Lexington, Ky. --- A pair of golfers on the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology women's golf team were named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar team announced recently.  Jessalyn Shipp and Rianna Garland earned the prestigious honor.
 
Shipp completed her collegiate career playing in a school record 59 rounds from 2019-2023. In 2022-23, Shipp competed six times, finishing in the top 10 once and the top 30 two additional times.
 
Garland participated in 8 tournaments and had one of the best seasons in school history, becoming the first female golfer to earn First Team All-RMAC along with setting several season school records and sitting near the top throughout the career leaderboard. In the impressive season, Garland recorded two individual wins, a second-place finish, another top 10, and two more top-24 finishes. She became the fourth female golfer in school history to finish in the top-10 at the RMAC Championships.
 
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.
 
Shipp graduated with a biomedical engineering degree and is now working on obtaining a master's degree at a different institution. Garland is heading into her senior year and is from Mesa, Arizona. She is a chemical engineering major. Both women also were honored with this award following the 2021-22 academic year.
 
The full release can be found at the link here or above.
 
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
 
About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 13 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.