Women's Golf | 10/21/2015 2:10:00 PM

Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University women's golf team had an evening filled with building new relationships Friday, Oct. 16 at the WU Campus Lake. Five Bulldog alumni were able to join the current team members for dinner prior to the SAC Preview tournament. Shannon Smith Scott, Brittany Staton, Martina Moo Young, Audrey Morgan Ridenhour and Morgan Pegram came back to campus to participate in the inaugural Alumni Dinner.
 
"It was great to see the support previous Wingate golfers had for our team," Wingate junior Megan Taylor (Buckden, Cambridgeshire, England) says. "Many of our alumni who attended the cookout had graduated long before we were on the team, so it was good to see that the connection with Wingate Golf is something which will last beyond our college years."
 
"It is important for our current players and myself to know who laid the groundwork for where we are as a program," Wingate graduate assistant women's golf coach Erin Thorne says. "The other neat thing is that they were playing around the same time that I was and hearing their stories made me think about my teammates."

Additional gatherings for current and alumni Bulldogs will be announced in order to continue the great laughter shared at the University's Campus Lake last week. "Friday night was the perfect way to relax us going into our home tournament," Taylor says. "For us to see our alumni out on the golf course gave us that extra bit of motivation to do our team proud and win the (SAC Preview tournament hardware."
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
Wingate University, consistently ranked as a top 10 "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,100 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, master's degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport management and doctorates in pharmacy, physical therapy and education.
 
With a 15 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. To view current news, video and story ideas, visit www.youtube.com/wingateuniversity. 
 
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past nine years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing colleges in the 2000's with 77 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate's 77 Academic All-America® honorees are number one during this millennium. Wingate's 86 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information on WU athletics, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.
 
BULLDOG CLUB CLAM BAKE SLATED FOR OCT. 23
 
The Wingate University Bulldog Club is hosting its fifth annual Clam Bake at the University Lake Friday, Oct. 23. Everyone is welcome as the University celebrates Homecoming weekend. On the same day, the 40th annual Bill Connell Memorial Golf Tournament will be contested at Eagle Chase Golf Club. The shotgun start is slated for 9 a.m. Both the Clam Bake and the BCMGT benefit deserving student-athletes.