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Hankinson Earns NSIC Golfer of the Year

Poppens earns All-NSIC First-Team honors while Stone Earns All-NSIC Second-Team honors

5/21/2019 11:03:00 AM

BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- The Northern Sun Conference (NSIC) announced its 2018-19 Women's Golf postseason awards and the list includes three Augustana student-athletes on the all-conference teams along with one individual honor, the league office announced Tuesday.

Hannah Hankinson earned the NSIC Women's Golfer of the Year for the first time in her career and it's the fourth consecutive year a Viking has won the award. Hankinson earned Preseason Golfer of the Year honors as well as being named Golfer of the Week four times during the season. The junior also earned a spot on the All-NSIC First-Team.

McKayla Poppens landed a spot on the All-NSIC First-Team and Alex Stone earned a spot on the All-NSIC Second-Team.

Hankinson, a junior from Edina, Minn., led the conference with a stroke average of 77.1 strokes and also has the second lowest round in the conference after shooting a 71 in the first round at the Augustana Invitational in the Fall. She placed third at the NSIC Championships with a three-round score of 237 and tied for 15th place at the NCAA Central Regional with a three-round score of 231. Throughout the season Hankinson placed first in two tournaments along with six times placing in the top-five at tournaments.

Poppens, a Sioux Falls Roosevelt alum, earned All-NSIC First-Team honors after having a phenomenal junior season. The Tea, S.D. native, tied for eighth place and shot a pair of 79s after the first day and an 84 on the final day to finish at +26 (242) at the NSIC Championships. The junior has the lowest scoring round in the NSIC with a score of 70 in the second round of the Jennies Golf Invitational this Spring. She finished the year third in the NSIC with a stroke average of 79.65 and placed in the top-five three times and has five top-10 places throughout the season.

Stone earned All-NSIC Second-Team honors after being named the NSIC Newcomer of the Year last season. The Crosslake, Minn. native, finished the season with a stroke average of 80.28. Stone shot a season-low score of 75 this past season in the first round of the Ramada Mustang Invite and at the Augustana Invitational in the second round.

As a team, Augustana placed second at the NSIC Championships with a three-round score of +121 (985).

 
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