Alabama’s Kenzie Wright Receives WGCA All-America Accolades
4/21/2020 1:15:00 PM | Women's Golf
Crimson Tide senior earns a spot on the second team
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama senior Kenzie Wright was named to the WGCA All-America Second Team, the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced Tuesday afternoon.
It marks the 15th consecutive year the Crimson Tide has boasted All-America honorees under head coach Mic Potter.
From Head Coach Mic Potter
"Being named a WGCA All-American is another box checked off Kenzie's list of college golf goals. Kenzie's improvement over the past two years has been astronomical. Coach Rosenstiel and I are excited that Kenzie has chosen to return to Alabama in order to accomplish her dream of winning an individual title, and to compete for a SEC and National Championship."
Kenzie Wright
Second Team
- Wright has been one of the Crimson Tide's steadiest players throughout her senior campaign, playing in all seven tournaments with a stroke average of 71.92.
- Wright is the No. 17-ranked collegiate golfer according to the last Golfstat rankings.
- The McKinney, Texas, native carded 12 rounds at par or better this season and earned a runner-up finish at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational.
- Earlier this month, Wright was announced to the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup team, which is rescheduled to take place at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge Dec. 21-23, 2020.
- The senior also was selected to play in the second annual Augusta National Women's Amateur, which has been postponed till April 2020 and will feature the top women's amateur golfers in the world.
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
- The WGCA, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches.
- The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition.
- Today, the WGCA represents over 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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