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Noel-Traissac, Pinedo named WGCA All-American Scholars

Adding to their list of academic honors, sophomore Aaricia Noel-Traissac and junior Maria Pinedo have both earned Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar honors in an announcement made today by the organization. A total of 1,497 women's collegiate golfers from 412 programs across all divisions were recognized with this prestigious honor.

Noel-Traissac, Pinedo named WGCA All-American Scholars
July 1, 2024

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Adding to their list of academic honors, sophomore Aaricia Noel-Traissac and junior Maria Pinedo have both earned Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar honors in an announcement made today by the organization. A total of 1,497 women's collegiate golfers from 412 programs across all divisions were recognized with this prestigious honor.

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.

Noel-Traissac is majoring in Business Administration and has a 3.883 GPA. She garnered first-team all-NSAA honors after finishing in a tie for fourth place at the NSAA Championships. Noel-Traissac posted three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes on the season. She was third on the team with an 85.3 strokes-per-round average. Noel-Traissac was named an NSAA Scholar-Athlete and a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete this season.

Pinedo sports a 3.982 GPA in Business Administration. She was named the NSAA Golfer of the Year and earned first-team all-NSAA honors for the third straight year. Pinedo led the Bruins with a 79.9 strokes-per-round average and had eight top-five finishes on the year. She won two events on the season, the Bronco Fall Invite and the Kaitlyn Erickson Doane Invite and was named the NSAA Golfer of the Week on six occasions. Pinedo earned NSAA Scholar-Athlete and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors in 2023-24.

The 2023-24 Bruins won the program's fifth-straight NSAA Tournament title, advancing to the NAIA National Championships for the 10th time in school history.