May 29, 2007

Daytona Beach, Fla. - Auburn senior golfer Nicole Hage was named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-America team Friday night at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship banquet.

The award is the fourth All-America for Hage, who was named honorable mention the past two seasons and to the second team as a freshman. Hage joined nine other student-athletes on the honorable mention list this season. Hage, a native of Coral Springs, Fla., was also named to the NGCA All-Region team for her fourth place performance at the East Regional.

Hage ended her career with a No. 25 ranking in the latest Golfweek poll, holding a 73.94 average throughout the season. During her four-year career, she earned four All-American honors, First Team All-SEC honors this season, Second Team All-SEC honors in 2005 and 2006, and SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 2004. Hage finished in the top 10 in 21 of her 47 career tournaments.

The seventh-ranked Tigers wrapped up the season with a ninth place finish at the NCAA Championship May 22-25 at the LPGA International Legends Course in Daytona Beach. The Tigers were led by freshman Candace Schepperle, who turned in a 14th place finish in her first NCAA Championship.

PING NGCA Player of the Year: Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
Freshman of the Year: Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State
Golfstat Cup: Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
Kim Moore Spirit Award: Jennifer Shipley, Fresno State
Dinah Shore Trophy Award: Stacy Lewis, Arkansas
Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award: Marci Turner, Tennessee
National Coach of the Year: Dan Brooks, Duke
Regional Coaches of the Year: Dan Brooks (Duke, East Region), Jeanne Sutherland (Texas A&M, Central Region), Melissa Luellen (Arizona State, West Region)

Duramed FUTURES Tour NGCA All-American First Team
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
Jacqui Concolino, Vanderbilt
Sandra Gal, Florida
Maria Hernandez, Purdue
Taylor Leon, Georgia
Stacy Lewis, Arkansas
Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma State
Paola Moreno, USC
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State
Jennifer Osborn, Arizona State
Alison Walshe, Arizona
Caroline Westrup, Florida State

Second Team
Christel Boeljon, Purdue
Misun Cho, Pepperdine
Mari Chun, Stanford
Jodi Ewart, New Mexico
Anna Grzebien, Duke
Kay Hoey, Long Beach State
Tiffany Joh, UCLA
Ashley Knoll, Texas A&M
Jennie Lee, Duke
Azahara Munoz, Arizona State
Rachel Newren, Brigham Young
Stephanie Sherlock, Denver
Leah Wigger, Virginia

Honorable Mention
Amanda Goins, Wake Forest
Nicole Hage, Auburn
Hannah Jun, UCLA
Catherine Matranga, Texas Christian
Belen Mozo, USC
Nicole Smith, Tennessee
Jenny Suh, Alabama
Lauren Todd, Stanford
Marci Turner, Tennessee
Whitney Wade, Georgia