Women's Golf | 5/13/2010 9:18:03 AM

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - The National Golf Coaches Association today announced the 2009-10 student-athlete and coaches awards for Division III Women's Collegiate Golf. Winners were recognized at the NGCA Division III Awards Banquet held in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.

Methodist senior Susan Martin has been named the PING NGCA Division III Player of the Year for her outstanding play this season. Martin has averaged 78.7 strokes this year with three top-5 finishes in nine events.

Martin and teammate Paige Caldwell were also named First Team All-Americans. Alana Swain was awarded Second Team All-American honors. Martin, Caldwell and Swain were also selected to the First Team All-Region for the East.

The Monarchs are in the middle of the 2010 NCAA Championships at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. The tournament concludes on Friday.

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 nearly 500 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.