NEWS | WGCA All-American Scholar announcement presser

Coral Springs, Fla.----Three Wingate University women's golf student-athletes have earned Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar honors following a historic 2024-25 season. Leading the way is May graduate Jess Brown. She is joined on the honor list by rising senior Thalia Perez-Vieco and rising sophomore Amely Bochaton.
 
Brown receives the WGCA academic recognition for the third year in a row, while Bochaton and Perez-Vieco are first-time honorees. The trio helped No. 4 Wingate win the '25 South Atlantic Conference tournament on its way to a first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II national quarterfinals. The Bulldogs won seven tournaments during the 2024-25 season.
 
Brown graduated with an exercise science degree and a 3.590 GPA. Bochaton has a 3.714 GPA with her sport and recreation management major, while Perez-Vieco sports a 3.540 GPA with her psychology major. As a team, Wingate had a 3.618 cumulative GPA at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season.
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate head women's golf coach JD Lamm

"It's exciting to see our athletes be recognized for not only their achievements on the course, but also for their achievements in the classroom. It was an incredible year for Wingate Golf and I am so proud of these young women for continuing to work hard in all things that they do. They are all perfect examples of what we look for in our student-athletes."
 
Amely Bochaton
No. 1 golfer in D2
 
- WGCA National Player and Freshman of the Year
- WGCA first team AA; DII Honda Award finalist
- SAC Player and Freshman of the Year; First team All-SAC
- Led team with a SAC and program-best 70.8 scoring average
- Medalist six times during her first WU season
- Won two events in the fall (Lee, North Georgia)
- Shot a school-record, 17-under-par 199 to win UNG's event
- Holds school standards for 18, 36 and 54-hole low scores
- Her four spring victories included the SAC tourney
- Won four-of-five tourneys concluding with the SAC event
- Started this run with a win at the Battle of Hilton Head
- Finished regular season with back-to-back wins
- Won Surratt Memorial and Bearcat Invite to conclude RS
 
Jess Brown
No. 15 golfer in D2
 
- WGCA first team All-American
- First team All-South Atlantic Conference
- Second on team with her 72.8 scoring average
- Medalist three times this season
- Started season with Fall Kickoff victory
- Started spring with Spring Kickoff triumph
- Won Lady Moc Classic in Florida as well
- Shot a season-low 68 in the NCAA quarterfinals
- Seven rounds in the 60s, second only to Bochaton's 11
 
Thalia Perez-Vieco
 
- Third team All-South Atlantic Conference
- Fourth on team with her 75.6 scoring average
- Tied for third place in the Battle at Hilton Head (224)
- Shot a season-best 219 to tie for fifth at LMU's Spring Kickoff
- Started junior year with a tie for 12th at Fall Kickoff
- Followed with a tie for 10th at Lee's event
- Four top-15 showings this year
 
The Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar program
 
A total of 1,533 women's collegiate golfers received this distinction this year. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of intercollegiate athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50. In addition, the student-athlete must have played in 50 percent of her school's regularly-scheduled competitive rounds through the team's conference championships. Finally, the student-athlete must maintain her amateur status and remain on her team's roster through the conclusion of the season.
 
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 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 30 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 17 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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