Cowgirl golf duo named Scholar All-Americans

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Oklahoma State University freshmen Pernilla Lindberg and Karin Kinnerud were both named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar teams, it was announced Thursday. The Cowgirl pair were two of the 23 golfers from Big 12 Conference teams selected.

This season marks the second consecutive year that two OSU golfers have been named to the NGCA Scholar All-American teams. Twenty-four Cowgirls have been listed on the squad since 1985. In 2000, three Cowgirls garnered the award.

Lindberg won the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic this past season and had four-consecutive top-10 finishes in the spring. Kinnerud had her best finish at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic where she was runner-up to Lindberg. She also had the top finish by a Cowgirl at the NCAA Championships with a 38th-place outing.

The sophomores-to-be are two of five golfers that started at the NCAA Championships returning for the 2006-07 season.