NORMAL, Ill. – Four days after being named Academic All-Conference, the Illinois State duo of women's golfers – Ali Schrock and Avalon Woodward – have been named to the 2023 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District squad.
The 2023 Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot.
This is the first season the Woodward has been named to the All-District squad while Schrock earned the honor last season en route to earning Academic All-America Third Team honors last season.
Woodward was named to the All-MVC squad in 2023 and 2022 while leading the Redbirds in stroke average at 74.8 strokes per round during the season. She finished inside of the top-10 in half of her 10 tournaments during the year, including twice ending a tournament inside of the top-five.
She broke the school single-event record at the Falcon Florida Classic as she finished with a three-round 211 (-5), breaking the previous school record of 214 held by Redbird Athletics Hall of Famer Samantha Richdale. At the Falcon Florida Classic, her third-round 68 is tied for the lowest single-round score in Redbird women's golf history. The junior finished inside of the top-25 (including ties) in every tournament during the year, including her top finish at the Coyote Creek Classic where she tied for second overall. She finished third at the Falcon Florida Invitational and tied for seventh at both the HCU Husky Intercollegiate and at the MVC Championship.
Schrock was named to the All-MVC squad in 2023, and she finished second on the team with a 76.9 stroke average during the season. She was the 2022 MVC Golfer of the Year, First Team All-MVC, MVC All-Tournament Team, and the 2022 MVC Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
The senior had six rounds at or under par during the season, and three times finished in the top-10, 30 percent of the team's tournament. She was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American last season and placed fourth at the Buccaneer Classic to close out the fall season, while opening the spring season by tying for eighth place in a field of 69 golfers carding a tournament score of 215 (-1), tied for the third-lowest individual tournament score in program history. She carded a 68 in the second round of the Johnie Imes Invitational, which is tied for the lowest single-round in program history.
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