CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Six UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's golfers, including recent graduates Grace Holcomb and Ava Romfo, juniors Elle Burnette and Kasey McIlvaine and rising sophomores Sophie Lauture and Lulu Leetham were named to the 2024-25 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar Team, the association announced Monday.

Holcomb has now received the recognition four times in her career, while Burnette and McIlvaine were honored for a second time.

A total of 1,499 women's collegiate golfers from 403 programs were recognized with the honor. To be selected, student-athletes must have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher, be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season and have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.

UNCG finished fifth or better in nine of its 12 total events this season. The Spartans won their first tournament since the 2011-12 season after placing first in the Puerto Rico Shootout in Humacao, Puerto Rico, on March 6. The Spartans also earned a runner-up finish hosting the UNCG Collegiate from Oct. 21-22, which saw Romfo win the individual title.

The Spartans finished in fourth place at the 2025 The Southern Conference (SoCon) Championship at Solina Golf Club in West Columbia, South Carolina. The fourth-place finish was the best in a conference tournament for the program since the 2013 SoCon Championship, when UNCG finished third with a final score of 903.

UNCG then earned a spot and placed fourth in the Golfweek National Golf Invitational, a postseason tournament held at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club from May 9-11 in Maricopa, Arizona.

From the SoCon, 18 student-athletes appeared on the women's team, including four from Furman, four from Wofford, three from Western Carolina and one from Mercer.

Grace Holcomb
Marketing
Senior | Wilmington, N.C.

• 4x WGCA All-American Scholar
• Was third for UNCG with a 75.83 stroke average in 18 rounds played
• Tied for 14th at the UNCG Collegiate from Oct. 21-22
• Low round was 72 twice, including once at Clemson Invitational and once at UNCG Collegiate
• Best overall score was shooting a two-over-par (146) at the Clemson Invitational on Aug. 26
• Finished third for UNCG with a 75.83 stroke average

Ava Romfo
Kinesiology
Senior | Charleston, S.C.

• CSC Academic All-District®
• All-SoCon Team
• SoCon Golfer of the Week (Oct. 23)
• Was eighth in the SoCon with a 74.55 stroke average in 33 rounds
• Won second career individual title at UNCG Collegiate from Oct. 21-22
• Finished inside the top 10 three times in 11 events this season

Elle Burnette
Consumer Apparel & Retail Studies
Sophomore | Wilmington, N.C.

• CSC Academic All-District®
• Was 25th in the SoCon with a 76.39 stroke average in 28 rounds played
• Best finish was in a tie for 11th at the Golfweek Fall Challenge from Sept. 8-10
• Lowest round score was a five-under-par (67) in the second round of the Golfweek Fall Challenge in Pawleys Island, South Carolina
• WGCA All-American Scholar in 2023-24
• Was named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll and earned the SoCon Commissioner's Medal in 2023-24

Kasey McIlvaine
Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
Sophomore | Raleigh, N.C.

• CSC Academic All-District®
• All-SoCon Team
• 2x WGCA All-American Scholar
• Led UNCG and was seventh in the SoCon with a 74.17 stroke average
• Best finish was third place in the UNCG Collegiate from Oct. 21-22
• Finished in the top 10 individually in six of the Spartans' 12 tournaments

Sophie Lauture
Biology
Freshman | Concord, N.C.

• All-SoCon Freshman Team
• SoCon Golfer of the Week (Sept. 11, 2024)
• Finished 26th in the SoCon with a 76.70 stroke average
• Played in 10 of UNCG's 12 tournaments in first season at collegiate level
• Tied for third at five-under-par (208) in collegiate debut, Sept. 8-10 at the Golfweek Fall Challenge in Pawleys Island, South Carolina
• Best round was in the second day of the Golfweek Fall Challenge

Lulu Leetham
Pre Marketing
Freshman | Brackley, England

• All-SoCon Freshman Team
• SoCon Golfer of the Week (March 12, 2025)
• Tied for 18th in the SoCon with a 75.93 stroke average
• Participated in nine of UNCG's 12 tournaments in first season at collegiate level
• Best finish was tying for second in the Puerto Rico Shootout from March 4-5 at four-under-par (140) to help the Spartans win the team title
• Low round score was a 69 in round one of the Puerto Rico Shootout

About the WGCA
The WGCA, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.

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