Big Ten Announces Women's Golf Preseason Honorees
Big Ten Conference Announces Women’s Golf Preseason Honors
Thirty-nine student-athletes featured on Golfers to Watch List
ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday preseason honors for 39 student-athletes who were included on the Big Ten Women’s Golfers to Watch List.
The Watch List includes 13 golfers who earned All-Big Ten honors in 2022-23. Returning First Team selections include: Nicha Kanpai and Patricie Mackova from Maryland; Dianna Lee, Jieni Li and Lauryn Nguyen of Northwestern; and Ohio State’s Caley McGinty.
All-Big Ten Second Team performers coming back this season are: Hailey Borja and Monet Chun of Michigan, Valentina Rossi of Michigan State, Isabella McCauley of Minnesota, Kelli Ann Strand of Nebraska, Kary Hollenbaugh of Ohio State and Momo Sugiyama from Purdue.
Eight Big Ten schools qualified for NCAA Regionals last spring. The 2023-24 season begins next week (Sept. 4-5) with Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue and Rutgers competing at the Boilermaker Invitational.
BIG TEN WOMEN'S GOLF WATCH LIST
+ 2023 All-Big Ten First Team ^ 2023 All-Big Ten Second Team
# 2023 Academic All-Big Ten * 2023 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Thirty-nine student-athletes featured on Golfers to Watch List
ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday preseason honors for 39 student-athletes who were included on the Big Ten Women’s Golfers to Watch List.
The Watch List includes 13 golfers who earned All-Big Ten honors in 2022-23. Returning First Team selections include: Nicha Kanpai and Patricie Mackova from Maryland; Dianna Lee, Jieni Li and Lauryn Nguyen of Northwestern; and Ohio State’s Caley McGinty.
All-Big Ten Second Team performers coming back this season are: Hailey Borja and Monet Chun of Michigan, Valentina Rossi of Michigan State, Isabella McCauley of Minnesota, Kelli Ann Strand of Nebraska, Kary Hollenbaugh of Ohio State and Momo Sugiyama from Purdue.
Eight Big Ten schools qualified for NCAA Regionals last spring. The 2023-24 season begins next week (Sept. 4-5) with Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue and Rutgers competing at the Boilermaker Invitational.
BIG TEN WOMEN'S GOLF WATCH LIST
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
Isabel Sy # | Illinois | Sr. | San Gabriel, Calif. |
Dominika Burdová | Indiana | Sr. | Liberec, Czech Republic |
Caroline Craig | Indiana | Sr. | Sautee Nacoochee, Ga. |
Chloe Johnson | Indiana | So. | Evansville, Ind. |
Ximena Benites | Iowa | Fr. | Trujillo, Peru |
Madison Dabagia | Iowa | So. | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
Shannyn Vogler | Iowa | So. | Moline, Ill. |
Maria Vittoria Corbi # | Maryland | Gr. | Rome, Italy |
Nicha Kanpai + | Maryland | So. | Chiang Rai, Thailand |
Patricie Mackova +# | Maryland | Sr. | Prague, Czech Republic |
Hailey Borja ^# | Michigan | 5th | Lake Forest, Calif. |
Monet Chun ^# | Michigan | Sr. | Richmond Hills, Ontario |
Lauren Sung | Michigan | So. | Palo Alto, Calif. |
Brooke Biermann # | Michigan State | Jr. | Wildwood, Mo. |
Leila Raines #* | Michigan State | Sr. | Galena, Ohio |
Valentina Rossi ^#* | Michigan State | Sr. | Rosario, Argentina |
Emma Carpenter #* | Minnesota | Gr. | DeKalb, Ill. |
Grace Curran # | Minnesota | Gr. | New Lenox, Ill. |
Isabella McCauley ^ | Minnesota | So. | Inver Grove Heights, Minn. |
Kelli Ann Strand ^ | Nebraska | So. | Challis, Idaho |
Miu Takahashi # | Nebraska | Jr. | Nasu-machi, Japan |
Michaela Vavrova # | Nebraska | Sr. | Bojnice, Slovakia |
Dianna Lee + | Northwestern | So. | San Diego, Calif. |
Jieni Li +#* | Northwestern | Sr. | Hangzhou, China |
Lauryn Nguyen +# | Northwestern | Jr. | Seattle, Wash. |
Kary Hollenbaugh ^ | Ohio State | So. | New Albany, Ohio |
Caley McGinty + | Ohio State | Sr. | Bristol, England |
Michelle Cox # | Penn State | Jr. | Allentown, Pa. |
Mathilde Delavallade #* | Penn State | Sr. | Royan, France |
Drew Nienhaus # | Penn State | Jr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
Kan Bunnabodee # | Purdue | 5th | Chonburi, Thailand |
Ashley Kozlowski #* | Purdue | Sr. | Littleton, Colo. |
Momo Sugiyama ^#* | Purdue | Jr. | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
Leigha Devine #* | Rutgers | Gr. | Windsor, Colo. |
Rikke Nordvik # | Rutgers | Sr. | Stavanger, Norway |
Lucrezia Rossettin #* | Rutgers | Jr. | Genova, Italy |
Chloe Chan # | Wisconsin | Jr. | Hong Kong |
Vanessa Ho #* | Wisconsin | Jr. | San Diego, Calif. |
Alexia Siehl | Wisconsin | So. | Fort Mill, S.C. |
# 2023 Academic All-Big Ten * 2023 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar