CORVALLIS, Ore. – Olivia Benzin and Mari Nishiura were named All-American Scholars by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) on Monday.
The criteria for selection to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics with the minimum cumulative GPA being a 3.50.
Benzin, a native of Tacoma, Wash., graduated this year with a 3.54 cumulative GPA in business. She was selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team in 2017 and earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention recognition in 2018 and 2019.