Meet the golfers on the 2025 ANNIKA Award preseason watch list
cameron jourdan
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Florida State's Lottie Woad at the 2024 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. (Photo by Alysa Rubin/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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
New Mexico State's Emma Bunch won the Conference USA title. (Photo: Conference USA)
Class: Junior
WAGR: 105
Zoe Campos, UCLA
Zoe Campos watches her tee shot at the third hole during singles matches of the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Class: Senior
WAGR: 4
Adela Cernousek, Texas A-M
Class: Senior
WAGR: 8
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Hannah Darling watches her tee shot at the third hole during singles matches of the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Class: Senior
WAGR: 30
Anna Davis, Auburn
Anna Davis watches her tee shot at the third hole during singles matches of the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 16
Savannah de Bock, Eastern Michigan
Savannah de Bock, of Belgium, putts on the 17th green during the practice round of The Augusta National Women's Amateur at Champions Retreat in Augusta, Ga., on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. De Bock is committed to play golf next year for the University of Georgia. (Photo: Katie Goodale, USA Today)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 83
Francesca Fiorellini, UCLA
Francesca Fiorellini of Italy reacts on the second green during the final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club on April 06, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
Class: Freshman
WAGR: 19
Lauren Kim, Texas
Lauren Kim plays her shot on the ninth hole during the round of 16 of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 37
Jasmine Koo, USC
Jasmine Koo shares a laugh with her caddie at the second hole during singles matches of the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Class: Freshman
WAGR: 6
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Maria Jose Marin plays her tee shot on the ninth hole during the round of 32 of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 12
Carolina Lopez Chacarra, Wake Forest
Carolina Lopez-Chacarra of Spain talks with her caddie on the Par 3 course during a practice round for the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club, Friday, April 5, 2024. Chloe Knott/Augusta National
Class: Senior
WAGR: 65
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Mississippi State's Julia Lopez Ramirez. (Photo: Mississippi State Athletics)
Class: Senior
WAGR: 2
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Paula Martin Sampedro of the Stanford Cardinal lines up a putt during the NCAA Women's Golf Division I Championships at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa on May 22, 2024 in Carlsbad, California. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 15
Farah O'Keefe, Texas
Farah O'Keefe reacts after sinking putt to win her match on the 18th hole during the round of 32 of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 18
Meja Ortengren, Stanford
Meja Ortengren of team Europe plays a shot during the Day Three of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club on September 28, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Class: Freshman
WAGR: 22
Catherine Park, USC
Catherine Park watches her tee shot at the third hole during singles matches of the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Class: Junior
WAGR: 7
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Class: Freshman
WAGR: 9
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Oregon's Kiara Romero at the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate. (Photo: Ben Adelberg/The Back of the Range)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 17
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Louise Rydqvist of Sweden reacts to a birdie on the No. 18 green during round two of the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Champions Retreat Golf Club, Thursday, April 4, 2024.
Class: Senior
WAGR: 13
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Amanda Sambach plays her tee shot on the 14th hole during the round of 64 of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)
Class: Senior
WAGR: 21
Bailey Shoemaker, USC
Bailey Shoemaker plays her tee shot on the 14th hole during the round of 64 of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 70
Rocio Tejedo Mulet, LSU
Rocio Tejedo of team Europe plays a shot during Day Two of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup at Golf Nazionale on September 27, 2023 in Viterbo, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Class: Freshman
WAGR: 36
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Lottie Woad plays her tee shot at the first hole during singles matches of the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Class: Junior
WAGR: 1
Jeneath Wong, Pepperdine
Amateur Jeneath Wong of Malaysia plays her shot from the 15th tee during the second round of the 78th U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links on July 07, 2023 in Pebble Beach, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Class: Junior
WAGR: 77
Kelly Xu, Stanford
Kelly Xu plays her tee shot on the fourth hole during the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)
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