CHARLOTTE, NC – Winthrop sophomore golfer Jutta Degerman and senior Shannon Hopkins were honored Monday night during the 2006 Big South Conference Women's Golf Awards Banquet in Birmingham, AL.

Degerman was voted to the 2006 All-Conference team by the leagues head coaches and sports information directors while Hopkins was selected on the 2006 All-Academic Team.  Degermen carried a 77 stroke average into this week's PUPS/PDPS Big South Championships while Hopkins has compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.85 as she pursues a degree in sport management.

Birmingham-Southern sophomore Emily Klein and Panthers head coach Michele Drinkard were voted the 2005-06 Big South Women’s Golfer of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively.  Coastal Carolina’s Ann Maness was selected as Freshman of the Year, while Birmingham-Southern’s Jill Stupiansky garnered Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades.

2006 Big South Conference Women’s Golf Award Winners

Golfer of the Year
Emily Klein, Soph., Birmingham-Southern

Coach of the Year
Michele Drinkard, Birmingham-Southern

Freshman of the Year
Ann Maness, Fr., Coastal Carolina

Academic All-Conference
Jill Stupiansky, Birmingham-Southern
Amy Loughney, Bucknell Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Morgan Fuqua, Charleston Southern
Jill Stupiansky, Birmingham-Southern
Katy Heher, Coastal Carolina
Jenna Kinnear, High Point
Meghan Costello, Holy Cross
Dana Doganes, Radford
Shannon Hopkins, Winthrop

Academic All-Conference
Amy Loughney, Bucknell