Pair Named to ANNIKA Award Watch List
9/24/2020 9:46:00 AM | Women's Golf
Kenzie Wright and Michaela Morard are in consideration for the sport's highest honor
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Golf Channel released the preseason ANNIKA Award Watch List Thursday morning with a pair of Crimson Tide women's golfers among the 20 golfers selected.
Graduate student Kenzie Wright and freshman Michaela Morard were named to the preseason watch list for the highest honor in collegiate golf.
Kenzie Wright
Graduate Student
- Wright, a 2020 All-American, competed in all seven tournaments and 21 rounds for the Crimson Tide 2019-20 season, compiling four top-10 individual finishes.
- As a senior, she was tabbed to the First Team All-SEC and posted a stroke average of 72.89.
- Earlier this year, the Frisco, Texas, native earned a spot on the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup United States Team and a chance to compete at the Augusta National Women's Amateur, which both have been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Over the summer, Wright qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur.
Michaela Morard
Freshman
- The Huntsville, Ala., native, Morard, enters the Capstone as the most decorated women's amateur in the state of Alabama, having been ranked No. 4 nationally in both Golfweek and AJGA Rolex rankings.
- Morard capped off her junior golf campaign as a five-time AJGA Rolex All American and six-time AJGA champion.
- The freshman had a busy summer on the course, as she also competed in the U.S. Women's Amateur and won the 2020 Tennessee Women's Open.
The @GolfChannel Preseason @TheAnnikaAward Watch List is live! ??????
— ANNIKA Foundation (@ANNIKA_Fdn) September 24, 2020
Here are the top 2?0? players to watch among those competing this fall, plus 1?0? players to keep an eye on when they return to action this spring ?? pic.twitter.com/sVQam5MCWc
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 golf media. Named for and presented by Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Commission to acknowledge the top female golfer at the end of the season, to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer.
The Crimson Tide will open the season in the Blessings Golf Invitational presented by Tyson Foods, which will be held Oct. 5-7 at the Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
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