May 2, 2014

COLUMBIA, S.C. –

Junior Justine Dreher earned first-team All-SEC honors and Senior Samantha Swinehart earned second-team All-SEC honors as announced by the conference office on Friday. Freshman Katelyn Dambaugh also received second-team All-SEC honors and was named to the SEC All-Freshman team, as well.

Dreher placed fourth at the SEC Championship and was the team’s top finisher in five tournaments. A native of Valbonne, France, Dreher currently leads the team and ranks 14^th in the SEC with a 73.62 stroke average. She also leads the team in top-20 finishes with seven and in rounds of par or better with 11.

Swinehart and Dambaugh are tied for the second best stroke average on the team with a 73.73, which also ties for 17^th in the SEC and currently gives Dambaugh the best stroke average for a freshman in program history. Swinehart currently has a team-best low 54-hole score with a 211 and low 18-hole score with a 66, which ties a program record. She recorded nine rounds of par or better and a team leading two top-five finishes. Dambaugh, a two-time SEC Freshman of the Week honoree, tallied eight rounds of par or better and six top-20 finishes, including a tie for fourth showing at the Bryan National Collegiate.

The Gamecocks will be back in action May 8-10 in the NCAA East Regional at the SouthWood Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla.

2014 SEC Women’s Golf Awards
SEC Coach of the Year – Shauna Estes-Taylor, Arkansas

SEC Golfer of the Year – Stephanie Meadow, Alabama

SEC Freshman of the Year – Simin Feng, Vanderbilt

SEC Scholar-Atlete of the Year – Stephanie Meadow, Alabama

All-SEC Teams
First-Team All-SEC
Simin Feng, Vanderbilt (SEC Championship Medalist)
Allyson McDonald, Mississippi State
Gabriela Lopez, Arkansas
Stephanie Meadow, Alabama
Emily Tuburt, Arkansas
Caroline Nistrup, LSU
Madelene Sagstrom, LSU
Justine Dreher, South Carolina

Second-Team All-SEC
Samantha Swinehart, South Carolina
Marta Sanz, Auburn
Katerina Ruzickova, Texas A&M
Emma Talley, Alabama
Jennifer Hahn, Vanderbilt
Regina Plasencia, Arkansas
Katelyn Dambaugh, South Carolina
Chesey Thomas, Tennessee

SEC All-Freshman Team
Maria Torres, Florida
Caroline Nistrup, LSU
Simin Feng, Vanderbilt
Katelyn Dambaugh, South Carolina
Haley Mills, Kentucky
Jessica Peng, Mississippi State
Antonia Scherer, Vanderbilt
Marijosse Navarro, Texas A&M