BULLDOG WOMEN'S GOLF DISTRIBUTES 2006-07 TEAM AWARDS

Team MVP Award Winner

Becky Hoffman was chosen as the 2006-07 Ferris State women's golf team's Most Valuable Player.

Junior Becky Hoffman (Gaines/Swartz Creek) of the nationally-ranked Ferris State University women's golf team has been selected the Most Valuable Player for the 2006-07 season while sophomore Alison Meyer (Duluth, Minn./Central) is the Bulldog Award recipient. The announcement of the annual team awards was made by eighth-year head coach Brad Bedortha.

The Bulldog Award is presented to the Ferris State women's golf team member who displays the most dedication and hard work.

The two each played an integral role this season in leading the Bulldogs to first-place finishes at both the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships (April 20-21) and the NCAA Division II East Regional (April 30-May 2), but also garnering third place at the eighth annual NCAA-II Championships (May 9-12) in Pace, Fla., with a four-round 1,228-stroke total.

Hoffman registered a career-best and team-leading 76.86 stroke average (2,152 total strokes) in 28 rounds this season en route to achieving 2006-07 National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Division II Women's Golf All-America Honorable Mention Team accolades. The 2006-07 All-GLIAC First-Team pick's stroke average this campaign represented the second-best ever on the program's all-time singles-season leaders chart. Hoffman posted 11 top-20 placings, highlighted by four within the top five. The squad's top golfer in four tournaments through the 2006-07 season, Hoffman owns the distinction of currently ranking first on Ferris State's career stroke average leaders list at 78.49 (6,750 total strokes) in 86 rounds. The three-time (2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07) first-team all-conference selection has accumulated 30 top-20 placings, including 11 top-five performances, in her three-year FSU career.

Hoffman paced the Bulldogs with a second-place 219 three-round stroke total at the 2007 NCAA-II East Regional before following with a team-best ninth-place 302 score at the 72-hole 2007 NCAA-II Championships. She recently was named to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV College Division Women's At-Large Team and is eligible for Academic All-America honors. Hoffman was voted the 2004-05 GLIAC Women's Golf Freshman of the Year and was the 2004-05 season recipient of the program's Bulldog Award.

A 2006-07 All-GLIAC First-Team pick, Meyer averaged a career season-best 78.04 strokes (2,185 total strokes) in 28 rounds this season. Her stroke average this season is presently the fourth-best among the Bulldogs' single-season leaders. Meyer, who was twice tabbed as the GLIAC Women's Golf Athlete of the Week this spring (April 3 and 24), attained medalist honors at the 2007 conference tourney with a first-place 228 three-round stroke total. The former walk-on produced 10 top-20 efforts and finished among the top five individuals three times.

For her career, Meyer currently is tied for fourth place on the program's all-time stroke leaders list with a 79.69 career average (3,666 total strokes) in 46 rounds. She has placed in the top 20 on 13 occasions, including six amongst the top 10.