Peterson named to WGCA All-American Scholar Team

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Defiance College women's golfer Dana Peterson (Grass Lake, Mich./Grass Lake) recently was named to the 2020-21 Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. The scholars were announced by the WGCA on Tuesday afternoon.

To be honored as a WGCA All-American Scholar, players must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 and competed in at least half of their team's total rounds played in 2020-21.

Peterson, a rising sophomore, just completed her first season at Defiance. She carries a 3.52 GPA as an integrated language arts major. On the golf course, Peterson participated in three of the Yellow Jackets' four events, playing a total of seven rounds this past spring.