ANNIKA Award Watch List: Vu, Fassi in a Tight Race
3/22/2018 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: ANNIKA Award, Haskins Foundation / ANNIKA Award
Lilia Vu of UCLA (4 wins) and Maria Fassi of Arkansas (5 wins) lead the race for the award honoring the best female college golfer
Leona Maguire of Duke, currently #1 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com Women's World Ranking, was last year's ANNIKA Award winner and also win the award in 2015.
Vu, a junior from UCLA, has won four tournaments this season, including all three she has played in the spring, and has risen to #2 in the GW/AGC World Ranking, behind only Maguire.
Maria Fassi, a junior at Arkansas, has risen to #2 on the ANNIKA Watch List, on the strength of five wins this season, including all three of her spring starts.
Andrea Lee, a sophomore at Stanford, sits at #3 on the Watch List. Lee won three times in the fall for the Cardinal
1. Lilia Vu, UCLA
2. Maria Fassi, Arkansas
3. Andrea Lee, Stanford
4. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama
5. Sierra Brooks, Florida
6. Olivia Mehaffey, Arizona State
7. Kristen Gillman, Alabama
8. Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA
9. Sophia Schubert, Texas
10. Leona Maguire, Duke
11. Jennifer Kupcho, Wake Forest
12. Ainhoa Olarra, South Carolina
13. Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest
14. Jillian Hollis, Georgia
15. Alana Uriell, Arkansas
Voting for the ANNIKA Award will open at the conclusion of the NCAA Regionals and will end at the conclusion of the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, OK.
About the ANNIKA Award
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female U.S. collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by college golfers, coaches and members of the golf media. Named for and presented by Annika Sorenstam, the award wa...
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