Elon's Mayer Earns Academic All-District Honors
ELON, N.C. -- Elon women's golfer Virginia Mayer was announced as one of the 11 members of the Capital One Academic All-District III selection to the at-large team. This is the second such honor for Mayer in her career.
The senior from Charlotte, N.C., carries a 4.00 GPA in accounting and finance who was also recognized last year. Her selection makes her eligible for Academic All-America honors.
Mayer competed in 28 rounds over 10 events for the Phoenix this year, averaging a 78.29 per round. Her best finish came at the Terrier Intercollegiate where she tied for eighth among the 54 participants. She placed in a 10th-place tie in the field of 75 at the Low Country Intercollegiate. Mayer posted a low round of 74 on three occasions over the course of the year.
For her academic prowess, Mayer was named Elon's female recipient of the A.L. Hook Award for the second straight year. This honor is presented to the male and female junior or senior student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA. She also took home her squad's Leadership Award this year.
Maria Juliana Loza Named to Academic All-District At Large Team
Loza's 3.97 grade point average led her to the women's golf program's first Capital One Academic All-District Team
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- Chattanooga Mocs senior Maria Juliana Loza (Bucaramanga, Colombia) was named to the Capital One Academic Division I All-District team for District Three the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Friday. She is the first UTC women's golfer to be so honored.
Loza is a two-time NGCA Scholar All-American and the Mocs' female Dayle May Award winner for top academic senior. She is also a two-time All-Southern Conference selection and has landed on the Dean's List every semester at UTC.
She has a 3.97 grade point average in one of the toughest collegiate disciplines, Mechanical Engineering. Loza has scored all A's with just a solitary B on her academic ledger. That grade came in an English class, her second language.
Loza completed her playing career with a tie for 19th last week at the NCAA East Regional. She is just one of five Chattanooga student-athletes (Emma de Groot, Stephan Jaeger, Fredrik Qvicker and Derek Rende) in the golf programs to play in NCAA postseason play all four seasons.
District Three includes schools in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia. The Academic All-District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first, second and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.