CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – As announced by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) on Tuesday, Arizona State women's golf, the nation's leader in NCAA championships, is ranked No. 10 to open the 2018-19 season.
After advancing to their 26th consecutive NCAA Regionals and 34th all-time NCAA Championships, both nation-leading marks, in 2017-18, the Sun Devils also earned the fifth-highest GPA among all Division I women's golf teams.
Olivia Mehaffey was named a WGCA Second Team All-American and had a busy schedule of international competition over the summer – at the 2018 Palmer Cup, 2018 Curtis Cup, the European Ladies' Team Championship, the European Ladies' Amateur Championship, the U.S. Women's Amateur, and the World Amateur Team Championships.
Adding to their academic success, the Sun Devils led the Pac-12 in WGCA All-American Scholars while Roberta Liti was named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Elite 90 winner, and a CoSIDA Academic All-American.
This year, three newcomers (Sofia Anokhina, Alexandra Försterling, and Alessandra Fanali, who will join the Sun Devils in the spring) join returners Mehaffey, Raquel Olmos, and Madison Kerley.
The Sun Devils will kick off the 2018-19 campaign later this month (Sept. 21-23), competing at Vanderbilt's Mason Rudolph Women's Championship in Franklin, Tenn. for the second straight year. Later this fall, the team (alongside the men's golf team) will move into their new home at Papago Golf Course.
After advancing to their 26th consecutive NCAA Regionals and 34th all-time NCAA Championships, both nation-leading marks, in 2017-18, the Sun Devils also earned the fifth-highest GPA among all Division I women's golf teams.
Congratulations to @SunDevilWGolf ?? the nation's leader in NCAA women's golf titles has top-five GPA. #SunDevilPride https://t.co/KAhuErnlfh pic.twitter.com/xDVGwk9UO4
— ASU Alumni (@ASU_Alumni) July 15, 2018
Olivia Mehaffey was named a WGCA Second Team All-American and had a busy schedule of international competition over the summer – at the 2018 Palmer Cup, 2018 Curtis Cup, the European Ladies' Team Championship, the European Ladies' Amateur Championship, the U.S. Women's Amateur, and the World Amateur Team Championships.
Thank you so much to @USGA for an amazing tournament and all the volunteers at Golf Club of Tennessee. I enjoyed my first US Am although it ended a little faster than I'd hoped. Big thank you to @MichelleEstill for caddying.. so fun getting to experience this week with you ?? pic.twitter.com/25aKeu5yor
— Olivia Mehaffey (@OliviaMehaffey) August 11, 2018
Adding to their academic success, the Sun Devils led the Pac-12 in WGCA All-American Scholars while Roberta Liti was named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Elite 90 winner, and a CoSIDA Academic All-American.
This year, three newcomers (Sofia Anokhina, Alexandra Försterling, and Alessandra Fanali, who will join the Sun Devils in the spring) join returners Mehaffey, Raquel Olmos, and Madison Kerley.
The Sun Devils will kick off the 2018-19 campaign later this month (Sept. 21-23), competing at Vanderbilt's Mason Rudolph Women's Championship in Franklin, Tenn. for the second straight year. Later this fall, the team (alongside the men's golf team) will move into their new home at Papago Golf Course.