Moon Named NGCA All-American
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Following her magical freshman season for the Ivy League Champion Yale women's golf team, Seo Hee Moon collected a variety of honors, including both Ivy League Rookie and Player of the Year. The rising sophomore added to her collection when the National Golf Coaches Association named her to its Honorable Mention Division I All-American squad. Moon was one of just three players on any of the NGCA's teams not from a traditional Division I Power conference, and the only player named from a school in the Northeast.
The honor puts what was a phenomenal debut campaign into a national perspective. That Moon's season was special by Ivy League standards was clear from the get-go, but the NGCA's choice to add her to its All-American squad recognizes the Washington state native as not only in the upper echelon of the Ivy League or of freshmen in the nation, but establishes hers as one of the best seasons overall in women's college golf this year.
That season was, quite simply, spectacular. Moon finished in the top five in nine of ten tournaments she played in 2010-2011, taking home six individual titles and finishing in the top ten in every single regular-season outing. She was the Bulldogs' top finisher at the NCAA East Regional, placing 20th overall at that event.
"It's great that she was recognized as one of the best college golfers in the nation. She truly deserved it," Yale coach Chawwadee Rompothong '00 said. "Moon had a spectacular year, and I am looking forward to what she can accomplish this upcoming school year."
Report by Chelsea Janes '12, Yale Sports Publicity
NGCA Division I All-American Teams
1st Team
Carlota Ciganda - Arizona State University
Lindy Duncan - Duke University
Austin Ernst - Louisiana State University
Stephanie Kono - UCLA
Stephanie Meadow - University of Alabama
Megan McChrystal - Louisiana State University
Brooke Pancake - University of Alabama
Sophia Popov - USC
Erica Popson - University of Tennessee
Lizette Salas - USC
Marta Silva Zamora - University of Georgia
Emily Tubert - University of Arkansas
2nd Team
Brittany Altomare - University of Virginia
Amy Anderson - North Dakota State University
Isabelle Boineau - University of Arizona
Cydney Clanton - Auburn University
Laura Gonzalez - Purdue University
Numa Gulyanamitta - Purdue University
Therese Koelbaek - UNLV
Joanne Lee - University of California, Berkeley
Lee Lopez - UCLA
Tiffany Lua - UCLA
Lisa McCloskey – USC
Honorable Mention
Pia Halbig - University of California, Berkeley
Sara-Maude Juneau - University of Louisville
Camilla Lennarth - University of Alabama
Kayla Mortellaro - University of Idaho
Seo Hee Moon – Yale University
Catherine O'Donnell - University of North Carolina
Calle Nielson - University of Virginia
Caroline Powers - Michigan State University
Katerina Ruzickova - Texas A&M University
Kelli Shean – University of Arkansas
Natalie Sheary - Wake Forest University
Michelle Shin - Wake Forest University
Cheyenne Woods - Wake Forest University
Glory Yang - UCLA
