Fitts, Husher named to CoSIDA All-District Team

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University golf teams have seen a successful 2015-16 on the course. Two Tiger seniors were chosen for their work with the clubs and in the in classroom for a national award. 

Tiger women's golfer Lauren Fitts and men's golfer Anthony Husher were named to the Capital One College Sports Information Directors of America At-Large All-District Teams, it was announced by the organization Thursday. Athletes are nominated and voted upon by members of CoSIDA and must carry at least a 3.30 GPA and be an outstanding performer on the course. The At-Large category is comprised of NAIA athletes from golf, wrestling, tennis, swimming and diving, as well as lacrosse.

Husher and Fitts are both former NAIA Scholar Athletes and have posted strong seasons in their final year in a Tiger uniform under first-year head coach Chris Gomez.

Fitts recently completed a clean sweep of the Great Plains Athletic Conference, winning her fourth straight GPAC Golfer of the Year award, taking the conference tournament by 15 strokes. Fitts joins former Tiger golf great Dani Bellet as the only GPAC athletes in any sport to win the Player of the Year award four times.

Fitts' leadership in 2015-16 help a small DWU team hang on to the GPAC team championship, the eighth straight for the Tigers and 13^th overall. The Brookings, S.D., native won six events this season and was recently named the GPAC Golfer of the Week for the 11^th time in her career. Her stroke average in 2015-16 was 77.53 with a low of 71.

Fitts is a nursing major, who recently received the KMIT Award at the annual DWU Senior Banquet, while the CoSIDA award is the first of her career. Fitts will join the rest of her team at the NAIA National Championships next week in Savannah, Ga.

Husher recently completed his four-year career for the Tigers, helping the team to a fifth-place finish in the GPAC. Husher and the rest of the Tigers recently set a new DWU record for an 18-hole team score with a 277 at the Wild West Invite where the Winner, S.D., native tied teammate Thomas Hogg for first place with a season-low 66. Husher finished in the top 20 of the GPAC and was recently named the conference's Golfer of the Week.

Husher closed the season with a 75.13 stroke average, winning one event and finishing in the top 10 six times. He is just as impressive in the classroom, carrying a near perfect GPA.

Husher and Fitts move on to the CoSIDA All-American voting which will take place later this month.