Chaisilprungruang Selected as WGCA All-American Honorable Mention

Chaisilprungruang, the AAC Golfer of the Year and Freshman of the Year, finished the season ranked as the 46th individual golfer in the national D1 Player Rankings. She collected three AAC Golfer of the Week awards and was named AAC Golfer of the Month for September. She has finished in the top 10 in every event this season leading up to the NCAA Regionals including six top five finishes. Her 203 (-13) at the Daniel Island Invitational set a program record for 54 holes and tied the school’s single-round low score with a 66. She recorded the best single-season stroke average in program history at 71.31 and now becomes the first Niner to be named to the All-American team.

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.  

WGCA All-American First Team

Carla Bernat, Kansas State University

Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest University

Megha Ganne, Stanford University

Eila Galitsky, University of South Carolina

Jasmine Koo, University of Southern California

Maria José Marin, University of Arkansas

Paula Martín Sampedro, Stanford University

Meja Örtengren, Stanford University

Andrea Revuelta, Stanford University

Kiara Romero, University of Oregon

Mirabel Ting, Florida State University

Lottie Woad, Florida State University

 

Second Team

Hannah Darling, University of South Carolina

Anna Davis, Auburn University

Kary Hollenbaugh, The Ohio State University

Lauren Kim, University of Texas

Marie Eline Madsen, North Carolina State University

Farah O’Keefe, University of Texas

Catherine Park, University of Southern California

Patience Rhodes, Arizona State University

Louise Rydqvist, University of South Carolina

Amanda Sambach, University of Virginia

Rocío Tejedo, Louisiana State University

Kendall Todd, University of Arkansas

Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, University of Oregon

Kelly Xu, Stanford University

Honorable Mention Team

Brooke Biermann, Michigan State University

Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M University

Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte

Lauren Clark, University of Kansas

Beth Coulter, Arizona State University

Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio, Texas A&M University

Cindy Hsu, University of Texas

Grace Kilcrease, Oklahoma State University