For the City Times

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Hailey Brown and Katherine Krotzman, of Nekoosa High School, have been named by the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW) as Academic All-State honorees for the 2019 girls golf season.

Brown was designated with honors, while Krotzman was given high honors.

Students are nominated by GCAW member coaches if they meet the following criteria: A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25; participation in at least 75 percent of their team’s varsity matches; and they are at least a sophomore in high school.

The GCAW has honored 342 girls from 100 high schools this year for maintaining high academic standards in the classroom while competing in varsity golf.  The average cumulative GPA of this year’s honorees is an exceptional 3.881.

The GCAW was formed by high school golf coaches in 1986 to help build Wisconsin’s reputation for developing quality junior players by promoting golf in our schools and communities. Besides honoring both boys and girls who succeed as student athletes, the association also selects an annual All-State team for boys and girls based on their playing ability.