CORAL GABLES, Fla. --- Three Tusculum College student-athletes have been named to the 2008-09 National Golf Coaches Association Division II All-America Scholar Team announced officials Wednesday. Selected from Tusculum were Susanne Sisco, Adriana Vizcarrondo and Katie Doane.

Criteria for the NGCA All-American Scholar Team includes having minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 and competing in at least 66 percent of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.

Sisco, a senior from Fairfield, Ohio, earns this honor for a second straight season. She was a four-year letter-winner on the women's golf team. This past season, she posted an 87.70 stroke average, which was fourth best on the team. She recorded four top 25 finishes, including a 17th place showing at the South Atlantic Conference Championship. This past May, she was the inaugural recipient of the "Bob Dibble Spirit of the Game Award. The "Bob Dibble Spirit of the Game Award", named in honor of the long-time Tusculum golf coach, recognizes the South Atlantic Conference women's golf team member that demonstrates a genuine love of the game, outstanding character, leadership and places team before self. This award is selected by the league's women's golf coaches. Sisco is a member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll. She has a 3.53 GPA while majoring in Secondary Math Education.

Vizcarrondo, a sophomore from Anaco, Venezuela, finished third on the team with her 87.61 scoring average. She played in nine of Tusculum's 10 events where she recorded four top 25 finishes, including 11th at the Aramark Collegiate. She has a 3.62 GPA, while majoring in Business Management and is a member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Doane, a freshman from Sevierville, Tenn., finished fifth on the team with her 87.70 scoring average as she played in all 10 tournaments in where she tallied four top 25 showings. Her best outing came at the Aramark Collegiate as he finished eighth. The Pigeon Forge High School product also tied for 17th at the SAC Championship. She was named to the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, accounting for a 3.74 GPA, majoring in Education.

Tusculum accounted for half of the six honorees representing the South Atlantic Conference.

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which is comprised of nine colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

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