Women's Golf | 9/8/2022 4:53:00 PM

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida  The Women's Golf Coaches Association has announced the recipient of the 2022 Inkster Award for Division III, with Jillian Drinkard of Methodist University recieving this honor. 

The Inkster Award recognizes the highest ranked women's collegiate golfer on Golfstat in her final year of NCAA eligibility. The award is presented separately to the top Division I, II and III players.  The recipient must be academically eligible per NCAA rules and have played a minimum of 12 rounds during the year. 

Drinkard posted a scoring average of 72.09 to finish the 2021-22 season ranked second on Golfstat. The Appomattox, Virginia native earned WGCA First-Team All-America honors after finishing in the top-10 in all nine tournaments during the season. The USA South Athletic Conference Player of the Year won three tournaments and finished in a tie for third at the National Collegiate Athletic Association 2022 Women's Golf Championships.

About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, 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 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.