FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Monday, April 29, 2019 Jay Jay Rackley Coordinator of Championships and Alliances 317-917-6834

2019 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships Selections Announced

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Committee has selected the teams and individuals that will compete in the 2019 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf

Championships.

The NCAA Division II women’s golf super regional competition will be conducted May

6-8. Each site will consist of both team and individual competition conducted concurrently with

12 teams and 6 individuals from non-qualifying teams at each site. All participants will compete through the 54 holes of competition. The top four teams along with the top four individuals not with a team from each super regional will advance to the championships.

The championships will be held May 14-18 at PGA National Resort and Spa in West

Palm Beach, Florida. The number of participants that qualify for the finals is 96.

The following teams and individuals were selected to participate in the following super

Regionals.

Central Regional Muskogee Country Club Muskogee, Oklahoma Host: Northeastern State University

Teams: 1. Northeastern State [Mid-American Athletics Association] 2. Arkansas Tech [Great American Conference] 3. Southwestern Oklahoma State 4. Central Missouri 5. Central Oklahoma NCAA NEWS RELEASE Monday April 29, 2019 Page No. 2 ______

6. Henderson State 7. Minnesota State Mankato [Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference] 8. Missouri Western 9. Nebraska-Kearney 10. Lindenwood (Missouri) 11. Southern Nazarene 12. Oklahoma Baptist

Individuals: 1. Hannah Hankinson, Augustana (South Dakota) 2. Lexi Hanson, Sioux Falls 3. Hannah Perkins, Fort Hays State 4. Alexandra Demko, Minot State 5. McKayla Poppens, Augustana (South Dakota) 6. Sophia Hill, Concordia-St. Paul

East Super Regional The Pearl Club Owensboro, Kentucky Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College

Teams: 1. UIndy [Great Lakes Valley Conference] 2. Grand Valley State [Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference] 3. Findlay [Great Midwest Athletic Conference] 4. Missouri-St. Louis 5. Northern Michigan 6. Tiffin 7. Wayne State (Michigan) 8. Illinois Springfield 9. Northwood 10. Merrimack [Northeast-10 Conference] 11. West Chester [ State Athletic Conference] 12. Charleston () []

Individuals: 1. Carmen Villaverde, Maryville (Missouri) 2. Natas Ainsley-Thomas, McKendree 3. Christina Williams, Malone 4. Abbey Leighty, Southern Indiana 5. Kasey Kane, Lewis 6. Sara Sauzo, California University of Pennsylvania NCAA NEWS RELEASE Monday April 29, 2019 Page No. 3 ______

South Regional Cleveland Country Club Cleveland, Tennessee Host:

Teams: 1. Barry 2. Nova Southeastern 3. Lynn [Sunshine State Conference] 4. Florida Tech 5. Saint Leo 6. Limestone [] 7. Florida Southern 8. Tampa 9. Rollins 10. Lee [] 11. Flagler [] 12. Anderson (South Carolina) [South Atlantic Conference]

Individuals: 1. Warissa Paungcharoen, Wingate 2. Franziska Bremm, West Georgia 3. Lise Malherbe, Lincoln Memorial 4. Abbey Hartsell, Lenoir-Rhyne 5. Maeve Cummins, Carson-Newman 6. Solange Gomez, West Florida

West Regional Amarillo Country Club Amarillo, Texas Host: West Texas A&M University

Teams: 1. Dallas Baptist University [} 2. Cal State San Marcos 3. West Texas A&M [] 4. St. Mary’s (TX) 5. Academy of Art [] 6. Oklahoma Christian 7. St. Edward’s 8. Sonoma State 9. Texas A&M-Commerce NCAA NEWS RELEASE Monday April 29, 2019 Page No. 4 ______

10. Cal State Monterey Bay 11. Colorado State-Pueblo [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference] 12. Simon Fraser [Great Northwest Athletic Conference]

Individuals: 1. Alli Kim, Point Loma 2. Julia Baroth, Colorado-Colorado Springs 3. Shantel Antonio, Concordia Portland 4. Yu Hsin Chang, Cal State East Bay 5. Junie Khaw, Tarleton State 6. Cammie Decker, Concordia Portland

For more information about the 2019 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships, log on to ncaa.com.

JJR