College golf is back, which means it’s time to look at Player of the Year candidates. 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. On Wednesday, the ANNIKA Foundation announced its 2025 ANNIKA Award preseason watch list. The players are listed alphabetically. Players on the ANNIKA Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel writers.
Last year, LSU’s Ingrid Lindblad took home the honor. This season, plenty of others will vie for the top honor in women’s college golf, including the world’s top-ranked amateur and plenty of underclassmen ready to make their mark. One school has multiple players on the initial watch list: Stanford.
Here’s a look at the 25 golfers on the preseason watch list.
Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
Zoe Campos, UCLA
Adela Cernousek, Texas A&M
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Anna Davis, Auburn
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 16
Savannah de Bock, Eastern Michigan
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 83
Francesca Fiorellini, UCLA
Lauren Kim, Texas
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 37
Jasmine Koo, USC
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 12
Carolina Lopez Chacarra, Wake Forest
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 15
Farah O’Keefe, Texas
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 18
Meja Ortengren, Stanford
Catherine Park, USC
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 17
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Bailey Shoemaker, USC
Class: Sophomore WAGR: 70
Rocio Tejedo Mulet, LSU
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Jeneath Wong, Pepperdine
Kelly Xu, Stanford
