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Article: Kent State gets Ontario golfer.
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- July 1, 1998
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Windspeaker Staff Writer
WALLACEBURG, Ont.
Walpole Island First Nation member Cheryl Lynn Tooshkenig will play in the Canadian women's amateur golf championship in Peterborough, Ont. this month and then head south to Kent State University where she has accepted a full athletic scholarship to play for the school's women's golf team.
The 19-year-old Ojibway woman will attend the NCAA Division 1 school on a full athletic scholarship worth approximately $14,000 US per year. She is enrolled in a four-year degree program in physiotherapy.
The scholarship is a wellearned reward for the accomplished student/athlete. She won just about every ...