SSC Golfer of the Week Award Presented to Kiira Riihijarvi

MELBOURNE, Fla. - University of Tampa All-American Kiira Riihijarvi has been selected the Sunshine State Conference Golfer of the Week after being the medalist at another tournament.

Riihijarvi won her first individual championship of the season and 11th career medalist award at the Peggy Kirk Bell Memorial Invitational. The Finn captured the championship by two strokes after carding rounds of 74 and 73 to start the event. Riihijarvi helped the team to a fourth-place finish while winning her second straight individual title at the PKB Invite after winning in 2020. The weekly award is the fourth of her career.

Athletes of the Week are chosen from a pool of nominees for their performances during the week of March 15 - 21, 2021. Athletes are nominated by Athletic Communication Directors of member institutions.