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Tulsa, Oklahoma - University of Tulsa senior golfer Stacy Prammanasudh was named first-team All-America by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA), as announced by the NGCA. It's the fourth straight year that Prammanasudh has earned the honors, making her just the second student-athlete in school history to receive the first team award in all four years.
Prammanasudh joins former TU golfer Jody Rosenthal (1982-85) as Tulsa's only four-time first-team All-Americans.
Second-year coach Melissa McNamara was named as the Central Region Coach of the Year, as selected by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA). She led her team to five tournament titles and a national ranking of third. McNamara was also named the WAC Coach of the Year for the second straight season.
This year, Prammanasudh was ranked second nationally for most of the season, and completed the season ranked that way. She placed among the top-5 in eight of 11 tournaments, finished among the top-15 in all 11 events and won four tournament titles. Prammanasudh won the Western Athletic Conference title for the second straight year, and was named the WAC Player of the Year for the third consecutive season.
Prammanasudh placed 13th at the recently completed NCAA Championships. She was twice named GolfWorld Player of the Week this year, the WAC's Spring Player of the Week two times and WAC Golfer of the Month in the fall twice.
In her career, Prammanasudh placed among the top-20 in 41 of 44 career tournaments, had 33 top-10 career performances, placed among the top-five 25 times and finished either first or second 15 times. Her 10 tournament wins is second in school history to only Nancy Lopez's 11 career victories.