The honor adds to an impressive postseason haul by the Minnesotan. Last month she received the LPGA’s Dinah Shore Award, a prestigious national honor given to the collegiate golfer who best combines success on the course, in the classroom and in the community.

Detlefsen, a junior who was also an All-Conference USA selection on the course this past year, graduated in two years with a 4.0 GPA and she has maintained that perfect mark through her first year of graduate school.  Detlefsen’s bachelor’s degree was in advertising/public relations while she is presently working on a master’s in mass communications. She was named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year in April.

On the course, Detlefsen had a tremendous improvement in 2009-10 where er 77.28 stroke average was well ahead of her 79.17 from 2008-09 and 80.65 from 2007-08. For her efforts, Detlefsen was rewarded with a spot on the Conference USA third team, one of three Knights to be so honored. Detlefsen had the first five par-or-better rounds of her career this past year and two top 10 finishes after having just one during her first two years combined. Detlefsen’s 218 at the FIU/Pat Bradley Invitational in October tied for the fourth-best par-72 54-hole tournament score in school history. She also had a top 20 finish in February’s Hurricane Invitational as the Knights claimed their first team title since 2002. She was Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s top finisher at both the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Challenge and the Tiger/Wave Classic.

Detlefsen joins football wide receiver Rocky Ross as Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s two ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American recipients for 2009-10. She is the first Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ student-athlete to ever earn an At Large Academic All-American award from CoSIDA. It is the 18th time in Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s athletic history that it has seen one of its student-athletes recognized as one of the country’s top student-athletes in this manner.

A selection committee of The LPGA Foundation chooses the Dinah Shore Trophy Award recipient from nominations submitted by the NGCA. Nominees for the award must: have an overall grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale; have played in at least 50-percent of her team’s scheduled events; maintained a scoring average of 78 or less; and demonstrated leadership skills and/or extraordinary community affairs work. Detlefsen excelled in all categories.

After earning over a year’s worth of Advanced Placement credits from the prestigious Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Detlefsen graduated from Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ in just two years with a 4.0 GPA with a bachelor’s degree in advertising/public relations. She has maintained that perfect 4.0 mark through her first full year of graduate school where she is presently working on a master’s degree in mass communications. She was named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year last month. As a first team all-district selection yesterday, Detlefsen is presently a candidate for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America At Large team which will be announced on June 10.

On the course, the native Minnesotan had a tremendous improvement in 2009-10 where her 77.28 stroke average was well ahead of her 79.17 from 2008-09 and 80.65 from 2007-08. For her efforts, Detlefsen was rewarded with a spot on the Conference USA third team, one of three Knights to be so honored. Detlefsen had the first five par-or-better rounds of her career this past year and two top 10 finishes after having just one during her first two years combined. Detlefsen’s 218 at the FIU/Pat Bradley Invitational in October tied for the fourth-best par-72 54-hole tournament score in school history. She also had a top 20 finish in February’s Hurricane Invitational as the Knights claimed their first team title since 2002. She was Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s top finisher at both the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Challenge and the Tiger/Wave Classic.

Detlefsen boasts a lengthy list of noble community projects that she has involved herself with around Florida and her native Minnesota. Detlefsen has addressed many elementary and middle school students about the importance of academics and athletics. Detlefsen has been involved with several canned food drives and even constructed centerpieces for the Second Harvest Food Bank’s 2009 Thanksgiving dinner. She has volunteered for the Central Florida Children’s Home and the New Life Church of God’s community Christmas gifting efforts where she shopped for Orlando children in need. She served as an unpaid intern at the Orlando-based House For Hope, a home for hurting teenagers where she assisted with the house’s public relations efforts while also serving as a volunteer tutor.

She is presently a member of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the New Life Church of God SCSO (Serving Christ Serving Others) College Group, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ College Republicans and the Fellowship of Christian Graduate Students.

Detlefsen received the award during the NGCA Banquet following the conclusion of today’s NCAA Women’s Division I Championship at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C., an event won by Purdue by a single stroke over USC. The event was held at the club’s Nicklaus Clubhouse Banquet Room.

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Detlefsen was also named to the C-USA All-Academic Team last week for the second consecutive year. She joins Abby Bools of East Carolina and Marissa Steen of Memphis as the three student-athletes to make both the academic and regular squads. Detlefsen earned her bachelor’s degree in just two years with a 4.0 cumulative GPA and, as a junior, is all ready working towards a master’s degree in mass communications.

The native Minnesotan had a tremendous improvement in 2009-10 where her 77.28 stroke average was well ahead of her 79.17 from 2008-09 and 80.65 from 2007-08. Detlefsen had the first five par-or-better rounds of her career this year and two top 10 finishes after having just one during her first two years combined.

Freshmen Fontaine and Pinegger combined to place first for the Knights in eight of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s 11 events this year and reflect a strong future for Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ under head coach Courtney Trimble.

Fontaine led the team with a 76.79 stroke average, five par-or-better rounds and three top 10 finishes. She topped the Knights five times on the year, three times in the fall and twice in the spring.

Pinegger narrowly edged Detlefsen for second on the team with a 77.17 stroke average. She posted four par-or-better rounds, including a 67, and had a pair of top 20 finishes.

Detlefsen was selected for the Conference USA Women’s Golf All-Academic team in 2009 after she combined her lofty GPA with a solid year on the links. She placed second for Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ at the NCAA East Regional and had a trio of third-place finishes amongst her teammates in eight tournaments played. She tied for 18th overall to help Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ to a school-record second-place finish at the C-USA Championship.