DALLAS - Five women's golf student-athletes were tabbed to the 2019 InTouch Credit Union Conference USA All-Academic Team, the league announced Thursday. Five C-USA members are represented, including repeat selections in Middle Tennessee's Hanley Long and UTSA's Julie Houston. Sana Tufail of Old Dominion returns to the roster after an appearance on the 2017 team.

2019 InTouch Credit Union Conference USA All-Academic Team

Kerri Parks	Marshall	So.	3.86	Chemical Sciences
***Hanley Long	Middle Tennessee	Sr.	4.0	Organizational Communication
*Sana Tufail	Old Dominion	Sr.	3.81	Speech Pathology
Valentina Haupt	Southern Miss	Sr.	3.915	Sport Management
**Julie Houston	UTSA	Sr.	3.87	Marketing

***Three-time selection
**Two-time selection
*2017 selection

Kerri Parks appeared in all 10 of Marshall's tournaments throughout the 2018-19 campaign and maintained a 3.86 as a chemistry major along the way. The sophomore has registered four top-10 finishes this year, including a tie for first at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational. Her season-best round came on the opening day of the event, a 5-under 67. Parks was named the Golf Association of Michigan Women's Player of the Year in November and has received the C-USA Academic Medal and a spot on the Commissioner's Honor Roll in her short tenure at Marshall. The academic team nod is the first of her young career.

Long is the longest-tenured student-athlete on the academic squad, making her third-consecutive appearance now as a senior. The Middle Tennessee talent is also a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar and C-USA Academic Medal winner and was elected the league's Most Improved Golfer in 2018. Marking a perfect 4.0 GPA as an organizational communication major, Long has competed in all nine of the Raiders' tournaments this year. She boasts a team-best stroke average and has four top-five finishes, the last coming as a second-place finish at the Memphis Intercollegiate. The Tennessee native is also on track to break career and single-season program records heading into the conference championship next week.

Tufail receives her second all-academic nod with the first coming during the 2017 slate. The senior continues to decorate her career at Old Dominion as a seven-time C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal, C-USA Honor Roll and Dean's List honoree. On the course, the Abu Dhabi product performed in all eight of the Monarchs' 2018-19 events and came up with four top-20 finishes, including a fifth-place landing at the Golfweek Program Challenge. Tufail posted a 3.81 GPA in her speech pathology studies.

Southern Miss SAAC President Valentina Haupt is the only Golden Eagle to have played in all nine of the program's tournaments this year. Her current stroke average ranks inside the school's top 10 single-season marks as she inked career lows in a single round and through 54 holes this season. The senior has carded a team-high seven rounds of par or better in 2018-19. Haupt is a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar, one of three in Southern Miss history to do so, and this year hoisted a 3.915 as a sport management major.

Reigning C-USA Individual Champion and First-Team All-Conference selection Julie Houston makes a second showing on the all-academic squad. The senior is a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar and 2017-18 recipient of the Hathaway Academic Female Athlete of the Year award. Not to mention she is also a thrice-named C-USA Academic Medal and Commissioner's Honor Roll member. Houston competed in all 10 of UTSA's events this season with three top-10 finishes to show for her effort. She shares the school's record with three career individual titles and has been named C-USA Women's Golfer of the Week five times. Her accolades also include last season's Freshman of the Year crown and two all-conference picks. The Texas product marked a 3.87 GPA as a marketing major in her final year.