WGOLF5/16/2019 10:22 AM | By: Cal Athletics
Three Bears Named To Pac-12 All-Academic Team
Herraez Galvez, Oh and Wolf Earn All-Academic Honors
SAN FRANCISCO – Three student-athletes from the Cal women's golf team were named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention on Thursday morning. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott announced the selections on Thursday morning.
Maria Herraez Galvez,
Cindy Oh and
Amina Wolf all were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic team. This was the second straight year that Wolf and Herraez Galvez were named to the team. This is the first selection for Oh.
Herraez Galvez played in eight tournaments this year and had an average of 75.7. She notched three top-20 finishes and one top-10 finish at the Pac-12 Preview, where she took eighth. She notched her season-best round of 69 (-4) at the tournament in Hawaii. Herraez Galvez is majoring in physics and dropped her scoring average by nearly a stroke from her sophomore to junior seasons.
Wolf is a two-time honoree who is obtaining dual degrees in Philosophy from the College of Letters and Sciences as well as a degree in Society & Environment from the College of Natural Resources. On the course, the senior played in eight tournaments this year with a 75.1 scoring average. She had two top-20 finishes and a top-10 finish at the Gunrock Classic. She recorded three rounds of par or better this year and will graduate this weekend.
Oh had one of the best years in Cal history as she recorded the fifth-best season scoring average. She had a 73.4 average and had three top-five finishes. She recorded 12 rounds at par or better and tied for the best round in school history as she shot a 67 (-6) at the Pac-12 Preview. Oh will graduate alongside Wolf and fellow senior
Marianne Li this weekend. Oh will receive her degree in interdisciplinary studies from the top-ranked public school in the country.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and appear in at least 50 percent of their team's competitions.