After a fall season of incredible feats and impressive wins, the 2026-2027 ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List has been released to reflect recent performances. Fairway to Green was once again honored to serve as a Watch List Contributor alongside Golf Channel, Golfweek and others.
The ANNIKA Award will be given to the best female Division 1 player at the end of the 2026-2027 season at the NCAA Division 1 Championship. Annika Sörenstam became the namesake of the award in 2014, which is sponsored by Stifel Financial.
From the ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List, we see 10 of the same names below. That means 15 players have risen to the occasion this fall and have proven excellent players when it counts most. Check out the Preseason Watch List to learn more about the ANNIKA Award selection process, its past 13 winners and more.
Get to Know the 25 College Golfers Named to the ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List
Like before, we’ve taken the opportunity to have some fun with these Fall Watch List players. Our categories are solely ours for arbitrary purposes and are not part of the Haskins Foundation’s list. We wanted to give you all a little more color around these players, set the scene and give you all someone to root for heading into the spring season.
Championship Performers (4)
Defined by excellent performances in national and international fields.
Anna Davis* (Auburn) is a senior from Spring Valley, Calif. She won the Haskins Intercollegiate this fall, her 7th collegiate title (excluding her 2022 ANWA win). Ten of her 12 rounds were at par or better, with her scoring average over four starts this fall at 70.8. Her lowest finish was 11th.
Rianne Malixi* (Duke) is a sophomore from Manila, Philippines. Not only did she win the Landfall Invitational by 9 strokes (with a tournament record round of 64), but she was also a runner-up at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational. She averaged 69.56 over her nine rounds in the fall, led her team to two victories and is currently ranked No. 3 nationally.
Maria Jose Marin* (Arkansas) is a senior from Cali, Colombia. She won her third career victory at the Blessings Invitational this fall and had three other top-10 finishes. Her momentum since winning the 2025 NCAA Division 1 Individual Championship and the 2026 ANWA has not stopped.
Farah O’Keefe* (Texas) is a senior from Austin, Tex. Last year’s ANNIKA Award winner, it’s no surprise that O’Keefe added two more collegiate titles as co-medalist to her resume this fall (Jackson T. Stephens Cup and St Andrews Links Collegiate). She is also the defending champion of the NCAA Division 1 Individual Championship this spring.
Proven Winners (6)
Defined by individual victories in the fall.
Alicia Bellendir (Mississippi State) is a sophomore from Coppell, Tex. She earned her first win as co-medalist at The Fin after shooting 5-under. She shot the low round of the tournament (66), which is also her career best. This win and performance led to her being named SEC Golfer of the Week. Six of her rounds were played at par or better, and she never finished below 11th.
Isabel Brozena (Xavier) is a junior from North Reading, Mass. She clinched two titles this fall – outright at The Bruzzy and co-medalist at the Ron Moore Invitational – to move her total up to four collegiate wins. She was runner-up at the Fighting Irish Classic and maintained a 70.1 scoring average across her four fall starts.
Valentine Delon (Virginia Tech) is a senior from Paris, France. She earned two victories this spring at the Nittany Lion Invitational and Ruth Chris’ Tar Heel Invitational. In her five starts, she recorded a 68.8 scoring average and top 10 finishes. She is also the 2026 Women’s Amateur Champion.
Addie Dobson (Missouri) is a senior from Jacksonville, Ill. She shot a tournament record-tying total of 15-under to win the Johnie Imes Invitational, followed by a runner-up and T5 finish. She landed in the top 10 for all four of her fall starts, earning her SEC Golfer of the Week honors.
Jaclyn LaHa (Virginia) is a senior from Pleasanton, Calif. She won back-to-back tournaments this fall at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational and Windy City Collegiate Classic. Nine rounds in the 60s led to a scoring average of 69.6, and she finished top 5 in four of her five starts.
Meja Örtengren* (Stanford) is a junior from Linköping, Sweden. She finished the fall season strong with back-to-back victories (Stanford Intercollegiate and Nanea Invitational, the latter of which was won at 18-under). With a scoring average of 68.11, she was named ACC Golfer of the Month.
