, has been named as a second team selection on the 2009 All-Southland Conference women's golf squad.
Joyner led the Bearkat women's golf team with a 78.2 stroke average this spring that including two top 10 individual tournament finishes during the regular season and an eighth place finish at the Southland Conference tournament.
Ten Southland Conference women's golfers were honored, five on the first team and five on the second. Nicole Forshner (Central Arkansas), Therese Nilsson (Lamar), Maggie Welch (McNeese), Allie Jordan (UTSA) and Sydney Liles (Texas State-San Marcos) were first team selections.
Joyner, Lacy McKinley (McNeese), Rebecca Sorensen (Central Arkansas), Ashley Watkins (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) and Channing Norton (Lamar) were named to the second team.
Sam Houston State placed sixth as a team at the 2009 Southland Conference women's golf championship tournament held at Koasati Pines Golf Club in Lake Charles, LA. On the final day, the Bearkats shot a team score of 300, tying an SLC tournament record.
The 2009 All-Southland Conference Women's Golf Team
First Team
Player
University
Cl
Stroke Avg.
Nicole Forshner
Central Arkansas
Sr
75.2
Therese Nilsson
Lamar
Sr
76.9
Maggie Welch
McNeese State
Sr
76.3
Allie Jordan
Texas-San Antonio
Sr
77.8
Sydney Liles
Texas State-San Marcos
Sr
76.9
Second Team
Lacy McKinley
McNeese State
Sr
77.6
Wendy Joyner
Sam Houston State
Sr
78.2
Rebecca Sorensen
Central Arkansas
Jr
77.3
Ashley Watkins
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Jr
78.1
Channing Norton
Lamar
Sr
76.9
