ATLANTA-Georgia State golfer Charlotte Lorentzen and track and field standout Yolanda Berryhill have been named Colonial Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year for their respective sports.
Lorentzen, a junior from Soroe, Denmark, is the CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year in women's golf for the second straight year. She is also the league's two-time Golfer of the Year. The CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District selection maintains a 3.82 grade point average in journalism.
Berryhill, a senior from Leesburg, Ga., won conference titles in the discus and shot put and was honored as the CAA Most Valuable Performer in Field Events as she led the Panthers to their first CAA championship. She sports a 3.74 GPA in exercise science and was named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District III first team.
With these two selections, Georgia State boasts the conference's top scholar-athlete in four different sports for the 2010-11 year, as Vineece Verdun was honored for volleyball and Cody Paulk for women's basketball.
Since GSU joined the league in 2005-06, 18 Panthers in 12 different sports have earned the title of CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year.
YOLANDA BERRYHILL
CAA Women's Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year
CoSIDA Academic All-District III first team in 2011 ... CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient ... Earned President's List status (semester GPA of 4.0 or higher) in fall 2010 ...Chosen as the Most Outstanding Performer in field events at the 2011 CAA Championship after winning individual titles in the shot put and discus and placing fourth in the hammer throw ... Scored 26 points to help lead GSU to its first-ever conference title ... Three-time CAA individual champion and four-time All-CAA honoree in her career ... Three-time NCAA Regional qualifier ... School-record holder in the shot put, discus and hammer throw.
CHARLOTTE LORENTZEN
CAA Women's Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year
CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2011. CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women's golf in 2010 and 2011 ... NGCA All-American Scholar in 2010 ... Peach of an Athlete Role Model honoree by the Boy Scouts of America ... Selected as the CAA Women's Golfer of the Year for the second straight season in 2011 ... Two-time first-team All-CAA honoree ... Three-time NCAA participant who competed as an individual in 2011. Top-ranked individual golfer in the CAA for the past two years ... Individual medalist at the 2010 CAA Championship and was the CAA Rookie of the Year in 2009 ... Has six top-5 finishes, eight top-10's and 20 top-25's in her career ... Fired a school-record 64 at the Sun Trust Gator Invitational.
