Wednesday, July 2, 2008

 

TUSCULUM’S SUSANNE SISCO EARNS NGCA ACADEMIC HONORS

 

Susanne Sisco                CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. --- Tusculum College’s Susanne Sisco has been named to the 2007-08 National Golf Coaches Association’s Division II All-America Scholar Team, announced College officials Wednesday.

 

                The criteria for selection is student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 and competed in at least 66 percent of the college’s regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.

 

                Sisco, a rising senior from Fairfield, Ohio, has a 3.52 GPA majoring in Math Education.

 

                Sisco finished fourth on the team with an 86.33 scoring average for her 18 rounds this season.  Her stroke average is the 20th lowest in school history.  The Fairfield High School graduate accounted for four top 25 finishes this past year, including a 15th place showing at the South Atlantic Conference Championship.  The Pioneers finished runner-up for the league title.

 

                She is a member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll, Tusculum Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the Dean’s List.

 

                In her three previous seasons at Tusculum, she has posted an 89.13 stroke average which is currently the 11th lowest in school history.

 

                Tusculum finished in the top of five in six of its nine events this past year, including two second place showings (Anderson Invitational, SAC Championship) and a pair of third place finishes (Tusculum Fall Classic, Hargett Intercollegiate).

 

                Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn. and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which consists of nine colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

 

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