Believe it or not, the fall portion of the college golf season is drawing to a close. With several events in the books already, it’s time to check in again on the leading candidates for the season-ending Annika Award, which honors the player of the year in women’s college golf, as voted on by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media.
The list, as published by Golfweek on Thursday, is as follows:
Andrea Lee, Stanford
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Natasha Andrea Oon, San Jose State
Angelina Ye, Stanford
Albane Valenzuela, Stanford
Kaitlyn Papp, Texas
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, South Carolina
Caterina Don, Georgia
Jennifer Chang, USC
Sofia Garcia, Texas Tech
Sierra Brooks, Florida
Linn Grant, Arizona State
Vivian Hou, Arizona
Auston Kim, Vanderbilt
Karoline Stormo, Kent State
Others to watch...
Pimnipa Panthong, Kent State
Natalie Srinivasan, Furman
Yu-Sang Hou, Arizona
Stanford maintains big presence on Annika Award Watch List
As the fall season draws to a close, player-of-the-year conversations start.