TCU names Derry and de Beer Athletes of the Week
5/24/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 24, 2010
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU Athletics Department has selected TCU golfers Valentine Derry and Johan de Beer as its Athletes of the Week for their recent efforts for the Horned Frogs.
Valentine Derry became the first TCU women's golfer to play in four NCAA Championships and was named to the NCAA All-East Region team by the National Golf Coaches Association. Derry's 72-hole score of 296 was TCU's best mark at an NCAA Championships since Rita Moore and Marci Bozarth shot 294 and 295, respectively, in leading the Frogs to the 1983 national title. Derry joined former Frog All-American and current LPGA star Angela Stanford as the only four-time all-conference selections in TCU women's golf history. The team shot a final-round 304 Friday to tie for 19th at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship. This was the Frog's fourth-straight top-20 finish.
Johan de Beer's paced the men's team this week by finishing fourth place overall at the NCAA South Central Men's Golf Championships with a -6 (210). He finished only three strokes back of the regional champion, Georgia's Russell Henley (-9). The team posted a third-place finish Saturday in the final round at the Regional at the Traditions Golf Club, securing its second-straight berth in the NCAA Championships. The NCAA bid marks the 15th in program history and the fifth this decade. TCU will compete in the national tournament June 1-6 at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn.
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