FRISCO – Marie Baertz of East Texas A&M has been named the Southland Conference’s Women’s Golf Student-Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced Thursday.

Baertz was runner-up at the Southland Championships in April and a First Team All-SLC selection. A two-time SLC Golfer of the Month, Baertz finished the season with a national ranking of 679.

Baertz led the Lions to their second consecutive runner-up team finish at the conference championships. Carrying a 4.00 GPA in Construction Engineering, Baertz was also honored on the President’s List and the CSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

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 3.25 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 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.

Student-Athlete of the Year: Marie Baertz, East Texas A&M

First Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Zoe Pinillos	Augusta	So.	Trujillo, Peru	3.81	Business Administration
Marine Legentil	Augusta	Sr.	Moriaix, France	3.93	Business Administration
Marie Baertz	East Texas A&M	Sr.	Luxembourg	4.00	Constuction Engineering
Ploy Makmanee	HCU	Fr.	Nonthaburi, Thailand	3.80	Finance
Natalia Rodriguez	UTRGV	So.	Cantabria, Spain	3.86	Early Care & Early Childhood Studies

Second Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Sara Adams	Augusta	So.	Whispering Pines, N.C.	3.84	Communications
Julianna Crow	East Texas A&M	Sr.	Odessa, Texas	3.93	Construction Engineering
Isabella Saenz	UIW	R-Fr.	Houston, Texas	3.93	Communications
Lucia Ramirez	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3.97	Kinesiology, Pre-Allied Health
Tristan Gabbard	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Gr.	Houston, Texas	4.00	Masters in Business Administration