Three Women's Golfers Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Thee Belmont women's golfers were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.

Graduate Chloe Tarkany was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while sophomore Sloane Biddle and junior Paige Hammarstrom earned spots on the Scholar-Athlete Team. 
Tarkany becomes the second Belmont women's golfer to be named Scholar-Athlete of the Year as she earned her spot on the Scholar-Athlete Team for the third consecutive year.   The Scottsdale, Arizona native has a 4.00 GPA as she works on her MBA at Belmont.  She earned All-MVC honors, won two individual titles this season and had five top-10s and eight top-20 finishes.  Tarkany ranked second on the team in scoring at 73.0 and in rounds of par or better with seven. 

Biddle earns a spot on the team for the first time.  The Old Hickory, Tennessee native has a 3.66 GPA in Business.  The MVC Golfer of the Year and the 2026 MVC Individual Champion, she led the team in scoring (73.3), top-10s (7), top-20s (10), and rounds of par or better (8).  Sloane also won two individual titles and had two runner-up finishes. 

Hammarstrom also earned a spot on the team for the first time.  The Scottsdale, Arizona native has a 3.94 GPA in Psychological Science.  She has a 77.0 scoring average and three top-20 finishes this season.

This marks the second time that the Bruins have had three MVC Scholar Athletes in the same season.

The criteria for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for Academic All-America voting.  Student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). He must have participated in at least 75 percent of his team's games during the regular season. No student-athlete is eligible until he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and been on a college roster in that sport for two years. For transfers, graduate students, and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible, although graduate students who are competing at a different institution than the one from which they earned their undergraduate degree are eligible even if they are in their first semester at the graduate institution. Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above both as an undergrad and in grad school.

For a full list of honorees, go to www.mvc-sports.com.

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