University of Tennessee Athletics
RETAMOZA AND SHEPLEY NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC
April 22, 2003 | Women's Golf
April 22, 2003
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Violeta Retamoza, who last week was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year, and Jessica Shepley, who is coming off her best season as a sophomore, were both named to the first-team All-SEC squad Tuesday afternoon for the 2002-03 season. Retamoza finished one stroke behind Florida's Aimee Cho at the SEC Championships and is second in shot average this campaign.
Kristy McPherson, who was named the SEC Golfer of the Year leads the SEC in shot average and finished third at the SEC Championships behind Retamoza, after capturing back-to-back conference titles. Cho shot an even-par 216 in the three rounds of the SEC Tournament last weekend at the University Club in Lexington, Ky., to capture individual medalist honors.
Also on the first-team, SEC Champion Auburn notched spots for senior Celeste Troche, senior Danielle Downey and junior Diana Ramage. The Tigers won the SEC title by two shots over second-place Florida and eight-strokes over third-place Tennessee. Troche has made the first-team All-SEC in all four years of her collegiate career while Downey has made the squad in three of her four years at Auburn.
Vanderbilt junior Courtney Wood rounds out the first-team All-SEC selections. Wood, McPherson and Retamoza were the only three SEC golfers to win multiple tournaments during the 2002-03 season.
On the second-team All-SEC squad are Auburn's Maria Martinez, Florida's Amanda Dick and Brittany Straza of Florida. Georgia placed Kelly Froelich and Summer Sirmons on the second-team, while Mississippi State's Sofie Andersson and the Vanderbilt's Sarah Jacobs and May Wood were also included on the second-team roster.
2003 SEC WOMEN'S GOLF AWARDS
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC
Kristy McPherson, South Carolina
Celeste Troche, Auburn
Violeta Retamoza, Tennessee
Aimee Cho, Florida
Jessica Shepley, Tennessee
Courtney Wood, Vanderbilt
Danielle Downey, Auburn
Diana Ramage, Auburn
SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC
Sofie Andersson, Mississippi State
Sarah Jacobs, Vanderbilt
May Wood, Vanderbilt
Maria Martinez, Auburn
Amanda Dick, Florida
Kelly Froelich, Georgia
Summer Sirmons, Georgia
Brittany Straza, Florida
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR
Martha Freitag, Vanderbilt
SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kristy McPherson, South Carolina
SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Violeta Retamoza, Tennessee
