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College Golf: Goodley earns OVC Academic Medal of Honor

Former Eldorado standout and Austin Peay State University sophomore Ashton Goodley was one of 245 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes that earned the Academic Medal of Honor for the 2015-16 school year.

Goodley finished out her freshman campaign with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Goodley was joined on the list with women's golf teammate Jessica Cathey.

The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieves the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2015-16 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

The 245 recipients shattered the previous record of 212 honors from the 2012-13 academic year. Over the past five years there have been 1,025 student-athletes earn the OVC Academic Medal of Honor.