KERRVILLE, Texas – In an announcement made following Tuesday’s final round, Trinity University’s Kiona Hsiu was named the 2023 SCAC Women’s Golf Elite 19 award winner.
Hsiu, a junior from Missouri City, Texas, currently holds a 3.973 GPA, majoring in Business Analytics & Technology and earned First Team All-SCAC honors after firing a two-day total of 155 to finish second in the 35-player field.
Hsiu is the second Trinity student-athlete to earn Elite 19 honors in 2022-23. She joins AJ Clark, who was named the 2022-23 SCAC Men’sBasketball award winner. She is the first Tiger to earn the award in Women’s Golf.
Established prior to the 2018-19 academic year and meant to recognize the best of the best within each of the league's 19 sponsored sports as it relates to both academic and athletic achievement, the SCAC Elite 19 is awarded to the student-athlete who has completed the equivalent of at least 60 credit hours at his or her current institution and has at least a cumulative 3.25 GPA. The student-athlete must also have earned All-SCAC First, Second or Third Team honors in his/her sport for that particular season.