College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team Release

            The Wayne State College women's golf team had three players named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team announced Tuesday.  Viktoria Bortkiewicz-Hamelin, Abbigail Brodersen and Abbey Kurmel received the honor selected by College Sports Communicators that recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom.  Student athletes must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.50 or better to earn the award.
            Bortkiewicz-Hamelin, a senior from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, carried a 3.80 grade point average majoring in sport management.  She appeared in nine tournaments this year and posted a scoring average of 86.29 with one top 10 finish – tied for eighth at the Nebraska Intercollege Invite last fall.  Viktoria earned NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors and received the NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic With Distinction Award and served on the WSC Student Athlete Advisory Committee the last two years including treasurer this season.         
            Brodersen, a sophomore from Albion (Boone Central HS), maintained a perfect 4.00 grade point average majoring in construction management/drafting and design.  She earned All-NSIC Second Team honors this season with a scoring average of 80.76 to rank fourth all-time at WSC for a single season.  Brodersen had nine rounds in the 70's with one top five finish this season, tied for second at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Invite last fall. 
            Kurmel, a junior from Okemos, Michigan (Okemos HS), posted a 3.83 grade point average this season majoring in graphic design.  On the course this season she had one top five and two top 10 finishes with a scoring average of 81.24 with seven of her last 10 rounds in the 70's.  Kurmel shot season-best scores of 76-77 (153) at the Newman Spring Invite (April 3-4) and placed fourth at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Invite last fall and tied for ninth at the SMSU Spring Challenge in Arizona. 
            Academic All-District honorees advance to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America ballot with All-America honorees announced June 22. 
            Wayne State finished third at the 2023 NSIC Women's Golf Championships and set a new school record with a team scoring average of 319.62, an improvement of 4.5 strokes from last year's school record team scoring average.