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Kalamazoo College women's golf earned three WGCA All-American Scholars in 2025-26

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Trio of Hornets Earn WGCA All-American Scholar Awards

The Kalamazoo College women's golf team placed three student-athletes on the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) 2025-26 All-American Scholar Team. Ellie Britt, Jacey Merkle and Jillian Smith each earned the honor.

This award recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a student-athlete with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher who competed in at least 50% of her team's matches.

A sophomore from Lake Orion, Mich. (Lake Orion), Britt played in all 10 tournaments for the Hornets this season. She tied for the lowest average round score for a season in program history (79.6), taking medalist honors with a season-low 74 in the Steven Tyler Memorial, earned co-medalist honors at the Hornet Fall Invite, and was named Second Team All-MIAA along with a CSC Academic All-District award.

Merkle, a sophomore from Saugatuck, Mich. (Saugatuck), also played in all 10 tournaments for Kalamazoo in 2025-26. She tied for the lowest average round score for a season in program history (79.6) and became the first player to earn medalist honors three times in a season: at the MIAA Jamboree #1 with a season-low 74, co-medalist at the Hornet Fall Invite, and at the Earlham Spring Invitational. She picked up a Second Team All-MIAA nod plus CSC Academic All-District recognition this season.

Finally, a junior from Howell, Mich. (Howell), Smith played in seven tournaments for the Hornets this season. She also averaged a 79.6 round score, though she did not meet the minimum 75% of team tournaments competed in to qualify for single-season records due to studying abroad in Spring '26. She was named co-medalist at the MIAA Jamboree #2 with a season-low 73, earning MIAA Women's Golfer of the Week on October 6.

This season, the Hornets won four events: the Kyle Campbell Invitational, MIAA Jamboree #1, Hornet Fall Invite, and Earlham Spring Invitational. The team had each of its three lowest rounds in program history, led by an all-time best of 309 on day two of the Kyle Campbell Invitational (Sept. 6, 2025) to secure the win.
 

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Players Mentioned

Ellie Britt

Ellie Britt

Sophomore
Jacey Merkle

Jacey Merkle

Sophomore
Jillian Smith

Jillian Smith

Junior

Players Mentioned

Ellie Britt

Ellie Britt

Sophomore
Jacey Merkle

Jacey Merkle

Sophomore
Jillian Smith

Jillian Smith

Junior
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