TEMPE – Sun Devil Women’s Golf and head coach Missy Farr-Kaye signed three members to the 2027-28 roster, Sofia Maier-Borst, Ellie Lichtenhein and Hannah-Lee-McNamara.
Hannah Lee-McNamara - Derry, Ireland
Lee-McNamara has represented Ireland on the international stage at the European Girls’ Team Championship three times and will join current sophomore Kate Dillon who is also from the Republic of Ireland next season. Lee-McNamara won the Bridgestone Order of Merit by two points with a runner-up and third place finish to secure the title. The Derry, Ireland native has represented Ireland four times at Home Internationals and has had five top-10 finishes this past year at the Spanish International Stroke Play Championship, the Irish Women’s Open Championship, the Irish GIrls’ Open Championship and the Scottish Girls Championship.
Lee-McNamara joins a tradition of great Sun Devils who have come from Ireland, including four-time All-American Olivia MeHaffey and Beth Coulter.
Ellie Lichtenhein - Camberley, England
Lichtenhein is a member of the England women’s golf team and won the 2025 European Young Masters shooting 213 (-3) last July. Lichtenhein represented England in Home International Matches this past summer and in 2025. Additionally, she was fourth at the ANNIKA International Europe tournament this summer and was fifth at the 2025 U16 England Amateur Championship. Lichtenhein placed in the top 10 at the Portuguese Ladies Amateur and represented Great Britain in the Junior Vagliano Trophy competition in 2025 and 2024. Lichtenhein will join current Sun Devil sophomore Amelia Wan next season in Tempe as current fifth-year Patience Rhodes is a native of Bath, England.
Sofia Maier-Borst - Heidelberg, Germany
A member of the 2026 PING Junior Solheim Cup this past September, Maier-Borst has represented Germany three times at the European Girls’ Team Championship and earned a runner-up finish in 2024. Earlier this year, she had two runner-up finishes at the ANNIKA Invitational Europe and the German Girls Amateur Open. The Helderberg, Germany native won the German National Match Play Trophy in 2025 and represented Europe in the 2023 Junior Vagliano Trophy. Maier-Borst joins Sun Devil golf alumnae who have come from Germany. Alexandra Forsterling who plays professionally on the LET and LPGA tour and Paula Schulz-Hanssen.
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