SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Chattanooga junior Emma de Groot has been selected as the Southern Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week for all competition from April 7-13.

de Groot won the SunTrust Gator Women’s Golf Invitational Sunday in a playoff over Michigan State’s Laura Kueny, the 17th-ranked player in the country according to Golfstat. The junior tied her own school record with a 68 (-2) in the final round and tied her second-best career 54-hole total of 212 (+2).

The win marked de Groot’s fourth top 5 finish of the season, and this is the third time in 2010 that she has been honored with the league’s weekly award.

Also considered this week were UNC Greensboro’s Courtney Taylor and Samford’s Katelyn Stanier.

2010 SoCon Women’s Golfers of the Week

Feb. 24      Tara McFadden, Elon

March 3     Emma de Groot, Chattanooga

March 10   Emma de Groot, Chattanooga

March 17   Blaire Minter, Western Carolina

                 Alex Rankin, Wofford

March 24   Tara McFadden, Elon

March 31   Stefanie Kenoyer, Furman

April 7       Sarah Hurt, Wofford

April 14      Emma de Groot, Chattanooga