The summer months have come and gone, which means it’s time for the 2025-26 college golf season.
The best amateurs in the world are going to sport their college gear the next nine months, with all roads leading to Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course, site of the national championship. The best players in college golf are also going to battle for the sport’s premier award, the Annika Award.
Last year, Florida State junior Mirabel Ting took home the Annika Award, capping off a five-win season with Player of the Year honors. She turned professional over the summer. That means a new Player of the Year will be crowned next May.
The Annika Award presented by Stifel honors the player of the year in women’s college golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media. The players are listed alphabetically. Players on the Annika Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel reporters.
Here’s a look at the 25 players on the 2026 Annika Award preseason watch list.
Annika Award 2026 preseason watch list
- Vanessa Borovilos, So., Texas A&M
- Pinky Chaisilprungruang, So., Charlotte
- Eunseo Choi, So., Pepperdine
- Anna Davis, Jr., Auburn
- Eila Galitsky, So., South Carolina
- Megha Ganne., Sr., Stanford
- Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Jr., Texas A&M
- Kary Hollenbaugh, Sr., Ohio State
- Lauren Kim, Jr., Texas
- Jasmine Koo, So., USC
- Arianna Lau, Fr., Northwestern
- Mackenzie Lee, Sr., SMU
- Rianne Malixi, Fr., Duke
- Maria Jose Marin, Jr., Arkansas
- Paula Martin Sampedro, Jr., Stanford
- Farah O’Keefe, Jr., Texas
- Meja Ortengren, So., Stanford
- Catherine Park, Sr., USC
- Catherine Rao, Sr., Princeton
- Andrea Revuelta, So., Stanford
- Patience Rhodes, Jr., Arizona State
- Kiara Romero, Jr., Oregon
- Rocio Tejedo, So., LSU
- Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, So., Oregon
- Avery Weed, Jr., Mississippi State
