The Japan Golf Association on Wednesday named Tohoku High School senior Ai Miyazato the Academic Award winner, honoring her as the most valuable student golfer in 2003 in the high school division.
Earlier this month, Miyazato became the youngest-ever player to win on the Japanese LPGA tour when she accomplished the feat at 18 years and eight months at the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies in Okinawa Prefecture.