Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Hiller to Compete at NCAA Women's Golf Central Regional
04/29/2002 | 12:00:00 | Women's Golf
April 29, 2002
Carbondale, Ill. - Senior Alison Hiller was selected as one of three individuals to compete at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Central Regional on May 9-11. The three-day event, which will be played at Forest Akers Golf Course in East Lansing, Mich., is hosted by Michigan State University.
Hiller couldn't have kept her SIU career going in a better fashion as she marked the first Saluki women's golfer to make an NCAA Regional since Hall of Famer Sandy Lemon (1976-80) did it in 1978.
Posting a pair of individual titles for the Salukis this season, Hiller has shot 22 rounds in the 70s and currently carries a 76.2 stroke average. She also fired a school record of 68 in the second round of the Snowbird Classic on March 14-15.
Most recently, however, she is coming off a ninth-place finish at the MVC Championship (April 21-23) where she garnered all-conference honors.
"We are absolutely thrilled for Alison," said head coach Diane Daugherty. "She has had both a great season and a great career and is the hardest worker I've ever coached."
Three 54-hole regionals (Central, East, West) will be conducted to determine the 126 participants in the championship which will take place at Washington on May 21-24.
Some of the nation's top individual contenders include Lorena Ochoa, Arizona; Stacy Prammanasudh, Tulsa; Katherine Hull, Pepperdine; Courtney Swaim, Auburn.
