GREENWOOD, Ind. (June 16, 2026) – College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced the 2026 Academic All-District At-Large Teams on Tuesday, as
Kerigan Klauber and
Ava Schwartz represented the University of North Alabama women's golf program.
Klauber earns the honor for a third straight season, making her the first three-time selection from the program. She won the award in both 2024 and 2025 and became the first student-athlete from the program to win it twice.
Schwartz, who completed her first year at UNA in 2026 as a junior transfer, is a first-time honoree. However, she won an All-American Scholar award while playing for UAB in 2025. Both Schwartz and Klauber were honored earlier this year with academic awards from the Atlantic Sun Conference.
To be eligible, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average and must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically. The athletic criteria includes that eligible nominees must be in the lineup for 75 percent of an institution's team scoring events or in the lineup at the conference championship tournament.
Klauber, who has been on the roster for four seasons, finished the season with a 77.8 scoring average over 29 rounds. She had the best outing of her career this spring at the Huntsville.org Intercollegiate with a runner-up finish out of 60 golfers. She had the second-lowest individual round in school history with a 68 in the first round of that tournament. Her three-round score of 217 was just two shy of the school record set by Jackie Klemm in 2023.
Klauber completed her bachelor's degree in Summer 2025 while majoring in exercise science. She is now in the master's program and has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Schwartz finished with a 77.7 scoring average over 29 rounds, including a top 10 finish at the Houston Lake Invitational hosted by Mercer. She finished 10-over for an eighth place showing, including a season-low round of 71 in the second round. She was also UNA's leading golfer at the ASUN Championship this past weekend in Dothan, Ala. at 14-over.
Schwartz has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA every semester and is majoring in professional management.
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