Wake Forest Athletics
Trio of Deacs Earn spot on Final Fall ANNIKA Award Watch List
10/24/2022 10:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Wake Forest is one of just two schools in the country to have three players named to the list.
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Three members of the No. 2 Wake Forest women's golf team have been named to the Final Fall Watch List for the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel.
Seniors Rachel Kuehn and Lauren Walsh and sophomore Carolina Chacarra all earned a spot on the final list of the fall. All three players have been named to the watch list multiple times throughout their collegiate careers. Kuehn and Chacarra were both finalists for the award at the end of the 2021-22 season and were on this year's preseason watch list.
Kuehn leads the team with a 70.17 stroke average and four top 15 finishes. She took home the individual stroke play title at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup two weeks ago after a tied for second place finish at the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate two weeks prior. She started the season with a tied for 10th finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and most recently finished tied for 12th at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite. She is currently ranked eighth among all NCAA Division I players according to Golfstat.
Chacarra is second on the team with a 70.44 stroke average through three events and two top five finishes and a top 20 finish. She started the season with a tied for 19th finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and went on to finish fourth at the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate. She finished tied for third at the Stephens Cup, five strokes back from Kuehn's first place finish. She is currently ranked 19th among all NCAA Division I players according to Golfstat.
Walsh is third on the team with a 71.00 stroke average through four events and three top 10 finishes. She started the fall season with her best finish, tied for second at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. She was the third Demon Deacon inside the top 10 at the Stephens Cup, coming in at tied for eighth, and finished inside the top five, in a tie for fourth, most recently at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite. She is currently ranked 31st among all NCAA Division I players according to Golfstat.
About the ANNIKA Award
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 8th ANNIKA Award winner in 2022, and the second 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, recognizing annually the most outstanding NCAA Division I female and male college golfers. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.
Complete List (listed alphabetically)
Amari Avery, Southern California
Jenny Bae, Georgia
Sadie Englemann, Stanford
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Rachel Heck, Stanford
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Andrea Lignell, Ole Miss
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Jennie Park, Texas A&M
Tunrada Piddon, UCF
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Meghan Schofill, Auburn
Kayla Smith, North Carolina
Chiara Tamburlini, Ole Miss
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest
Crystal Wang, Illinois
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Rose Zhang, Stanford
Seniors Rachel Kuehn and Lauren Walsh and sophomore Carolina Chacarra all earned a spot on the final list of the fall. All three players have been named to the watch list multiple times throughout their collegiate careers. Kuehn and Chacarra were both finalists for the award at the end of the 2021-22 season and were on this year's preseason watch list.
Kuehn leads the team with a 70.17 stroke average and four top 15 finishes. She took home the individual stroke play title at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup two weeks ago after a tied for second place finish at the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate two weeks prior. She started the season with a tied for 10th finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and most recently finished tied for 12th at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite. She is currently ranked eighth among all NCAA Division I players according to Golfstat.
Chacarra is second on the team with a 70.44 stroke average through three events and two top five finishes and a top 20 finish. She started the season with a tied for 19th finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and went on to finish fourth at the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate. She finished tied for third at the Stephens Cup, five strokes back from Kuehn's first place finish. She is currently ranked 19th among all NCAA Division I players according to Golfstat.
Walsh is third on the team with a 71.00 stroke average through four events and three top 10 finishes. She started the fall season with her best finish, tied for second at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. She was the third Demon Deacon inside the top 10 at the Stephens Cup, coming in at tied for eighth, and finished inside the top five, in a tie for fourth, most recently at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite. She is currently ranked 31st among all NCAA Division I players according to Golfstat.
About the ANNIKA Award
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 8th ANNIKA Award winner in 2022, and the second 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, recognizing annually the most outstanding NCAA Division I female and male college golfers. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.
Complete List (listed alphabetically)
Amari Avery, Southern California
Jenny Bae, Georgia
Sadie Englemann, Stanford
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Rachel Heck, Stanford
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Andrea Lignell, Ole Miss
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Jennie Park, Texas A&M
Tunrada Piddon, UCF
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Meghan Schofill, Auburn
Kayla Smith, North Carolina
Chiara Tamburlini, Ole Miss
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest
Crystal Wang, Illinois
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Rose Zhang, Stanford
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