COLLEGE STATION -- Texas A&M Women’s Golf Coach Jeanne Sutherland has been named the NCAA Central Region Coach of the Year and senior Ashley Knoll has been selected second-team All-America by the National Golf Coaches Association.

Sutherland, who is retiring after 15 years at A&M, led the Aggies to their second straight Big 12 Championship. A&M was ranked No. 14 in Golfweek’s final poll.

Knoll earned Big 12 Player of the Year honors for the second consecutive season and won three individual titles. She also had three other top 10 finishes, including a runner-up performance at the Big 12 Championship.

PING NGCA Division I Player of the Year
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke University

Division I Freshman of the Year
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State University

Golfstat Cup
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke University

Division I Kim Moore Spirit Award
Jennifer Shipley, Fresno State University

Dinah Shore Trophy Award
Stacy Lewis, University of Arkansas

Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award
Marci Turner, University of Tennessee

Division I National Coach of the Year
Dan Brooks, Duke University

Division I Regional Coaches of the Year
East Region: Dan Brooks, Duke University
Central Region: Jeanne Sutherland, Texas A&M University
West Region: Melissa Luellen, Arizona State University

Duramed FUTURES Tour NGCA Division I All-American Teams
1st Team
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke University
Jacqui Concolino, Vanderbilt University
Sandra Gal, University of Florida
Maria Hernandez, Purdue University
Taylor Leon, University of Georgia
Stacy Lewis, University of Arkansas
Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma State University
Paola Moreno, USC
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State University
Jennifer Osborn, Arizona State University
Alison Walshe, University of Arizona
Caroline Westrup, Florida State University

2nd Team
Christel Boeljon, Purdue University
Misun Cho, Pepperdine University
Mari Chun, Stanford University
Jodi Ewart, University of New Mexico
Anna Grzebien, Duke University
Kay Hoey, Long Beach State University
Tiffany Joh, UCLA
Ashley Knoll, Texas A&M University
Jennie Lee, Duke University
Azahara Munoz, Arizona State University
Rachel Newren, Brigham Young University
Stephanie Sherlock, University of Denver
Leah Wigger, University of Virginia

Honorable Mention
Amanda Goins, Wake Forest University
Nicole Hage, Auburn University
Hannah Jun, UCLA
Catherine Matranga, Texas Christian University
Belen Mozo, USC
Nicole Smith, University of Tennessee
Jenny Suh, University of Alabama
Lauren Todd, Stanford University
Marci Turner, University of Tennessee
Whitney Wade, University of Georgia

About the National Golf Coaches Association
The National Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The NGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the NGCA represents over 400 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.