[Women's Golf] Women's Golf Receiving Votes in NAIA Top 25 Preseason Poll
Kansas City, Missouri – The Grand View women's golf team received votes in the NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Preseason Poll released on Friday, August 24th.
Grand View was joined by William Penn (15) as the only two Heart of America Conference schools that made the Top 25 list.
The defending NAIA National Champions, SCAD Savannah (Ga.), were selected as the No. 1 team while receiving 17 of the 18 first-place votes. The full NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Preseason Poll can be seen below.
Viking Returners and Newcomers…
The Vikings bring back one of the best golfers in the Heart of America Conference in Kimberly Nelson (SR/Miri, Sarawak). Nelson qualified for the NAIA National Championships last season for the 2nd straight year. The Vikings also bring back Alexis Owen (SR/Adel, IA) who continued to improve throughout the season.
Coach Winkel added Division 1 transfer Karli Kerrigan from South Dakota University. Kerrigan, a graduate from Ankeny Centennial High School, was the 2014 5A state champion and Player of the Year. Kerrigan will have 2 years of eligibility remaining. The Vikings also brought in freshman Lauren Anderson from BCLUW High School in Conrad, IA. Anderson finished 9th in the state for Class 1A.
Up Next…
The Vikings begin their 2018 campaign on September 9th as they travel to Brown Deer Park in Milwaukee, WI to compete in the Wolfpack Invitational. Check back with gvvikings.com for a complete recap and follow the Vikings on social media (@VikingAthletics) for updates.
2018 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Preseason (August 24, 2018)
RANK | PREVIOUS | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) [17] | 498 |
2 | 4 | Dalton State (Ga.) [1] | 469 |
3 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | 462 |
4 | 7 | British Columbia | 450 |
5 | 2 | William Woods (Mo.) | 425 |
6 | 6 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 388 |
7 | 5 | Taylor (Ind.) | 385 |
8 | 8 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 377 |
9 | NR | Oklahoma City | 364 |
10 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 353 |
11 | 9 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 345 |
12 | 15 | Texas Wesleyan | 335 |
13 | 10 | William Penn (Iowa) | 317 |
14 | NR | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 303 |
15 | 13 | University of Northwestern (Ohio) | 287 |
16 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 265 |
17 | 12 | Victoria (B.C.) | 263 |
18 | 17 | Loyola (La.) | 222 |
19 | NR | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 210 |
20 | NR | Milligan (Tenn.) | 165 |
21 | 16 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 146 |
22 | NR | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 143 |
23 | NR | Bethel (Ind.) | 124 |
24 | NR | Indiana Tech | 110 |
25 | NR | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 94 |
Dropped from the Top 25: N/A
Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee Wesleyan 77, Indiana Wesleyan 73, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 63, Oregon Tech 53, Morningside (Iowa) 34, Breneau (Ga.) 29, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 27, Saint Francis (Ind.) 22, Arizona Christian 18, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 13, Bethany (Kan.) 11, Bellevue (Neb.) 10, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 5, Grand View (Iowa) 3, Midway (Ky.) 3, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 3
Poll Methodology…
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league. Each rater ranks the teams from high to low with a team receiving 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on. All of the raters votes are added together and the top 25 teams are ordered by highest to lowest points. Any team that does not fall in the list of 25 teams, but a coach voted for, will be placed on the receiving votes list.