Women鈥檚 Golf: Mendez Recognized as GSC Champion Scholar Athlete
CLINTON, Miss. — Mississippi College’s Sofia Mendez has been named the 2026 Gulf South Conference Champion Scholar-Athlete for women’s golf, the league office announced. A sophomore from Bogot谩, Colombia, Mendez earned the distinction after compiling a perfect 4.00 grade point average as a business administration major. She becomes the first Choctaw golfer – male or female – to receive the honor since the award’s inception and is MC’s first recipient during the 2025-26 academic year. The Gulf South Conference Champion Scholar-Athlete Award, introduced in 2019-20, is presented at each GSC Championship site to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA…
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