SANTA CRUZ, Ca. – Last week, the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced the 2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholar Team with 1,499 women's collegiate golfers from 403 programs recognized with this prestigious honor. Among the honorees were six of UC Santa Cruz women's golfers with Adeline Truong, Olivia Lew, Alyssa Castellanos, Samantha Shaw, Elana McGrew, and Jiya Dalal all earning All-American Scholar Team recognition.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must:

-       Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.

-       Be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season.

-       Have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.