HU Golfer Tabbed for ODAC/Farm Bureau Honor

FOREST, Va. --- Hollins University women's golfer Elizabeth Cheng is one of 11 student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools to earn a 2014 ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award during the spring athletic schedule.  Cheng was tabbed from a pool of nominees by a vote of each of the conference's sports information directors.

The ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar Athlete Award is given to a student-athlete in each of the conference's 23 sponsored sports.  Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance is the presenter of each of the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, forming a partnership with the ODAC to emphasize the NCAA Division III philosophy of the complete student-athlete experience.  To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore standing and have spent at least one full academic year at the nominating institution, must maintain at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and must have participated in at least 50-percent of the team's events as a starter or key contributor.

Cheng, a senior from Virginia Beach, Va., earned her second straight ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award from the league's sports information directors.  Cheng boasts a 3.91 grade point average as a Chemistry major with a minor concentration in Biochemistry.  A member of the ODAC All-Academic Team, she is a three-time NGCA All-American Scholar as well as a Hollins University honor student.  She won both the Chemical Society Award and Judith Gregory Smith Award in 2012.

On the course, Cheng placed second in the ODAC Tournament at 20-over 236 (79-81-76).  She finished the season leading the ODAC with a 78.5 average.  She competed in seven events with six top-10 and five top-five showings.  She posted three runner-up performances in addition to the ODAC Tournament, including the Preview at the Barn, Generals Invitational and Bridgewater Invitational.  Cheng is currently rated #21 by Golfstat.

"We are proud of the accomplishments of every one of our student-athletes," says ODAC commissioner Brad Bankston. "It is especially gratifying to be able to recognize those who personify the definition of ‘student-athlete' through these awards, and we are proud to be affiliated with Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance in this program."

For more information about the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, visit the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.