May 9, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the qualifiers for the 14th Annual NAIA Women's Golf National Championship.  The tournament will be held at Lake San Marcos Country Club in San Diego, Calif., May 20-23, 2008.

 

This year's championship will feature 23 teams, include 13 region champions and 10 at-large bids, and five individual qualifiers. 

 

Berry (Ga.), Bethel (Ind.), British Columbia, California-San Marcos, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Malone (Ohio), Oklahoma City, Park (Mo.), St. Ambrose (Iowa), Tennessee Wesleyan and William Woods (Mo.) all received an automatic bid after winning their respective region tournaments.

 

California Baptist, Concordia (Ore.), Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Lubbock Christian (Texas), Mobile (Ala.), Rocky Mountain (Mont.), SCAD (Ga.), Shorter (Ga.), Southern Nazarene (Okla.) and Victoria (B.C.) received an at-large bid.

 

Five individual qualifiers earned the trip to San Diego.  Valeria Cogollo, Waldorf (Iowa) (Region VII Medalist), Angela Gauck, Marian (Ind.) (Region VIII Medalist), Blair Koehn, Southwestern (Kan.) (Region IV Medalist), Carrie Rowe, Webber International (Fla.) (Region XIV Medalist) and Tammy Schumacher, Walsh (Ohio) (Region IX Medalist) received an automatic qualification to the national championships.

 

Team Qualifiers (Listed Alphabetically)

Berry (Ga.)	Region XIII Champion
Bethel (Ind.)	Region VIII Champion
British Columbia	Region I Champion
California Baptist	At-Large 2
California-San Marcos	Region II Champion
Concordia (Ore.)	At-Large 8
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Region III Champion
Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	Region XIV Champion
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	At-Large 10
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Region XI Champion
Lubbock Christian (Texas)	At-Large 1
Malone (Ohio)	Region IX Champion
Mobile (Ala.)	At-Large 7
Oklahoma City	Region VI Champion
Park (Mo.)	Region IV Champion
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	At-Large 4
SCAD (Ga.)	At-Large 6
Shorter (Ga.)	At-Large 3
Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	At-Large 5
St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Region VII Champion
Tennessee Wesleyan	Region XII Champion
Victoria (B.C.)	At-Large 9
William Woods (Mo.)	Region V Champion

 

Individual Qualifiers (Listed Alphabetically)

Valeria Cogollo, Waldorf (Iowa)	Region VII Medalist
Angela Gauck, Marian (Ind.)	Region VIII Medalist
Blair Koehn, Southwestern (Kan.)	Region IV Medalist
Carrie Rowe, Webber International (Fla.)	Region XIV Medalist
Tammy Schumacher, Walsh (Ohio)	Region IX Medalist