Senior Abbigail Brodersen and junior Saffire Sayre were repeat selections to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large Women's Team released Tuesday morning and selected by Division II College Sports Communicators.  Brodersen collected Academic All-District honors for a third straight season while Sayre received the award for a second consecutive year. 
            To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.50 grade point average and be in the lineup at the conference championship tournament. 
            Brodersen, a senior from Albion (Boone Central HS), maintained a 4.00 grade point average this season with a double major in industrial technology and drafting/design.  On the course this season, she earned All-NSIC Second Team honors for the second time in her Wildcat career (2023 as a sophomore).  Brodersen played in all 12 events and 26 rounds and finished with a scoring average of 79.62, fifth-best in school history.  She posted four top-five finishes and had 12 rounds of scores in the 70's.              Brodersen fired a season-best 147 (72-75) to place second at the Vegas Warrior Invitational March 14-15 and had another second-place finish at the Sioux Falls Invitational (October 14-15) with rounds of 73 and 78 for 151.  She also finished third at the Fall Brawl in Hudson, Wisconsin (September 16-17) shooting 155 (78-77). 
            Brodersen was also awarded this year's NSIC Elite 18 Award in women's golf as the top scholar-athlete at a conference championship event.  She is a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete and NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence selection and received the NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic With Distinction Award. 
            Sayre, a junior from West Des Moines, Iowa (West Des Moines Valley HS), also produced a 4.00 grade point average this season majoring in applied mathematics with a minor in business administration.  She played in all 12 events and 26 rounds this season producing a scoring average of 79.73 with 14 rounds in the 70's.  Sayre had three top-10 finishes that was highlighted by a second-place finish at the Wildcat Classic with back-to-back rounds of 77.  She also tied for fifth at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Invite and was ninth at the NSIC Championships with a 54-hole score of 236.  Sayre was named NSIC Golfer of the Week March 12^th after shooting 77-74 (151) at the Southern Nazarene Invitational.  She is a two-time WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete and NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honoree. 
            Wayne State made school history this season by qualifying for the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships, finishing 16^th at the Central Region Championships in Edmond, Oklahoma.  The Wildcats had three tournament wins this season while establishing a new single season team scoring average of 313.12, 6.5 shots better than the previous school record (319.62 in 2022-23), and finished third at the Northern Sun Conference Championships.