COLUMBUS, Ga. - Sun Devil Women's Golf's Alexandra Forsterling was named to the Spring ANNIKA Award Watch List, the Haskins Foundation announced this week.
She is one of ten finalists for the ANNIKA Award, which is given annually to the top player in women's collegiate golf. Forsterling is in the midst of one of the most prolific seasons in program history and she continues to add to her growing resume before the season has even come to a close.
The No. 3-ranked golfer in the nation (top-ranked Senior) was named the 2022 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year back in April and continues to add to her accolades. She also recently competed in the most prestigious amateur event in the sport, participating at iconic Augusta National Golf Course as a part of the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Forsterling has not finished lower than 22nd in any of her 13 tournaments, despite the fact that the Sun Devils have faced one of the nation's toughest schedules. The highlight of her season was winning the Individual Title at the PING/ASU Invitational back in March, beating out a field with 25 of the Top-100 ranked golfers, including the nation's No. 1. Forsterling has also recorded Top-10 finishes at the Stanford Intercollegiate, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, Silverado Showdown, and most recently the Stillwater Regional. She is the senior leader on the No. 7-ranked team and one of the favorites to win the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
Not only has she achieved great things on the course, but she has also led by example with her performance in the classroom. She has made the ASU Dean's List in each of her seven semesters and is on track to go 8-for-8 (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021). She has been a member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll each of her first three seasons and qualifies yet again for the distinction this Spring. She graduated from Arizona State last week, earning her undergraduate degree.
FINAL ANNIKA Award Watch List
Alexandra Forsterling, Arizona State Amari Avery, Southern California Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Wake Forest Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU Polly Mack, Alabama
Natasha Andrea Oon, San Jose State Emma Spitz, UCLA Rose Zhang, Stanford
This is the second consecutive year a Sun Devil has landed on the Final Watch List, with Linn Grant making it to the final three contenders in 2021.
Sun Devils to Win National Player of the Year
Alexandra Forsterling is looking to join an exclusive list of Sun Devils that have won a National Player of the Year Award. She would be the seventh different Sun Devil to receive the recognition, with Monica Vaughn the last to accomplish the feat in 2017.
WGCA Player of the Year (5)
2005: Louise Stahle
1998: Grace Park
1995: Wendy Ward
1994: Wendy Ward
1990: Brandie Burton
Honda Award Winners (5)
2017: Monica Vaughn
1999: Grace Park
1998: Kellee Booth
1995: Wendy Ward
1994: Wendy Ward
About the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female U.S. collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media. Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top female golfer at the end of the season and to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer.
Stifel, one of the nation's leading wealth management and investment banking firms, serves as the presenting sponsor of both the ANNIKA and Haskins Awards, recognizing annually the most outstanding NCAA Division I female and male college golfers. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.
She is one of ten finalists for the ANNIKA Award, which is given annually to the top player in women's collegiate golf. Forsterling is in the midst of one of the most prolific seasons in program history and she continues to add to her growing resume before the season has even come to a close.
"This is a tremendous recognition for Alexandra," Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye exclaimed, "She has worked extremely hard on her game and I could not be more proud of her!"
Through her first three years with the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, Alexandra Forsterling was a consistent presence in the lineup, performing admirably for a Top-10 Arizona State team. During a breakout senior campaign, she has taken her game to another level, becoming one of the best golfers in the nation. She is doing all this while maintaining a 3.95 GPA and pursuing her passion in Film, epitomizing the ideal student-athlete.The No. 3-ranked golfer in the nation (top-ranked Senior) was named the 2022 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year back in April and continues to add to her accolades. She also recently competed in the most prestigious amateur event in the sport, participating at iconic Augusta National Golf Course as a part of the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Forsterling has not finished lower than 22nd in any of her 13 tournaments, despite the fact that the Sun Devils have faced one of the nation's toughest schedules. The highlight of her season was winning the Individual Title at the PING/ASU Invitational back in March, beating out a field with 25 of the Top-100 ranked golfers, including the nation's No. 1. Forsterling has also recorded Top-10 finishes at the Stanford Intercollegiate, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, Silverado Showdown, and most recently the Stillwater Regional. She is the senior leader on the No. 7-ranked team and one of the favorites to win the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
Not only has she achieved great things on the course, but she has also led by example with her performance in the classroom. She has made the ASU Dean's List in each of her seven semesters and is on track to go 8-for-8 (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021). She has been a member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll each of her first three seasons and qualifies yet again for the distinction this Spring. She graduated from Arizona State last week, earning her undergraduate degree.
FINAL ANNIKA Award Watch List
Alexandra Forsterling, Arizona State Amari Avery, Southern California Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Wake Forest Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU Polly Mack, Alabama
Natasha Andrea Oon, San Jose State Emma Spitz, UCLA Rose Zhang, Stanford
This is the second consecutive year a Sun Devil has landed on the Final Watch List, with Linn Grant making it to the final three contenders in 2021.
Sun Devils to Win National Player of the Year
Alexandra Forsterling is looking to join an exclusive list of Sun Devils that have won a National Player of the Year Award. She would be the seventh different Sun Devil to receive the recognition, with Monica Vaughn the last to accomplish the feat in 2017.
WGCA Player of the Year (5)
2005: Louise Stahle
1998: Grace Park
1995: Wendy Ward
1994: Wendy Ward
1990: Brandie Burton
Honda Award Winners (5)
2017: Monica Vaughn
1999: Grace Park
1998: Kellee Booth
1995: Wendy Ward
1994: Wendy Ward
About the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female U.S. collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media. Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top female golfer at the end of the season and to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer.
Stifel, one of the nation's leading wealth management and investment banking firms, serves as the presenting sponsor of both the ANNIKA and Haskins Awards, recognizing annually the most outstanding NCAA Division I female and male college golfers. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.