{"id":3539,"date":"2010-05-13T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2010-05-13T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T15:30:54","slug":"after-extending-ncaa-postseason-streak-baylor-golfers-also-honored-for-academic-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2010\/05\/after-extending-ncaa-postseason-streak-baylor-golfers-also-honored-for-academic-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"After extending NCAA postseason streak, Baylor golfers also honored for academic excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"mgolf-may10\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mgolf-may10.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor's Lorenzo Scotto\" width=\"225\" height=\"340\" \/>When it comes to athletics at Baylor, we&#8217;re proud that our teams not only win &#8212; they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/about\/vision\/index.php?id=62869\" target=\"_blank\">win with integrity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Baylor tennis is <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2009\/08\/tennis-teams-match-on-court-excellence-with-academic-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">one good example<\/a> of that; Baylor golf is another. Head coach Greg Priest&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-golf\/spec-rel\/051010aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">men&#8217;s golfers will make their 13th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance<\/a> (including each of Priest&#8217;s seven years at the helm) when the 2010 tournament begins next week. The Lady Bear golfers, led by head coach Sylvia Ferdon, have also compiled a nice run, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/w-golf\/spec-rel\/042610aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">earning NCAA regional bids in 10 of the past 11 seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But their success isn&#8217;t limited to the links; these student-athletes also excel in the classroom. Both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-golf\/spec-rel\/051210aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s golf teams received public recognition awards from the NCAA this week<\/a> for having Academic Progress Rates (APR) scores which rank among the top 10 percent within their sport. Ferdon&#8217;s women actually received the honor for the second year in a row. Both the men and women registered perfect 1.000 APR scores this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor golf!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to athletics at Baylor, we&#8217;re proud that our teams not only win &#8212; they win with integrity. Baylor tennis is one good example of that; Baylor golf is another. Head coach Greg Priest&#8217;s men&#8217;s golfers will make their 13th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance (including each of Priest&#8217;s seven years at the helm) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","category-baylor-2012","category-honors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}