FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Lucie Charbonnier has been named the Southland Conference’s Women’s Golf Student-Athlete of the Year, as the annual All-Academic Team was announced Tuesday.
 
Charbonnier carries a 3.72 GPA as a business major and named to the All-Southland Conference First Team. She won A&M-Corpus Christi’s postseason tournament for the second year in a row, being crowned champion of the PGA Works Collegiate Championship. She helped the Islanders win the tournament for the third year in a row. This came after Charbonnier placed top 10 at the conference championship. Charbonnier led the Islanders with a 73.50 scoring average, which included 10 rounds of par or better and four rounds in the 60’s. Her low round was a 67.  She was also a second team all-academic selection in 2022.
 
She is joined on the all-academic first team by fellow first team all-conference selections Elise Parel of HCU, and Alex Giles and Ellen Nicholas of UIW. HCU’s Jackie Nguyen rounds out the first team.
 
UIW and HCU each had three total all-academic selections, followed by two from A&M-Corpus Christi. Augusta, Lamar, and A&M-Commerce each had one pick.
 
The all-academic teams are voted on by a head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA and completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for All-Academic selection. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.
 

Student-Athlete of the Year: Lucie Charbonnier, A&M-Corpus Christi

First Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Lucie Charbonnier *	A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	Peron, France	3.72	Business
Alex Giles *	UIW	Sr.	Bristol, England	3.07	Cultural Studies
Jackie Nguyen	HCU	So.	Houston, Texas	4.00	Biology
Ellen Nicholas *	UIW	Jr.	Angmering, England	3.41	Business Administration
Elise Parel *	HCU	Sr.	Kingwood, Texas	3.39	Interdisciplinary Studies

Second Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Maria Beltran	A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	Rosario, Argentina	3.97	Finance
Napabhach Boon-in	Augusta	Sr.	Hua Hin, Thailand	3.00	Business Administration
Benz Far-Arun	A&M-Commerce	Jr.	Bangkok, Thailand	3.80	Psychology
Lily Hirst	UIW	So.	Huddersfield, England	3.76	Psychology
Linnea Jerlebo	Lamar	Jr.	Hofterup, Sweden	4.00	Management