Makenzie Cooper
Photo by: Josh Shelton
Cooper, Fernandez-Tagle Earn SoCon Women’s Golf Honors
4/23/2024 3:55:00 PM | Women's Golf
Makenzie Cooper (photo) and Violeta Fernandez-Tagle earned Southern Conference postseason awards for their play in both’s first campaigns with the team.
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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team placed two on the All-Southern Conference team the league office announced Tuesday morning during the men's golf final. Sophomore Makenzie Cooper and freshman Violeta Fernandez-Tagle became the first all-league pair for the program since 2022.
Both student-athletes are in their first seasons in the Scenic City. Cooper transferred from Colorado, while Fernandez-Tagle made her way from Spain onto the All-Freshman squad as well.
Fernandez-Tagle led the Mocs with a 72.70 stroke average. She posted five top 10s, all during the spring semester, with her top result coming in the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational tying for fourth.
Cooper posted 73.13 thus far with two wins and three top 10s. She's just the fifth multi-winner in a season in school history. He first win came in record fashion as her 203 total at the Evie Odom Invitational bested Dorota Zalewska's 204 winning the 2023 NCAA Raleigh Regionals. She also led the Mocs to victory at the Chris Banister Invitational in the spring winning medalist honors there as well.
This is the 12th time in 17 years with multiple All-SoCon winners for the program. Fernandez-Tagle is the fifth to claim both all-conference and all-freshman awards joining Emma de Groot and Christine Wolf in 2008, Maria Salinas in 2009 and Emily McLennan in 2013.
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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team placed two on the All-Southern Conference team the league office announced Tuesday morning during the men's golf final. Sophomore Makenzie Cooper and freshman Violeta Fernandez-Tagle became the first all-league pair for the program since 2022.
Both student-athletes are in their first seasons in the Scenic City. Cooper transferred from Colorado, while Fernandez-Tagle made her way from Spain onto the All-Freshman squad as well.
Fernandez-Tagle led the Mocs with a 72.70 stroke average. She posted five top 10s, all during the spring semester, with her top result coming in the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational tying for fourth.
Cooper posted 73.13 thus far with two wins and three top 10s. She's just the fifth multi-winner in a season in school history. He first win came in record fashion as her 203 total at the Evie Odom Invitational bested Dorota Zalewska's 204 winning the 2023 NCAA Raleigh Regionals. She also led the Mocs to victory at the Chris Banister Invitational in the spring winning medalist honors there as well.
This is the 12th time in 17 years with multiple All-SoCon winners for the program. Fernandez-Tagle is the fifth to claim both all-conference and all-freshman awards joining Emma de Groot and Christine Wolf in 2008, Maria Salinas in 2009 and Emily McLennan in 2013.
GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. Buy officially licensed gear in our online store. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page or on Twitter. Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here. Find NIL opportunities with our golfers here.
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