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Isabella McCauley Named to Final Fall ANNIKA Award Watch List
11/12/2024 9:52:00 AM | Women's Golf
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Haskins Foundation announced Tuesday that Minnesota junior Isabella McCauley (Inver Grove, Heights, Minn.) was one of 25 individuals named to the final fall watch list for the 2024-25 ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel, given annually to the top female NCAA Division I golfer.
Ranked 30th nationally, she played a stellar fall season for the Gophers where she placed in the top ten at all four team events. McCauley earned one individual win at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate after breaking the program's all-time 54-hole record (202). She played five of her twelve fall rounds in the sixties and posted nine total under-par rounds.
McCauley holds the Gophers' career low scoring average (72.44) in 63 rounds played during her first two years in Maroon and Gold. In her career with Minnesota, she was crowned 2023-24 Big Ten Champion and competed individually in the NCAA Championship finals in both her freshman and sophomore seasons.
Fall ANNIKA Award Watch List:
Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Anna Davis, Auburn
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Natasha Kiel, Purdue
Grace Kilcrease, Oklahoma State
Jasmine Koo, Southern California
Vivian Lu, Washington
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Farah O'Keefe, Texas
Meja Ortengren, Stanford
Catherine Park, Southern California
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Patience Rhodes, Arizona State
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Megan Streicher, North Carolina
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Rocio Tejedo, LSU
Mirabel Ting, Florida State
Kendall Todd, Arkansas
Avery Weed, Mississippi State
Lottie Woad, Florida State
About the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel:
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. Ingrid Lindblad (LSU) became the 11th ANNIKA Award winner in 2024.
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.
About Fred Haskins and the Haskins Foundation:
Since its formation in 1971, the Haskins Foundation has been devoted to amateur golf and the presentation of the Haskins Award. This coveted trophy honors the year's outstanding college golfer and the memory of Fred Haskins, a club professional that spent his life nurturing and mentoring amateur golfers. The foundation, based in Columbus, Ga., oversees the voting for the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards conducted among college golfers, coaches, past winners, and college golf media.