ANNIKA Award: First spring watch list for women's college golf player of the year
Ingrid Lindblad (LSU Athletics Photo)
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female Division 1 collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media.
Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top female golfer and to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer. Rose Zhang (Stanford) became the 10th ANNIKA Award winner in 2023 and the third consecutive winner from Stanford.
Stifel, one of the nation’s leading wealth management and investment banking firms, serves as the presenting sponsor of both the ANNIKA and Haskins Awards. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.
Ingrid Lindblad is currently ranked No. 1 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com Women's Rankings.
2023-2024 Spring ANNIKA Award WatchList
(listed alphabetically):
Sara Byrne, Miami
Zoe Antoinette Campos, UCLA
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Maisie Filler, Florida
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Caitlyn Macnab, Ole Miss
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Anna Morgan, Furman
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Molly Smith, Central Florida
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Press release courtesy of Brian Stubbs and the Haskins Foundation
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 was created in partnership with the Haskins
Foundation and ANNIKA Foundation to acknowledge
the top female golfer at the end of the season and to
match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which
acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate
golfer.
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