Golf program brings in 15 conference awards
April 17, 2019
Loyola’s golf teams found their athletes winning conference awards across the board.
Among both teams, Loyola had seven golfers on the Southern States Athletic All-Conference Team, two athletes on the All-Freshman Team and two more on the Musco Lighting Champions of Character Team.
Men’s Golf
Philip, Ryan, and Chong Li received All-Conference honors at last night’s SSAC Championship banquet for their solid play throughout the season. Rd 3 begins today with our first group going off at 10am pic.twitter.com/2nZbYBFYKZ
— Loyola University New Orleans Golf (@LoyNOGolf) April 17, 2019
On the men’s side, business senior Philip Nijoka earned his third-straight selection on the All-Conference Team. Mass communication senior Ryan Hicks and finance freshman Chong Li Lee both made the team for the first time in their careers.
Lee was also named to the All-Freshman Team and the Champions of Character Team.
- All-Conference Team – Philip Nijoka
- All-Conference Team – Ryan Hicks
- All-Conference Team – Chong Li Lee
- All-Freshman Team – Chong Li Lee
- Musco Lighting Champions of Character Team – Chong Li Lee
Women’s Golf
Great evening at SSAC Women’s Conference Banquet. Daria, Ashley, Alejandra and Madison received All-Conference honors and Callee was honored with All-Freshman team. Ashley also gave the annual student-athlete address during the ceremony👍🏼 Girls lead by 8 going into Round 2 pic.twitter.com/KjVcpLVLKq
— Loyola University New Orleans Golf (@LoyNOGolf) April 9, 2019
The women’s team landed four golfers onto the All-Conference Team. Business senior Daria Delfino was named on the All-Conference Team for the second time in her career. Sophomore Madison Bates were named to her second-straight conference team and international business senior Ashley Rogers and sophomore Alejandra Bedoya Tobar made their first ever conference team.
Biology freshman Callee Breland earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team, marking the second year in a row that Loyola has a freshman win the honor.
Bates and Bedoya both were named to the All-Academic Team as well as Anne Swoope, who was named on the team last year, and engineering senior Abigail Alton, marking her third time on the team.
Delfino was also named on the Champions of Character Team.
- All-Conference Team – Daria Delfino
- All-Conference Team – Madison Bates
- All-Conference Team – Ashley Rogers
- All-Conference Team – Alejandra Bedoya Tobar
- All-Freshman Team – Callee Breland
- All-Academic Team – Madison Bates
- All-Academic Team – Alejandra Bedoya Tobar
- All-Academic Team – Anne Swoope
- All-Academic Team – Abigail Alton
- Musco Lighting Champions of Character Team – Daria Delfino