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    Clanton And Sanz Earn SEC Honors Cydney Clanton named All-SEC first team for fourth time in her career
    Senior Cydney Clanton is just the second Tiger ever to be named to the All-SEC First Team all four years.

    Senior Cydney Clanton is just the second Tiger ever to be named to the All-SEC First Team all four years.

    May 1, 2011

    BIRMINGHAM - Auburn senior Cydney Clanton was named to the All-Southeastern Conference First Team for the fourth time in her career, the league office announced last week. Also honored by the SEC was Marta Sanz, who was named to the All-Freshman Team.

    Clanton becomes just the second Auburn Tiger to earn All-SEC First Team honors all four years of her career, joining Celeste Troche in the exclusive club. She is also just the seventh Tiger ever to be named to an All-SEC team all four years, joining Robin Cook, Danielle Downey, Troche, Maria Martinez, Nicole Hage and Candace Schepperle.

    A native of Concord, N.C., Clanton has led the Tigers throughout the season, notching a team-best 72.29 stroke average. She has led Auburn in seven of the eight tournaments she competed in, tallying six top-20 finishes and four top-five finishes. Most recently, she placed third at the SEC Championship with a 2-under 214.

    She has 11 sub-par rounds on the season and six rounds in the 60s. In April, she was selected as one of just six amateur golfers in the country to compete in the LPGA's Kraft Nabisco Championship. Clanton is also currently ranked 11th in the country according to the GolfWeek ratings.

     

     

    "Cydney is very deserving of this honor and has worked so hard this season," said Auburn head coach Kim Evans. "She is the heart and soul of this team and I cannot say enough about what she has meant to us, not just this season but her entire career."

    With Clanton being named to the First-Team All SEC, the Auburn women's golf program has had at least one golfer selected to the elite squad for the past 19 years.

    Also earning SEC honors was Marta Sanz, who was named to the All-Freshman Team. The Madrid, Spain native currently ranks fourth on the team in stroke average with a 75.46. She has two top-20 finishes on the season, including a season-best tie for 14th at the SEC Championship.

    "Marta is a very talented freshman and has had a great first season," said Evans. "She continually improved throughout the year and has become a big contributor for us. We are looking for some big things out of Marta."

    Auburn will return to action May 5-7 as the team travels to Daytona Beach, Fla., to participate in NCAA East Regional Championship at LPGA International.

    SEC COACH OF THE YEAR
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    SEC GOLFER OF THE YEAR
    Marta Silva, Georgia

    SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
    Brooke Pancake, Alabama

    SEC CO-FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
    Stephanie Meadow, Alabama
    Emily Tubert, Arkansas

    ALL-SEC TEAMS
    All-SEC First Team
    Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia
    Megan McChrystal, LSU
    Brooke Pancake, Alabama
    Erica Popson, Tennessee
    Stephanie Meadow, Alabama
    Emily Tubert, Arkansas
    Cydney Clanton, Auburn
    Camilla Lennarth, Alabama

    All-SEC Second Team
    Austin Ernst, LSU
    Nathalie Mansson, Tennessee
    Kelli Shean, Arkansas
    Jennifer Kirby, Alabama
    Marina Alex, Vanderbilt
    Emilie Burger, Georgia
    Mia Piccio, Florida
    Megan Grehan, Vanderbilt

    All-Freshman Team
    Stephanie Meadow, Alabama
    Emily Tubert, Arkansas
    Austin Ernst, LSU
    Suzie Lee, South Carolina
    Kaitlyn Rohrback, Tennessee
    Marta Sanz, Auburn
    Samantha Swinehart, South Carolina
    Emma Lavy, Arkansas

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