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Kim, Shepherd Receive Golfweek Honors; Blue Devils Ranked No. 4
9/8/2021 10:31:00 AM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – With less than a week before the 2021-22 season opens for the Duke women's golf team, senior Gina Kim and junior Erica Shepherd both earned All-America accolades as Golfweek released its preseason honors and team rankings on Wednesday. Â
Kim was tabbed to the first team, while Shepherd earned third team recognition. Â
Coming off a stellar junior campaign in which she was tabbed WGCA First Team All-America, Kim enters her final season with the Blue Devils. She had quite the summer helping lead the U.S. to a Curtis Cup victory, winning the Pinehurst North & South Women's Amateur, was a part of the victorious U.S. squad at the Arnold Palmer Cup and earned medalist accolades at Stage I of LPGA Qualifying School. A product of Durham, N.C., Kim closed her junior season with a fifth-place ledger at the NCAA Championship and was the ACC Individual Champion. Â
Shepherd collected both WGCA and Golfweek Second Team All-America honors a year ago and was an ANNIKA Award Watch List selection. She posted an impressive victory at the Gamecock Intercollegiate with a 7-under-par, 209, and finished the year with three top-10 finishes. Shepherd, who is from Greenwood, Ind., closed the season ranked No. 12 nationally. Â
In the Golfweek preseason ledger, Duke was tabbed No. 4 behind Stanford, Wake Forest and Ole Miss. Florida State, LSU, Oklahoma State, Auburn, UCLA and Arizona closed out the top 10. Â
The Blue Devils were also ranked No. 2 in the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) preseason rankings and No. 4 by Golf Channel.
Duke will open the 2021 fall campaign Sept. 13-15 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, which will be played at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minn.
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Golfweek Preseason Top 30
1. Stanford
2. Wake Forest
3. Ole Miss
4. Duke
5. Florida State
6. LSU
7. Oklahoma State
8. Auburn
9. UCLA
10. Arizona
11. Baylor
12. South Carolina
13. USC
14. Virginia
15. Kentucky
16. Oregon
17. Florida
18. Arizona State
19. Michigan
20. Georgia
21. Texas
22. Virginia Tech
23. Tennessee
24. Arkansas
25. Mississippi State
26. Alabama
27. Houston
28. Vanderbilt
29. Michigan State
30. San Jose State
Kim was tabbed to the first team, while Shepherd earned third team recognition. Â
Coming off a stellar junior campaign in which she was tabbed WGCA First Team All-America, Kim enters her final season with the Blue Devils. She had quite the summer helping lead the U.S. to a Curtis Cup victory, winning the Pinehurst North & South Women's Amateur, was a part of the victorious U.S. squad at the Arnold Palmer Cup and earned medalist accolades at Stage I of LPGA Qualifying School. A product of Durham, N.C., Kim closed her junior season with a fifth-place ledger at the NCAA Championship and was the ACC Individual Champion. Â
Shepherd collected both WGCA and Golfweek Second Team All-America honors a year ago and was an ANNIKA Award Watch List selection. She posted an impressive victory at the Gamecock Intercollegiate with a 7-under-par, 209, and finished the year with three top-10 finishes. Shepherd, who is from Greenwood, Ind., closed the season ranked No. 12 nationally. Â
In the Golfweek preseason ledger, Duke was tabbed No. 4 behind Stanford, Wake Forest and Ole Miss. Florida State, LSU, Oklahoma State, Auburn, UCLA and Arizona closed out the top 10. Â
The Blue Devils were also ranked No. 2 in the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) preseason rankings and No. 4 by Golf Channel.
Duke will open the 2021 fall campaign Sept. 13-15 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, which will be played at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minn.
#GoDuke
Golfweek Preseason Top 30
1. Stanford
2. Wake Forest
3. Ole Miss
4. Duke
5. Florida State
6. LSU
7. Oklahoma State
8. Auburn
9. UCLA
10. Arizona
11. Baylor
12. South Carolina
13. USC
14. Virginia
15. Kentucky
16. Oregon
17. Florida
18. Arizona State
19. Michigan
20. Georgia
21. Texas
22. Virginia Tech
23. Tennessee
24. Arkansas
25. Mississippi State
26. Alabama
27. Houston
28. Vanderbilt
29. Michigan State
30. San Jose State
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