STEPHANIE MEADOW LANDS TWO SEC END OF YEAR HONOURS

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The University of Alabama swept the 2013 Southeastern Conference Women’s Golf Awards, which were announced today.

Mic Potter was named the SEC Coach of the Year, Stephanie Meadow – the 2013 SEC individual medalist – was named both the SEC Golfer of the Year and the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while Emma Talley was named the SEC Freshman of the Year. This marks the first time in SEC history that a team has swept each of the four SEC Women’s Golf Awards.

Meadow became the first person in Alabama school history to win SEC individual medalist honors, shooting an even-par 216 to win the 2013 SEC Championships by nine strokes. Meadow posted rounds of 75, 69 and 72 to capture top honors and earn her sixth career victory, which extends an Alabama school record. Meadow leads the nation with a scoring average of 71.50 and has shot par or better in 16 of her 26 rounds. She is the first woman in Alabama history to be named SEC Golfer of the Year.

Meadow also earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, becoming just the third athlete in SEC history to be named both Golfer of the Year and Scholar-Athlete in the same year. Meadow joins Tennessee’s Violeta Retamoza (2005) and Arkansas’ Stacy Lewis (2008) as the only student-athletes to accomplish that feat. She currently holds a 4.0 grade point average in accounting and has been on the Dean’s List at Alabama each semester of her collegiate career. She also is active in the community with Project Angel Tree, Read Across America and the YMCA, among other activities.

Talley became the third golfer in Alabama history to be named SEC Freshman of the Year. She finished 19th overall at the SEC Women’s Golf Championship with a 15-over-par 231. Over the course of the season, Talley has compiled a 73.23 average and shot par or better in 12 of her 26 rounds this year.

Potter earned his fifth career SEC Coach of the Year honor after directing his Crimson Tide to the 2013 SEC Women’s Golf Championship with a 14-stroke victory. Potter has earned at least a share of the SEC Coach of the Year honor in each of the last four seasons. The win was Alabama’s second all-time league crown. The Crimson Tide have won six tournaments this season as a team, breaking the school-record mark of five set in the 2010-11 campaign.

The 2013 All-SEC teams and a complete list of awards follow this release.

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2013 SEC Women’s Golf Awards

SEC Coach of the Year
Mic Potter, Alabama

SEC Golfer of the Year
Stephanie Meadow, Alabama

SEC Freshman of the Year
Emma Talley, Alabama

SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Stephanie Meadow, Alabama

All-SEC Teams

First-Team All-SEC
Stephanie Meadow, Alabama (SEC Championship Medalist)
Camilla Hedberg, Florida
Erica Popson, Tennessee
Emilie Burger, Georgia
Emily Tubert, Arkansas
Ally McDonald, Mississippi State
Kendall Martindale, Vanderbilt
Madelene Sagstrom, LSU

Second-Team All-SEC
Emma Talley, Alabama
Isabelle Lendl, Florida
Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia
Gaby Lopez, Arkansas
Lauren Stratton, Vanderbilt
Jennifer Kirby, Alabama
Marta Sanz, Auburn
Hannah Collier, Alabama

SEC All-Freshman Team
Emma Talley, Alabama
Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia
Gaby Lopez, Arkansas
Sarah Schmelzel, South Carolina
Jenny Hahn, Vanderbilt
Regina Plasencia, Arkansas
Kailey Walsh, Georgia
Sarah Harris, Kentucky

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