The Edith Cummings Munson Award

About Edith Cummings Munson & Golf

Since 1989, The Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award has been presented annually for Women's Division I Golf. It is administered and awarded by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (link). The award goes to the student-athlete who is an upper classman and both a WGCA All-American Scholar and a WGCA All-American. If more than one student-athlete qualifies, the student-athlete with the highest GPA receives the award. A donation of $10,000 is given from the Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation to the general scholarship fund of the recipient's institution.

Edith Cummings on the cover of Time magazine

The five most recent winners are:

  • Louisa Rydqvist (University of South Carolina (twice))
  • Laney Frye (University of Kentucky)
  • Chiara Tamburlini (University of Mississippi)
  • Sara Kouskova (University of Texas)
  • Lauren Hartlage (University of Louisville)

For a full list of winners, see www.wgcagolf.com.

A documentary of the contributions of Edith and her colleagues in women’s golf of the 1920’s is being made by Nancy Kapitanoff. To see a short and/or learn more, please visit  www.beforebabe.com.

Learn more about Edith Cummings Munson on Wikipedia.