Women's Golf | 9/6/2016 5:30:00 PM

STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern women's golfer Julianna Collett has earned a Marilynn Smith Scholarship from the Ladies Professional Golf Association Foundation (LPGA), the organization announced.  

The Marilynn Smith Scholarship is named in honor of one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA.  Each year, 30 high school seniors are awarded the scholarship, and the recipients each receive a $5,000 scholarship. The candidates must plan to play collegiate golf, as well as exhibit excellence in the classroom, have strong leadership skills and be actively involved in community service.  

A native of St. Simons Island, Ga., Collett is beginning her freshman season at Georgia Southern, and the Eagles open the campaign at The Fall Invitational in Charleston, S.C., Sept. 12.  Collett was captain of Glynn Academy High School golf team for three years and was named all-state from 2014-16 and all-region from 2013-16. A three-time Georgia High School Player of the year, she was the 2016 Individual State Champion.

Georgia Southern, which enters its second season as a program, returns five letterwinners from last year's team that finished fourth in the Sun Belt Championship.

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