Consistent Contenders (9)
Defined by consistent finishes near the top this fall.
Tong An (Oregon) is a junior from Shenzhen, China. She finished top 5 in three of four events and never finished outside the top 10 this fall. Her highest finish was T3 at the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate.
Sara Brentcheneff (Arkansas) is a sophomore from Lyon, France. She finished T2 at the Cougar Classic and had two more top-5 finishes. In four starts, she never finished outside the top 10.
Eila Galitsky* (South Carolina) is a junior from Chiang Mai, Thailand. In her three starts, she always finished inside the top 10 and wrapped up her season with a T3 at Landfall Tradition.
Chloe Kovelesky* (Wake Forest) is a junior from Boca Raton, Fla. She finished runner-up at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and T3 in her second start this fall. She led her team with a 71.11 scoring average.
Katie Li (Duke) is a senior from Basking Ridge, N.J. She finished three of her four starts in the top 5, including a T3 at the Folds of Honor Intercollegiate. She is the first Duke golfer since two-time ANNIKA Award winner Leona Maguire to have four consecutive top-10 finishes in the fall.
Thanana Kotchasanmanee (Princeton) is a sophomore from Chiang Mai, Thailand. All three of her starts finished in the top 5, including third at her home Princeton Invitational and a runner-up at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. Her scoring average was 67.4, earning her a spot on the WGCA’s Player of the Year Watch List as well.
Macy Pate* (Wake Forest) is a senior from Winston-Salem, N.C. She successfully defended her title as co-medalist of the Jackson T. Stephens Cup, followed by a runner-up at Landfall Tradition. She added another top-5 finish to her season and never finished worse than T12.
Andrea Revuelta* (Stanford) is a junior from Madrid, Spain. While she hasn’t added to her four collegiate titles yet this season, Andrea has a runner-up at the Stanford Intercollegiate and a T5 at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. She has been an ANNIKA Award finalist twice.
Patience Rhodes* (Arizona State) is a fifth year from Bath, England. Her best finish of the fall was a T2 at the Mason Rudolph Championship and a runner-up at the Nanea Invitational. She has finished top 10 in all four of her starts. Ten of her 12 rounds were at par or better, giving her a scoring average of 70.08.
Rising Stars (4)
Defined by breakout performances this fall that garnered national attention.
Sarah Hammett (USC) is a sophomore from Gold Coast, Australia. Her top finishes were among some of the toughest fields in college golf. With a fourth-place finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and a career-low round of 65 to finish fifth at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic, she’s had a fantastic fall.
Haruhi Nakatani (Florida State) is a sophomore from Tokyo, Japan. She was co-medalist in her first start of the season at the Folds of Honor Collegiate and followed it up with another top-5 finish. She had a fall scoring average of 70.44, more than two strokes better than her freshman year average.
Scarlett Schremmer (Miami) is a sophomore from Birmingham, Ala. Her first two collegiate wins came in her first three starts at the Boilmaker Classic and the Golfweek Red Sky Classic. She earned ACC Golfer of the Month honors and wrapped up her fall season with a scoring average of 69.22.
Kaitlyn Schroeder (North Florida) is a senior from Jacksonville, Fla. She kicked off her season with two top-3 finishes before winning the Evie Odom Invitational. She earned three ASUN Golfer of the Week honors this fall alone.
The Freshmen (2)
Defined by their impressive first season of collegiate golf.
Mia Hammond (Duke) is a freshman from New Albany, Ohio. In her collegiate debut, she earned co-medalist honors at the Folds of Honor Collegiate. Her seven rounds of par or better led to a scoring average of 71.67 and landed her on the WGCA’s Fall Freshman of the Year Watch List as well.
Celina Yeo (Oregon) is a freshman from San Francisco, Calif. Also a WGCA Fall Freshman of the Year Watch List candidate, she earned her first win at the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate and led the field in birdies at the Windy City Collegiate Classic to finish runner-up. She has the Big Ten Golfer and Freshman of the Week honors on her resume.
* Indicates a player was on the 2026-2027 ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List.
