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Niki Garden, Paige McCracken Earn Scholar All-American Honors
July 17, 2006 Sophomores Niki Garden and Paige McCracken, both members of the women's golf team at Butler University, have been named to the 2005-06 National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team for Division I. The two were among 371 women's collegiate golfers recognized in the NCAA Divisions I, II and III. To qualify for the coaches' All-American Scholar Team, collegiate golfers must have a minimum grade point average of 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) and have competed in at least 50% (Division I) or 66% (Division II & III) of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year. Garden, a pre-pharmacy major, earned All-Horizon League honors for the second consecutive year last spring. She was Butler's third-leading scorer with a 79.71 average in 2005-06, and she tied for third at the 2006 Horizon League Women's Golf Championship, won by Butler. McCracken, who is an English Writing major, also was named to the All-Horizon League team this spring. She finished as Butler's fourth-leading scorer with an 80.44 average, and she tied with Garden for third place at the league championship. Both Butler golfers were named to the 2006 Horizon League All-Academic Team and the 2005-06 Horizon League Academic Honor Roll. Garden was further honored with selection to the 2005-06 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA District V All-Academic Team. The National Golf Coaches Association represents over 400 coaches throughout the United States and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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