Aliso Niguel High School 2008 graduate Nikki Stewart will be competing in the 15th annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Women’s Golf Championship as 13th ranked Savannah College of Art and Design has earned one of the seven at-large berths for the May 12-15 event in Rapid City, S.D.
“Teams will compete on the links at Meadowbrook Golf Course, an 18-hole Championship Facility, located at the foot of the beautiful Black Hills of Western South Dakota. Designed in the mid 1970’s, by David Gill and Associates, Meadowbrook is traditional in its layout. At over 7,100 yards in total length, the course is an impressive challenge and offers a wonderful golf experience. Rapid Creek flows through the course and comes into play on five of the eighteen holes. The large undulating greens are vey well protected by more than 60 bunkers. Meadowbrook is considered one of the very best Championship Facilities in the country. The pristine greens have played host to the 1984 U.S.G.A. Women’s Public Links Championship, one of the only two U.S.G.A. events ever to be held in South Dakota.”
Stewart, a freshman from Aliso Viejo has competed in eight of the team’s nine events this season averaging a score of 83 per round with a low round of 76. And was named to the All-SCAD Spring Invitational Tournament team as she finished in a tie for second place at the tournament that was played at the Wilmington Island Club March 2-3. Stewart was selected as The Sun Conference’s Women’s Golf Athlete of the Month for March..
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