Nishiura Named WGCA All-American Scholar

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Mari Nishiura was named an All-American Scholar by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) on Tuesday.

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

Nishiura, a rising junior from Mililani, Hawai'i, carries a 3.77 cumulative GPA in pre-business.

After transferring to Oregon State from the University of Nevada, Nishiura played in seven tournaments for the Beavers and had a scoring average of 76.42. She claimed the East West Match Play individual title with 1 up wins over Tzu Yu Chou of Iowa State and Kathy Lim of Michigan

Her best score was a 1-over 72 in the second round of the Coeur d'Alene Invitational and her best three-round score was a 9-over 222 at the Coeur d'Alene Invitational.

About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.

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