Juniors Ariana Tomasula and Jennifer Hipskind named WGCA All-American Scholars

By Caleb Scott

ADA — Juniors Ariana Tomasula and Jennifer Hipskind have been named Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars for the 2015-16 golf season.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.

Tomasula, an Accounting major from Rocky River led Northern with a team-low 87.5 average and five top-10 finishes during the 2015-16 season.

She was also named All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC.

Hipskind is a Pharmacy major from Fort Wayne, Ind. and had a solid outing during the 2015-16 campaign with her best finish coming at the Heidelberg Invitational (t-10th).

Hipskind was also named Academic All-OAC for her efforts on and off the course in 2015-16.

The women's golf team will open the fall portion of their schedule on Sept. 3 under fourth-year head coach Chad Bucci as they travel to the Denison Fall Invitational.