INDIANAPOLIS – It has been a historical ride for Findlay senior Makenzie Torres as she was named a Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American earlier this week to pen the final chapter of her decorated career.
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference was fortunate enough to have her in the league for two years of her career and she was named player of the year as both a junior and senior.
Torres is the first women's golf student-athlete in conference history to make the WGCA All-American Team and the Oiler landed second-team accolades for her 2018-19 season accomplishments.
Torres led the Oilers to a tie for fifth at the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship, their highest finish in program history.
Torres finished tenth at the event with a 54-hole score of 227 (77, 74, 76) and helped propel the Oilers into match play where she won her battle with Florida Tech's Lauren Watson by five strokes. Watson went on to lead Tech to the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship by winning her semifinal and final match.
An all-East Region selection for the third straight year, Torres was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year in each of the past two seasons.
She also won two conference championships during her tenure with the program, winning the 2017 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) title and the 2018 Great Midwest championship. She finished as the runner-up in the Great Midwest Championships in 2019.
Torres broke the Great Midwest single-season scoring record per 18 holes two different times in her career and helped the Oilers shatter the team single-season scoring conference record for back-to-back years.
Torres was a key part of the Oilers winning Great Midwest team titles in the first two years as a conference member institution.
WGCA 1st Team All-American
Seher Atwal, Rollins College
Pilar Echeverria, University of Indianapolis
Sofia Garcia Austt, Nova Southeastern University
Maria Regina Gonzalez, St. Mary's University (Texas)
Hanna Harrison, Dallas Baptist University
Jaime Jacob, California State University San Marcos
Helen Kreuzer, Lynn University
Tilda Larsson, Barry University
Ann Parmerter, Dallas Baptist University
Peerada Piddon, Arkansas Tech University
Kiira Riihijarvi, University of Tampa
Anahi Servin, Academy of Art University
WGCA 2nd Team All-American
Noelle Beijer, Florida Institute of Technology
Katie Chipman, Grand Valley State University
Lucy Eaton, Florida Institute of Technology
Amanda Gartrell, Florida Southern College
Claire Hogle, California State University San Marcos
Synne Lauritzen, Saint Leo University
Sophie Madden, Nova Southeastern University
Pilar Martinez, Limestone College
Shi Qing Ong, Missouri Western State University
Kristina Ortiz, Lynn University
Warissara Puangcharoen, Wingate University
Makenzie Torres, University of Findlay
WGCA Honorable Mention All-American
Evelyn Arguelles, Dallas Baptist University
Franziska Bremm, University of West Georgia
Gloria Choi, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Megan DaLeo, Sonoma State University
Aldana Foigel, Nova Southeastern University
Ebba Hellman, Limestone College
Breann Horn, California State University San Marcos
Jacqueline Klemm, Arkansas Tech University
Krystal Knight, Merrimack College
Paola Ortiz, Florida Institute of Technology
Josefina Foa Torres, Barry University
Jaya Rampuri, Simon Fraser University
Loukyee Songprasert, West Texas A&M University
Matilda Wahren, Lynn University