ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List Introduced – Stanford Cardinal

OLUMBUS, Ga. — As the 2025-26 season approaches, Stanford girls’s golf is poised to choose up the place it left off. The ANNIKA Award introduced by Stifel 2025-2026 Preseason Watch List was introduced on Monday morning, and 4 Stanford golfers earned preseason recognition.

Two of the ANNIKA Award finalists from final 12 months, Meja Örtengren and Andrea Revuelta, are on the preseason watch checklist, whereas Megha Ganne and Paula Martín Sampedro be a part of the sophomores as early contenders for the award.

Örtengren, the reigning ACC and WGCA Freshman of the Year, compiled 9 prime 10 finishes in 9 tournaments whereas going 4-2 in match play. Her scoring common of 70.11 was the fourth-best in program historical past by any golfer, scoring at par or higher in 24 of 28 rounds whereas capturing within the 60s on ten events. She tied the Stanford single-round file with a 10-under 62 throughout the San Diego State Classic on the way in which to her first collegiate win.

Revuelta caught hearth late in her freshman season after lacking parts of the autumn and winter because of damage. In her return to the lineup, Revuelta turned an ACC champion by tying the ACC championship scoring file of 14-under. She adopted that up by profitable the NCAA Norman Regional, turning into the primary Cardinal since Rose Zhang to win consecutive postseason tournaments. A robust summer season overseas helped her climb to No. 3 within the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

Ganne broke into the highest 5 within the World Amateur Golf Rankings due to a terrific end to her summer season, profitable the 125^th U.S. Women’s Amateur. It comes after one other stellar season on The Farm that noticed her win her second profession match and develop into this system’s all-time chief in scoring common (71.29). Ganne completed tied for tenth in stroke play on the NCAA Championship in 2025, her second prime ten end in Carlsbad.

Perhaps no Stanford golfer had a greater summer season than Martín Sampedro. She gained the 122^nd Women’s Amateur, the European Ladies’ Amateur, and took residence the Smyth Salver after a prime 10 end on the AIG Women’s Open. As a sophomore, Martín Sampedro gained her first two collegiate tournaments and has completed within the prime 5 in stroke play on the NCAA Championship twice. She actively sits No. 2 within the World Amateur Golf Rankings, aiming to develop into the primary Spaniard to succeed in the highest spot.

Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award introduced by Stifel is yearly given to the highest feminine Division 1 collegiate golfer; the winner is voted on by gamers, coaches, and members of the faculty golf media. Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the highest feminine golfer and to match the Haskins Award introduced by Stifel, which acknowledges the highest male Division I collegiate golfer.

Stifel, one of many nation’s main wealth administration and funding banking corporations, serves because the presenting sponsor of each the ANNIKA and Haskins Awards. Stifel additionally serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.