Ellen Berndt
2004
Rice Lake, Wis.
Rice Lake High School

Ellen Berndt was named the 2004 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Judy Kruckman women's golf Scholar-Athlete.

Berndt has been with the women's golf program since it began in 2002 and has been earning awards ever since. Last year Berndt was named the team's Most Valuable Player and was chosen as the team captain in 2004. In 2003 she was named to the All-WIAC team and was nominated for the WIAC Player of the Week award three times.

During this year's WIAC Championships, held Oct. 9-10 at the par 73 Stevens Point Country Club, she finished the first round of play in first place and ended the tournament in second. She shot 82-80 for a two-day total of 162, two strokes from first place.

Her hard work ethic stretches beyond athletics - she has maintained a 3.906 grade point average and has received a number of academic awards. She is majoring in accounting. She earned a spot on the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll in 2002 and 2003 and was named to the Dean's List in the spring of 2004. She earned Junior Honors in 2003-04. She is the first Falcon golfer to win the award.