VIDEO: Meridith Hawkins Interview
AUSTIN, Texas – Carson-Newman women's golfer Meridith Hawkins (Powell, Tenn.) has been lauded with a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team, the organization announced Thursday at noon.
"This is a tremendous honor for me," Hawkins said. "I always tried to balance my academics and my athletics. Coming into my freshman year, I knew I had to lock down if I were to do both at the same time and be successful at both. To be able to balance both and get this in recognition of that balance is very rewarding."
Hawkins was a member of the All-SAC second team as a senior and was a second team all-tournament selection at the SAC championships.
Hawkins won the Carson-Newman/Newberry Dual Match with a one-over 73 and finished with five top-10 finishes with a sixth-place showing at the Agnes McAmis Memorial to lead the way
She had a 79.3 stroke average for the year.
In the at-large program, District III includes schools affiliated with the South Atlantic Conference, the Conference Carolinas and the Peach Belt Conference. Hawkins will advance to the national ballot with C-N swimmer Nancy Claire Smith for the opportunity to make one of the three Academic All-America teams. The at-large team includes athletes who participate in swimming, golf, lacrosse, ice hockey, tennis, bowling, field hockey, rifle, gymnastics and water polo.
NCAA DIVISION II (Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt, South Atlantic)
FIRST TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Swimming Vika Arkhipova WINGATE Sr. Seversk, Russia 3.90 Marketing
Tennis Sarah Baker TUSCULUM Jr. Marietta, Ga. 3.84 Pre-veterinary medicine
Tennis Rebecca Bruning ANDERSON (SC) Jr. Athens, Ga. 4.00 Biological & biomedical sciences
Tennis Diana DiMarco YOUNG HARRIS Sr. Alpharetta, Ga. 3.97 History
Lacrosse Savannah Elliott TUSCULUM So. Oshawa, Ontario 3.93 Psychology
Tennis Franziska Funke TUSCULUM So. Bochum, Germany 4.00 Psychology
Golf Meridith Hawkins CARSON-NEWMAN Sr. Powell, Tenn. 3.97 Biology
Golf Mikaela Hadaway WINGATE Jr. Kettering, Ohio 4.00 Psychology
Tennis Tara Lamers NEWBERRY (SC) Sr. Maastricht, Netherlands 3.95 Mathematics
Golf Calley Lawson TUSCULUM Sr. Gaithersburg, Md. 4.00 Elementary education / special ed.
Tennis Carlotta Nassi QUEENS (NC) So. Livorno, Italy 3.86 Communications & sports mgmt.
Swimming Nancy Claire Smith CARSON-NEWMAN Jr. Franklin, Tenn. 4.00 Chemistry
Tennis Diana Stomlega ARMSTRONG STATE Jr. Peniscola, Spain 3.90 Nursing
Tennis Elizabeth Williamson NEWBERRY (SC) Jr. Canterbury, New Zealand 4.00 Biology
