CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Erin Sears and Shelby Hooper’s success on the course was certainly noticed this past season, but Wednesday their success in the classroom was also recognized – the two Chico State women’s golfers were honored Wednesday by being named to the National Golf Coaches Association’s (NGCA) Division II All-American Scholar Golf Team.

A total of 410 women’s collegiate golfers – 65 from the D-II ranks – earned the All-American scholar distinction, meeting the most stringent selection criteria in all of college athletics. Division II student-athletes were required to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 while competing in 66 percent of their school’s regularly scheduled rounds during the season to earn NGCA All-American Scholar Golf Team honors.

Sears, a Business Accounting major, and Hooper, a Business Finance major, were the only California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) golfers from the just-completed 2008-09 season to be included on the national All-American Scholar Golf Team. This is the second straight year that Sears has received the honor.