COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Faylyn Beyale (Fruitland, NM/Kirtland Central High School) was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the Year as announced by the conference office Wednesday. Joining her on the All-RMAC teams, Haley Raymond (Socorro, NM/Socorro High School) and Arrianna Estrada (Belen, NM/Belen High School).


The junior from Fruitland, N.M., had an overall score of 456 which was 18-strokes better than second-place teammate Raymond. Beyale was the winner of the RMAC #1 hosted by CCU shooting a 147 and RMAC #3 hosted by Chadron State with a 155, as she was co-champion with teammate Estrada.


Raymond and  Estrada were both named to the First-Team. Raymond, a junior from Socorro, N.M., posted a total score of 474 and she recently placed fifth at the RMAC Championships. She also won the Mustang Intercollegiate back on March 20. Estrada was only a point behind Raymond with an overall total score of 475. Aside from her co-champion finish with Beyale, she also had another solid finish in Texas where she tied for 14^th.


WNMU will now have time off before competing in the NCAA Division II Super Regional #3 that will be hosted by WNMU at the Sierra del Rio Golf Course in Elephant Butte, N.M.


The complete list is below:
Golfer of the Year: Faylyn Beyale (Fruitland, NM/Kirtland Central High School), WNMU
Freshman of the Year: Maressa McClintock, Adams State
Coach of the Year: Greg Dillon, CSU-Pueblo
First Team All-RMAC
Name, School Yr. Hometown Total Score
Faylyn Beyale (Fruitland, NM/Kirtland Central High School), Western New Mexico Jr. Fruitland, N.M./Kirtland Central HS 456
Haley Raymond (Socorro, NM/Socorro High School), Western New Mexico Jr. Socorro, N.M./Socorro HS 474
Arrianna Estrada (Belen, NM/Belen High School), Western New Mexico So. Belen, N.M./Belen HS 475
Dominique Dinallo, CSU-Pueblo So. Elephant Butt e, N.M./Piedra Vista HS 480
Jessica Berve, Colorado Mesa Sr. Farmington, N.M./Farmington HS 480
Second Team All-RMAC
Name Yr. Hometown Total Score
Jennifer Hilts, Colorado Mesa Sr. Bend, Ore./Bend HS 481
Michelle Stripp, Colorado Mesa Jr. Glenwood Springs, Colo/Glenwood Springs HS 483
Maressa McClintock, Adams State Fr. Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek HS 484
Nicole Hulbert, Regis Fr. Arvada, Colo./Pomona HS 486
Lara Pocs, Regis Jr. Westminster, Colo./Holy Family HS 487
Third Team All-RMAC
Name Yr. Hometown Total Score
Julie Sanchez, CSU-Pueblo Fr. Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo Central HS 489
Maria Manrique, Colorado Christian Fr. Denton, Texas/Liberty Christian HS 489
Michaela Breit, CSU-Pueblo So. Greeley, Colo./Greeley West HS 490
Rachel Reiling, Adams State Fr. Litt leton, Colo./Chatfi eld HS 491
Amber Nicholson, Colorado Mesa Sr. Craig, Colo./Moff at County HS 495
The RMAC Women's Golf all-conference teams are comprised of the top 15 individuals based on their three (3) best scores of the four mandatory events. The golfer with best score in those events is the Golfer