TOWSON, Md. --- Tusculum College golfer Jillian
Corum has been named to the 2011-12 Capital One Academic
All-America® Women's At-Large Third Team, as selected by
members of the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA). Corum becomes the first player in program history to
garner Academic All-America® accolades.
Women's at-large sports include bowling, crew, fencing, field
hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing,
swimming, tennis and water polo.
Corum competed in 24 rounds for the Pioneers this season and averaged 77.58 strokes per round to rank second on the team, third in the South Atlantic Conference and second-best in program history. She accounted for nine top 20 performances, including six in the top 10. One of those top finishes was her medalist victory at the Agnes McAmis Memorial were she carded a school 36-hole record 141, while claiming her school record fourth individual title.
She is also ranked in seven Golfstat DII statistical categories including: second in par five scoring (5.00), 14th in subpar strokes per round (2.05), 30th in birdies (43), 40th in score versus par (+5.71), 42nd in scoring average (77.58), 46th in par four scoring (4.41) and 76th in par 3 scoring (3.38).
The Knoxville, Tenn. native was named to the All-SAC First Team and finished eighth at the SAC Championship to claim All-Tournament honors for a second straight year. Corum is a three-time team Most Valuable Player and has the best career stroke average in school history at 80.38.
Academically, the junior has a 3.63 cumulative grade-point average as a business administration major at Tusculum.
This is the first year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moves from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and doubles the number of scholar-athletes honored. The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.
The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2011-12 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
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