Kuehn Named Finalist for ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel
5/10/2024 9:17:00 AM | Women's Golf
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Wake Forest graduate student and women's golfer Rachel Kuehn has been named a finalist for the ANNIKA Award, presented by Stifel, as announced by the organization Friday.
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 and May 2023. The winner will be announced on Golf Channel on Tuesday, May 21st, and will receive an exemption into the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship.
In her final collegiate season, Kuehn is peaking at the right time, winning the ACC individual title with a 10-under score of 206 in April. She followed that up with a 12-under score of 204 to be the co-champion of the Winston-Salem Regional and help the Deacs punch their ticket to the NCAA Championship for the sixth consecutive season.
With the ACC and Regional titles, Kuehn now has eight individual victories as a Demon Deacon, third-most in program history.
Wake Forest Individual Titles
In April, Kuehn joined her mother Brenda Corrie-Kuehn as an ACC Women's Golf Individual Champion, becoming the first-known mother-daughter duo to do so in ACC history. Corrie-Kuehn was an All-American at Wake Forest, is in the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame, and was the ACC Women's Golf Individual Champion in 1986.
Rachel Kuehn Individual Titles
Wake Forest is coming off a third place finish at the NCAA Winston-Salem Regional and will play in the National Championship May 17-22 in Carlsbad, California.
2023-2024 Final ANNIKA Award Watch List (listed alphabetically):
Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
Zoe Antoinette Campos, UCLA
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Catherine Park, Southern California
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
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. 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.
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 and May 2023. The winner will be announced on Golf Channel on Tuesday, May 21st, and will receive an exemption into the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship.
In her final collegiate season, Kuehn is peaking at the right time, winning the ACC individual title with a 10-under score of 206 in April. She followed that up with a 12-under score of 204 to be the co-champion of the Winston-Salem Regional and help the Deacs punch their ticket to the NCAA Championship for the sixth consecutive season.
With the ACC and Regional titles, Kuehn now has eight individual victories as a Demon Deacon, third-most in program history.
Wake Forest Individual Titles
- 10 - Stephanie Neill
- 9 - Jennifer Kupcho
- 8 - Rachel Kuehn
- 6 - Brenda Corrie Kuehn
- 5 - Emilia Migliaccio
In April, Kuehn joined her mother Brenda Corrie-Kuehn as an ACC Women's Golf Individual Champion, becoming the first-known mother-daughter duo to do so in ACC history. Corrie-Kuehn was an All-American at Wake Forest, is in the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame, and was the ACC Women's Golf Individual Champion in 1986.
Rachel Kuehn Individual Titles
- Fall 2019 - ANNIKA Intercollegiate
- Spring 2021 - Palmetto Intercollegiate
- Fall 2021 - Tar Heel Invite
- Spring 2022 - Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge
- Fall 2022 - Jackson T Stephens Cup
- Spring 2023 - Valspar Augusta Invitational
- Spring 2024 - ACC Championship
- Spring 2024 - Winston-Salem Regional
Wake Forest is coming off a third place finish at the NCAA Winston-Salem Regional and will play in the National Championship May 17-22 in Carlsbad, California.
2023-2024 Final ANNIKA Award Watch List (listed alphabetically):
Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
Zoe Antoinette Campos, UCLA
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Catherine Park, Southern California
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
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. 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.
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