INDIANAPOLIS - Sophomore Morgan Brasser has been selected to represent Fort Hays State at the 2022 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Central Region Championship, announced Monday by the NCAA. This is the second time Brasser has qualified for postseason competition.
This year's central regional will be contested at the Park Course at Hot Springs Country Club in Hot Springs, Ark. The 6,046-yard, par-72 course will be the site of the 54-hole championship next Monday-Wednesday (May 2-4). Brasser's tournament will begin on hole No. 11 with an 8:50 a.m. tee time in round one. Tuesday's round will begin at 8 a.m. off either hole No. 1 or No. 11 before the final round begins at either 8:50 a.m. or 9 a.m. on Wednesday off the 11th hole.
Brasser posted a stroke average of 77.5 over 22 rounds this season, including two even-par rounds and 15 sub-80 rounds. She finished in the top 10 at five of her 10 tournaments this year, including her first collegiate win at the Holiday Inn Express Classic last month in St. Joseph, Mo. The Andale, Kan. native posted a career-low 71 in the first round of the Diffee Ford Lincoln Invite early in the spring season.
An honorable mention All-MIAA selection this season, Brasser finished in a tie for 12th out of 49 golfers at last year's Central Region Championships in St. Joseph, Mo. with a three-round total of 17-over 233. She is just the third player in program history to qualify for regional competition, and the second to do so multiple times (Hannah Perkins 2017-19, Shelby White 2006).
Nine teams and six individuals were selected to compete in this year's regional for a full field of 51 players. The top three teams and the top two individuals not on those teams will move on to the National Championship May 10-14 at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville, Ga.
2022 NCAA Division II Central Region Championship Participants
Hot Springs, Ark. | Park Course at Hot Springs Country Club
Host: Henderson State University
Teams:
1. Rogers State
2. Henderson State [Great American Conference]
3. Central Missouri
4. Central Oklahoma
5. Arkansas Tech
6. Nebraska-Kearney [Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association]
7. Northeastern State
8. Augustana (South Dakota) [Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference]
9. Southwestern Oklahoma State
Individuals:
1. Brenda Sanchez, Harding
2. Maggie Veenendall, Sioux Falls
3. Morgan Brasser, Fort Hays State
4. Allycia Gan, Missouri Western
5. Chiara Stuaro, Arkansas-Monticello
6. Alicia Martinez, Harding
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