Women's Golf | 6/18/2020 5:13:00 PM
AUSTIN, Texas - A pair of Barry University women's golfer were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large Team for 2020. Noemie Paré and Josefina Foa Torres were both named to the Third-Team.
Paré is a three-time All-American and All-American Scholar by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA). One of the top players in school history, ranking third in career scoring average with 18 top-10 finishes in 43 career tournaments, she picked up her one career win at the Division I LadyCat Invitational as a junior. A member of the 2017 NCAA Divison II National Championship team, she is a four-time member of the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll. She carries a 3.96 GPA in management and graduated in May.
Foa Torres, a four-year letterwinner for the women's golf team, is a two-time All American and a member of the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship Team. Another one of the best players in Buccaneer history, she is ranked 4th in program history in scoring average, and set a school record with a 9-under-par 207 at the BarryU Invite last year. She has two career wins and 13 top-10 finishes. She is also a four-time member of the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll and three-time recipient of WGCA All-American Scholar honors. She also has a 3.96 GPA and graduated in May with a degree in finance.
Paré and Foa Torres are the first Barry women's golfers to earn Academic All-America honors. Since 1988, the Bucs have put 66 on the Academic All-America teams, as selected by CoSIDA. Barry was the only school in the Sunshine State Conference to put two members on the team. Florida Southern, Palm Beach Atlantic, Lynn, Nova Southeastern and Florida Tech each had one.
The Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
The at-large program for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo for both men and women; bowling, crew and field hockey for women; and volleyball and wrestling for men.
