The Wayne State College women's golf team had three players named to the 2023-24 WGCA (Women's Golf Coaches Association) All-American Scholar Team announced Monday by the coaches' association office in Coral Springs, Florida.  Wildcat players honored included senior Abbey Kurmel, junior Abbigail Brodersen and sophomore Saffire Sayre.
            The criteria for selection to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team includes having an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher and having played in 50 percent of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year. 
            Kurmel, a senior from Okemos, Michigan (Okemos HS), is a WGCA All-American Scholar for the third straight season after posting a 3.89 grade point average majoring in graphic design.  On the course this season, she posted a scoring average of 80.18 (fourth-best in school history) and was a consistent finisher with six tournament finishes ranging from 10^th to 20^th place.  Kurmel finished 10^th at the Saddlebrook/Walsh Spring Kickoff and tied for 12^th at the NSIC Championships with rounds of 80-79-79 for a 54-hole score of 238.  Other academic honors for Kurmel this season include College Sports Communicators Academic All-District, Myles Brand NSIC All-Academic With Distinction and NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence. 
            Brodersen, a junior from Albion (Boone Central HS), maintains a 4.00 grade point average majoring in construction management/drafting and design and earned WGCA All-American Scholar honors for a third straight year.  She recorded a scoring average of 83.16 this season with one top-five and two top-10 finishes this season.  Brodersen was third at the Nebraska Intercollegiate with rounds of 76-82 and placed 10^th overall at the CSP/MSU Fall Brawl in Wisconsin after shooting 81-78 for a 159.  She was a repeat selection to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and received NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors.
            Sayre, a sophomore from West Des Moines, Iowa (West Des Moines Valley HS), was named WGCA All-American Scholar for the second straight season and is majoring in applied mathematics and has a 4.00 grade point average.  This season, she produced an 81.32 scoring average with two top-10 finishes and four of her last five rounds to end the season shooting in the 70's.  Sayre tied for fifth at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Invite and was eighth at the Saddlebrook/Walsh Spring Kickoff Meet.  She posted scores of 78 and 79 at the Wildcat Classic and ended the NSIC Championships with back-to-back 78's to close the season.  Other academic honors for Sayre this season include College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence. 
            Wayne State women's golf finished the 2023-24 year with a fourth-place finish at the NSIC Championships in Missouri.