GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman’s Anna Morgan is featured in the preseason ANNIKA Award watch list, as announced by Golfweek and Golf Channel on Thursday.
A senior from Spartanburg, S.C., Morgan, who was voted the 2021-22 SoCon Female Athlete of the Year and the Edna Hartness Furman Female Athlete of the Year, earned a WGCA All-America second team citation after finishing ninth at last season’s NCAA Championships. She qualified for the national championship after firing a final-round 67, the sixth-best women’s collegiate round at Karsten Creek, to finish fifth at the NCAA Stillwater Regional and advance in the top individual spot at the regional. The 2022 Southern Conference Player of the Year, she led the league with a 72.25 stroke average over 36 rounds and concluded the season ranked 16th nationally, the highest ranking among SoCon players.
A two-time All-SoCon selection, Morgan, who led the Paladins to the SoCon Championship and the Lady Paladin Invitational title in 2021-22, tallied six top-5 finishes and nine top-10 finishes in 12 events during her junior campaign. She won individual medalist honors at the Lady Paladin Invitational, establishing a new tournament record at 13-under par, and also claimed individual medalist honors at the UNF Collegiate. Later in the spring, she finished in a tie for fifth at the Valspar Augusta Invitational and the Clemson Invitational. Morgan tied for 21st at the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open, and competed on the U.S. Team in the Arnold Palmer Cup.
The ANNIKA Award honors the player of the year in women’s college golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches, and members of the golf media. The award, now in its tenth year, is named for Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorenstam. Furman’s Natalie Srinivasan captured the award in 2020.
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ANNIKA Award Watch List - September 1, 2022
Anna Morgan, Furman
Amari Avery, Southern California
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Texas A&M
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Charlotte Heath, Florida State
Rachel Heck, Stanford
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Oklahoma State
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Cynthia Lu, Oregon
Caley McGinty, Ohio State
Carolina Melgrati, Arizona
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest
Benedetta Moresco, Alabama
Alessia Nobilio, UCLA
Bohyun Park, Texas
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Meghan Schofill, Auburn
Brooke Seay, Stanford
Erica Shepherd, Duke
Chiara Tamburlini, Ole Miss
Amelia Williamson, Florida State
Rose Zhang, Stanford