NEW ORLEANS, La. – Emily Renner of the College of Saint Benedict golf team has been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large Team for a second straight year, according to an announcement Tuesday (June 25).

The 2024 Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program recognizes at-large honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.  Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Renner, who was one of 10 CSB Athlete of the Year nominees in 2023-24, also recently received Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Central Region 3 honors for the first-time in her career on May 20. Renner is the fifth CSB golfer to earn WGCA All-Region honors, joining three-time honoree Natalie Amundson (2016-19), Lauren Wise (2015), Grace Todora (2013) and Kathryn Hauff (2012). Aside from her second CSC Academic All-District honor, she was named Academic All-MIAC for a third straight year earlier today.

Earlier this spring, Renner was named to the MIAC All-Conference Team for the fourth straight year.  An accounting major from Victoria, Minn., she is the third student-athlete at Saint Ben's to earn four All-MIAC honors (Katie Strei, 2000-01, 2001-02; 2002-03; 2003-04; and Natalie Amundson, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-10). Renner along with St. Catherine's Jaycee Rhodes, and St. Olaf's Bergen Senf earned All-MIAC honors for the fourth time, a feat achieved by just 22 women's golfers in conference history.

Renner, who was named a WGCA All-America Scholar and to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team in 2022-23, placed eighth at the MIAC Tourney in fall 2023. For the third time in her career, Renner finished in the top-10 individually at the MIAC Championships with a 26-over par, 242 (78-82-82). As one of the MIAC's lowest 10 individual scorers (including ties) at the tournament, Renner earned All-Championship Team honors. 

At CSB, Renner carded 15 top-10 finishes in her career. She concluded the fall season with the sixth-best individual scoring average in the league at 77.1.  In 2023-24, she recorded six top-15 finishes and won two different tournaments including the UW-Eau-Claire Georgianna Blugold Invite with a six-over par 150 (73-77). She also won medalist honors at the St. Kate's Fall Invite where she carded a 147 (69-78), which included a school-record best round of three-under par, 69.  She was also fourth at the BU Rumble at the Ridge this spring with her round of 77. 

In her career she had four straight top-20 finishes at the MIAC Championships (8^th, 2023-24; 16^th, 2022-23; 3^rd, 2021-22; seventh, 2020-21). She carded the best 18-hole round total of 69 (3 under par, 2023-24); and the best 36-round of 146 (even par, 75-71, 2022-23) in program history. She also has the third-best 54-hole round (17-over par, 79-78-76, 2021-22) in CSB history.  At the D3 Classic on Sept. 18, 2023, Renner set CSB's 36-hole record, shooting a two-day total of 146. The previous 36-hole record of 149 was shot by All-American golfer Kathryn Hauff in 2010. Renner's rounds of 75 and 71 put her tied for second individually. For her career, she had a program-best 79.3 per round average in 45.5 rounds and 3,610 strokes.