Kumlin earns Academic All-Southland honors

FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference announced its yearly academic awards for women’s golf May 26. Elin Kumlin represented the Central Arkansas women’s golf team as a First-Team Academic All-Southland Conference honoree.

 Kumlin earned First-Team All-SLC earlier this year after an outstanding season. This is her second academic all-conference award. She led the Bears with an average round of 74.27 and a score relative to par of 2.40. She won the dual against Missouri State to start the season. She finished tied for fourth at the Southland Conference Championship. She posted five top-10 finishes during the season. She has a 3.87 GPA while pursuing a degree in business management. 

From the Coach – Head Coach Natasha Vincent

“Elin is a great example when defining a student-athlete. She gets it done both in the classroom and on the course. She’s eager to learn and exemplifies excellent time management. We are proud to have her as a UCA Bear.”

2020-21 Southland Women’s Golf All-Academic Team

Student-Athlete of the Year: Hanna Alberto, Sam Houston 

First Team

NameClassSchoolHometownMajorGPA
Elin Kumlin*2R-So.Central ArkansasKinna, SwedenBusiness Management3.87
Elise Parel*So.Houston BaptistKingwood, TexasInternational Business3.29
Hanna Alberto^*4Sr.Sam HoustonKingwood, TexasMS-Health4.0
Jennifer Herbst*Jr.Sam HoustonPerth, AustraliaKinesiology3.10
Zulaikah Nasser*So.Sam HoustonKuala Lampur, MalaysiaMass Communications3.38

Second Team

NameClassSchoolHometownMajorGPA
Sara Zrnikova3Sr.Houston BaptistUsti nad Labem, Czech RepublicKinesiology3.98
Estefania HurtadoSo.UIWMedellin, ColombiaBiology-Neuro Science3.95
Leah Alberto2Jr.Sam HoustonKingwood, TexasHCAD3.88
Viera Permata RosadaSo.Sam HoustonJakarta, IndonesiaMarketing3.91
Lucy MartinezSo.Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiAguascalientes, MexicoAccounting4.0

^ 2020-21 Student-Athlete of the Year

* Automatic Academic All-Conference election

2 Two-time Academic All-Conference selection

3 Three-time Academic All-Conference selection

4 Four-time Academic All-Conference selection