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Becca Black Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Team

ST. LOUIS – Illinois State senior Becca Black has been named to the Missouri Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete Team, announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon.

Black, a native of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is third in the MVC according to the GolfStat individual rankings by averaging 75.74 strokes per round. In 19 rounds during the season, she has had three rounds at or under par.

A total of 16 student-athletes received recognition by earning either first-team or honorable-mention honors, as voted on by the league's golf sports information directors.

She tied for third at the Dayton Invitational, finishing six strokes over par for the two rounds of the tournament.