2011 NAIA Women's Golf All-Americans Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2011 Women's Golf All-Americans. Golfers were selected by the All-America committee. Fifteen student-athletes were named to the first team and 15 others were named honorable mention.
Headlining the 2011 honorees is four-time All-American Laura Jones of Oklahoma City. The senior from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, is the sixth four-time All-American in Stars program history. During her career, Jones earned a spot on the All-Tournament team three times, finishing as high as third in 2010. She tied for fourth place in her final National Championships by carding a 77-77-76-73--303.
California Baptist's Adriana Niclotti earned her third All-America honor in her final campaign and teammate Nathalie Silva became a two-time All-American. Two other individuals, Shorter (Ga.) sophomore Greta Lange and junior Jada Bennington of William Woods (Mo.) also earned their second All-America nod.
The 2011 All-America list is composed of two seniors, five juniors, six sophomores and two freshmen.
| First Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Jessica Layman | Bethel (Ind.) | Jr. | Walton, Ind. |
| Kylie Barros | British Columbia | So. | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Haley Cameron | British Columbia | So. | Kelowna, B.C. |
| Adriana Niclotti *^ | California Baptist | Sr. | Gramado, Brazil |
| Nathalie Silva * | California Baptist | So. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Trish Gibbens | College of Idaho | So. | Caldwell, Idaho |
| Danielle Bellet | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | Jr. | Lead, S.D. |
| Fabys Barreto-Guzman | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Sanford, Fla. |
| Pia Jenko | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | So. | Kranj, Slovenia |
| Laura Jones *^% | Oklahoma City | Sr. | Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England |
| Nikki Stewart | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Jr. | Aliso Viejo, Calif. |
| Greta Lange * | Shorter (Ga.) | So. | Bremen, Germany |
| Lisa Persson | Shorter (Ga.) | Fr. | Jonkoping, Sweden |
| Jada Bennington * | William Woods (Mo.) | Jr. | Beloit, Wis. |
| Jaime Palermo | William Woods (Mo.) | Fr. | Santa Fe, N.M. |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Name | School | ||
| Kaelyn Lingenfelter | Bethel (Ind.) | ||
| Janelle Samoluk | British Columbia | ||
| Vanessa Leon * | British Columbia | ||
| Sara Koizumi | California Baptist | ||
| Sara Molyneux | Concordia (Ore.) | ||
| Geandra Almeida | Lee (Tenn.) | ||
| Anna Schoop | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | ||
| Leah Miller | Marian (Ind.) | ||
| Emelie Andersson | Northwood (Fla.) | ||
| Melanie Roux | Northwood (Fla.) | ||
| Paige Martin | Oklahoma City | ||
| Plern Prombboobpa | Park (Mo.) | ||
| Kelli Nakano | South Carolina - Beaufort | ||
| Alyssa Herkel | Victoria (B.C.) |
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| Megan Woodland | Victoria (B.C.) |
* 2010 All-American
^ 2009 All-American
% 2009 All-American
