Six Mocs Named WGCA All-American Scholars

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced Monday (June 30) that 1,499 women's collegiate golfers from 403 programs were recognized as All-American Scholars. Florida Southern saw six student-athletes earn the prestigious honor in McKinley Holding, Ava La Belle, Clare Gimpel, Kaley Amuso, Taylor Zachary, and Ashleigh Angelo.
 
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must:
         • Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
         • Be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season.
         • Have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.
 
Gimpel, Angelo, Zachary, and La Belle repeat as WGCA All-American Scholars from the 2023-24 season, while Amuso and Holding both earn the bid in their first year as a Moccasin.
 
The six student-athletes helped guide Florida Southern to a fifth-place finish at the Sunshine State Conference Championship as well as a trip to the NCAA postseason, the first time for the team to appear since the 2020-21 season. Florida Southern finished as the 27th-ranked team in the nation and posted a 47-72-3 head-to-head record throughout 12 total events.
 
Clare Gimpel finished as the highest-ranking Moc as an individual, finishing the 2024-25 campaign as the 77^th-ranked player, posting a 502-213-27 record with a 74.4 adjusted stroke average. In total, 1,027 golfers in women's division II were ranked with all six honorees for Florida Southern finishing in the top 282; McKinley Holding No. 103 nationally (409-307-26 / 75.1 avg), Ava La Belle No. 148 (335-383-24 / 75.8 avg), Kaley Amuso No. 213 (281-438-23 / 76.3 avg), Ashleigh Angelo No. 229 (152-221-9 / 76.6 avg), Taylor Zachary No. 282 (226-495-13 / 77.4 avg).
 
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting, and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.