April 23, 1999

The Texas Tech University women's golf team placed four student-athletes on the 1999 Womens Golf Academic All-Big 12 Team.

Senior Beth Covington (General Studies), junior Jamie Vannoy (Advertising), sophomore Priscilla Hunt (Undecided) and freshman Jennifer Newhouse (Undecided) were chosen for the 29-member first-team.

The Red Raiders four first-team selections is tied for the second most in the conference with Colorado. Nebraska has five first-team members.

Vannoy is second for the Red Raiders in scoring average with a 77.3, trailing only Brooke Lowrance (76.8). Her best finish on the year is a tie for sixth at the Diet Coke-Roadrunner Invitational. Covington has 79.8 scoring average and tied for 11th at the Utah-Dixie Classic for her top finish of the season. Hunt's top showing of the season was a tie for 23rd at the Jeanine McHaney Memorial. She owns an 82.1 scoring average. Newhouse boasts a 79.1 average and has a top finish of a tie for 13th at the Pioneer Electronic Bruin Classic.

Nominated by the directors of student-athlete support services and the athletic media relations directors, members of the all-academic team have posted at least a 3.2 grade point average either cumulative or the previous two academic semesters and are regulars (letterwinners) on their respective teams. Student-athletes with a grade point average between 3.0-3.19 are listed as honorable mention academic all-conference.

Texas Tech finished third in the Big 12 Conference tournament on Wednesday and will be in action again on May 6-8 at the NCAA West Regional in Houston.

1999 Women's Golf Academic All-Big 12 Team (*indicates nominated with a 4.0 grade point average)

First Team				
Name, School				Class		Major				Hometown
Jamie Vannoy, Texas Tech		Jr.		Advertising			Sandy, Ore.
Jennifer Newhouse, Texas Tech		Fr.		Undecided			Bryan, Texas
Priscillia Hunt, Texas Tech		So.		Undecided			Phoenix, Ariz.
Beth Covington, Texas Tech		Sr.		General Studies			Sonora, Texas		
Kiersten Albright, Colorado		Sr. 		Mathematics			Meriden, N.H.
Sarah Bellinger, Colorado		So.		Business			Palm Desert, Calif.
Jamie Fundingsland, Colorado		Jr. 		Psychology			Minot, N.D.
Michelle Thomas, Colorado		Sr.		Marketing			Littleton, Colo.
Heather Elenbaas, Iowa State		So.		Meteorology			Shawnee, Kansas
Cathy Ennis, Iowa State			So.		Exer./Sport Science		St. John, Newfoundland
Megan O'Dea, Iowa State			So.		Pre-Professional		Health	Kearney, Neb.
Ashely Bishop, Kansas			So.		Business Communication		Franklin, Ind.
Traci Benninga, Kansas State		So.		Business Administration		Newton, Kansas
Annie Morrow, Kansas State		Fr.		Business Administration		Southlake, Texas
Tobi Probst, Missouri			Jr.		Business 			Columbus, Ind.
Elizabeth Bahensky, Nebraska		Jr.		Accounting			Kearney, Neb.
Amy Roux, Nebraska			So.		Elementary Education		Lincoln, Neb.
Catharina Fogelberg, Nebraska		Fr.		General Studies			Helsingborg, Sweden	
Amanda Sutcliffe, Nebraska*		Fr.		General Studies			Gunnedah, Australia
Sarah Sasse, Nebraska			Fr.		General Studies			Lincoln, Neb.
Betsy Berry, Oklahoma *			Fr.		Undecided			Deadwood, S.D.
Jennifer James, Oklahoma		Fr.		Undecided			Edmond, Okla.
Leslie Elliott, Oklahoma		Sr.		Health and Sports Science	Duncan, Okla.
Emma Zackrisson, Oklahoma State*	Fr.		Undecided			Holmsund, Sweden
Natasha Rowe, Oklahoma State		So.		Math Education			Tishomingo, Okla.
Salimah Mussani, Texas*			So.		Natural Sciences 		Burlington, Ontario, Canada 
Kristin Dufour, Texas			Fr.		Liberal Arts			Austin, Texas 
Suzanne Sowers, Texas 			So.		Business 			Lubbock, Texas 
Anna Jonsson, Texas A&M			Fr.		GEST				Jenarp, Sweden