Kuehn Named Finalist for ANNIKA Award Presented by Stifel
5/15/2023 9:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Wake Forest women's golf senior Rachel Kuehn has been named a finalist for the annual ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel, as announced by Golfweek Monday morning.
The ANNIKA Award is presented annually to the top Division I women's golfer. Kuehn was also named a finalist for the award in May 2022. The winner will be announced on Golf Channel on Tuesday, May 23rd, and will receive an exemption into the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship.
The Asheville, N.C. native leads the Demon Deacons with a 70.34 stroke average over 32 rounds played. She was recently named the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, becoming the first Deac and just the sixth player in the ACC to be named a two-time Player of the Year for women's golf.
Along with a third-place finish at this year's ACC Championships, Kuehn leads the team with two individual titles. She won the Jackson T. Stephen's Cup at Seminole Golf Club in Florida in October and won the Valspar Augusta Invitational in March. She is one of just four players in program history to win six or more individual titles and has one at least one title in each of her collegiate semesters:
Final ANNIKA Award Watch List
Jenny Bae, Georgia
Zoe Campos, UCLA
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Charlotte Heath, Florida State
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Andrea Lignell, Ole Miss
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Rose Zhang, Stanford
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. Rose Zhang (Stanford) became the 9th 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.
The ANNIKA Award is presented annually to the top Division I women's golfer. Kuehn was also named a finalist for the award in May 2022. The winner will be announced on Golf Channel on Tuesday, May 23rd, and will receive an exemption into the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship.
The Asheville, N.C. native leads the Demon Deacons with a 70.34 stroke average over 32 rounds played. She was recently named the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, becoming the first Deac and just the sixth player in the ACC to be named a two-time Player of the Year for women's golf.
Along with a third-place finish at this year's ACC Championships, Kuehn leads the team with two individual titles. She won the Jackson T. Stephen's Cup at Seminole Golf Club in Florida in October and won the Valspar Augusta Invitational in March. She is one of just four players in program history to win six or more individual titles and has one at least one title in each of her collegiate semesters:
- 10 wins - Stephanie Neill (1992-95)
- 9 wins - Jennifer Kupcho (2016-19)
- 6 wins - Brenda Corrie (1983-86)
- 6 wins - Rachel Kuehn (2019-present)
- ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Fall 2019)
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no collegiate golf in the spring or fall of 2020.
- Palmetto Intercollegiate (Spring 2021)
- Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite (Fall 2021)
- Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (Spring 2022)
- Jackson T. Stephens Cup (Fall 2023)
- Valspar Augusta Invitational (Spring 2023)
- ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Fall 2019)
Final ANNIKA Award Watch List
Jenny Bae, Georgia
Zoe Campos, UCLA
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Charlotte Heath, Florida State
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Andrea Lignell, Ole Miss
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Rose Zhang, Stanford
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. Rose Zhang (Stanford) became the 9th 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.
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