2012 NAIA Women’s Golf All-Americans Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2012 Women's Golf All-Americans. Golfers were selected by the All-America Committee. The list of honorees includes 15 first team student-athletes and 15 honorable mention selections.
National champion British Columbia tied William Woods (Mo.) and Concordia (Ore.) for the most All-Americans with two apiece. The Owls Jada Bennington headlines the group with her third-straight first team selection. Bennington, a 17th-place finisher at the 2012 NAIA Women's Golf National Championships in Greenville, Tenn. May 15 - 18, placed in the top 10 in eight tournaments this season and ranked 10th nationally in average round score at 77.1.
Other repeat first team All-Americans include Kylie Barros of British Columbia, Danielle Bellet of Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), Fabys Barreto-Guzman of Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Nikki Stewart of SCAD Savannah (Ga.) and Jamie Palermo of William Woods.
The 2012 All-America list is composed of five seniors, four juniors, four sophomores and two freshmen.
2012 NAIA Women's Golf All-Americans| First Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Kylie Barros * | British Columbia | Jr. | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Stephanie Wong | British Columbia | Fr. | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sara Molyneux | Concordia (Ore.) | Sr. | Vancouver, Wash. |
| Sunny Powers | Concordia (Ore.) | So. | Medford, Ore. |
| Danielle Bellet * | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | Sr. | Lead, S.D. |
| Fabys Barreto-Guzman * | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Sr. | Carcas, Venezuela |
| Courtney Shelton | Lee (Tenn.) | So. | Franklin, Tenn. |
| Kaitlin Allan | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | So. | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Anna Schopp | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | Jr. | Bremen, Germany |
| Anna Arrese Cortadellas | Oklahoma Christian | Fr. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Jessica Schiele | Oklahoma City | Jr. | Grimsby, N. East Lincolnshire, England |
| Nikki Stewart * | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sr. | Aliso Viejo, Calif. |
| Megan Woodland | Victoria (B.C.) | Jr. | Victoria, B.C. |
| Jada Bennington *^ | William Woods (Mo.) | Sr. | Beloit, Wis. |
| Jamie Palermo * | William Woods (Mo.) | So. | Santa Fe, N.M. |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Name | School | ||
| Jessica Layman * | Bethel (Ind.) | ||
| Alyssa Human | British Columbia | ||
| Trish Gibbens * | College of Idaho | ||
| Liz Stephens | Cumberlands (Ky.) | ||
| Connie Pitenis | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | ||
| Bea Serra | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | ||
| Geandra Almeida | Lee (Tenn.) | ||
| Emelie Andersson | Northwood (Fla.) | ||
| Sarah Harper | Oklahoma Christian | ||
| Taylor Howard | Oklahoma City | ||
| Alazne Urizar | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | ||
| Lisa Persson * | Shorter (Ga.) | ||
| Kendra Collins | South Carolina Beaufort | ||
| Sarah Helly | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | ||
| Ashlee Daly | William Woods (Mo.) | ||
| * Denotes 2011 All-American | |||
| ^ Denotes 2010 All-American | |||
