DENVER
- Idaho's
Kayla Mortellaro has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Golfer
of the Week for February 7-13.
Mortellaro, a
junior from Phoenix, Ariz. (Mesa Distance Learning), tied for second place at
the Arizona Wildcat Invitational last week.
She shot a 2-under par 214 for the three rounds (70-69-75) to finish two
strokes behind the winner. Mortellaro finished
six strokes ahead of the nearest WAC participant as a total of 20 players from
WAC schools were competing in the 16-team tournament. It is the eighth time in her career that Mortellaro
has won a WAC golfer of the week or month award.
Others nominated: Suteera
Chanachai, New Mexico State; and Madeleine Ziegert, San Jose State.
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