Three Titans Receive All-WIAC Golf Recognition
Repeat award winners Hannah Braun and Kayla Priebe and first-time honoree Erika Priebe were UW-Oshkosh's selections to the 2018 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Golf Team.
The WIAC named five players to both its first and second teams, including UW-Whitewater's CheyAnn Knudsen who was chosen as the league's Player of the Year.
Braun and Kayla Priebe were selected to the first team along with Knudsen, UW-Stout's Madison McCambridge and UW-Whitewater's Ashley Hofmeister.
Joining Erika Priebe on the second team were Marie Allo and Trystin Kluess from UW-Stout, Allison Chomniak from UW-Eau Claire and Sabrina Schreck from UW-Whitewater.
The 2018 All-WIAC Team was determined by using the NCAA Division III Golfstat rankings. A player must have completed at least eight 18-hole rounds this fall in order to be eligible.
Kayla Priebe's selection to this year's All-WIAC Team is the fourth of her career. She previously earned first team citations in 2015 and 2016 and a second team mention in 2018. Priebe, a senior, was named the league's Player of the Year in 2016.
Priebe played in all six tournaments for the Titans this fall and averaged 78.54 strokes per 18-hole round. She placed sixth with 236 strokes at the 54-hole WIAC Championship held Oct. 5-7 in Reedsburg. Priebe also finished second at the UW-Oshkosh Titan Classic, UW-Whitewater Invitational and UW-Stevens Point Mad Dawg Invitational.
Priebe finished third at the WIAC Championship in both 2016 and 2017 and second in 2015.
Braun, a junior, collected All-WIAC accolades for the third time. She was named to the first team in 2017 and to the second team in 2016.
Braun also appeared in all six tournaments for UW-Oshkosh this fall. She averaged 77.92 strokes per 18 holes and overcame a four-stroke deficit on the final day of competition to capture first place at the WIAC Championship. Braun, the fourth WIAC champion in UW-Oshkosh history, totaled 228 strokes at this year's league event and achieved her winning score by with the help of four birdies and a championship-best 36 pars. Braun also placed first this fall at both the UW-Oshkosh Titan Classic and UW-Stevens Point Mad Dawg Invitational and seventh at the Wartburg College Invitational.
Braun placed 10th at the WIAC Championship in 2017 and seventh in 2016.
Erika Priebe, the lone freshman chosen to the 2018 All-WIAC squad, also participated in all six UW-Oshkosh events this fall. She averaged 80.85 strokes per 18 holes and finished seventh at the WIAC Championship with 238 strokes. Priebe also placed fourth at the UW-Oshkosh Titan Classic and fifth at the UW-Whitewater Invitational.
Lance Westberg of UW-River Falls was named WIAC Coach of the Year while UW-Oshkosh's Kayla Priebe was selected as the winner of the league's Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award.
UW-Oshkosh concluded the fall portion of its 2018-19 schedule with a third-place finish at the WIAC Championship. Defending champion UW-Whitewater captured the team title with 942 strokes to earn the league's automatic berth to the 2019 NCAA Division III Championship that will be held May 14-17 in Houston, Texas.
UW-Stout, the 2016 champion, finished second in the eight-team conference meet with 954 strokes while 2015 champion UW-Oshkosh followed in third place with 960 and UW-River Falls in fourth with 1,003.