COLUMBUS, Ga. — The 10 finalists for the ANNIKA Award were announced on Friday morning, with top-ranked Stanford women’s golf landing multiple finalists. The award will be presented following stroke play at the NCAA Championship.
Meja Örtengren is turning heads as a freshman and is an easy choice as a finalist for the ANNIKA Award. Her scoring average of 69.96 is the third-best freshman scoring average in Cardinal history, trailing only freshmen NCAA individual champions Rose Zhang and Rachel Heck. This spring, she won her first tournament, claiming the San Diego State Classic title by eight strokes, the largest win in Stanford history. Örtengren has finished in the top-10 in every tournament to date and tied the Stanford record of 10-under in a round with a 62 in her win in San Diego.
There might not be a hotter golfer in the country than Andrea Revuelta as she makes her first appearance on an ANNIKA Award list since the fall. After missing most of the spring due to injury, Revuelta came back to win the ACC individual championship, tying the ACC Championship scoring record of 14-under. She backed up her first collegiate win by claiming individual medalist honors at the NCAA Norman Regional, becoming the first Cardinal to win consecutive postseason tournaments since Rose Zhang in 2023.
Of the 10 finalists for the ANNIKA Award, Stanford joins Florida State as the only programs with two finalists. Örtengren and Revuelta join Jasmine Koo of USC as the only freshmen finalists.
Stanford won three-straight ANNIKA Awards beginning in 2021 when Rachel Heck became the first Cardinal to win it, following her individual national championship. Rose Zhang then won the next two following her national championship performances.
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female Division 1 collegiate golfer; the winner is 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 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. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.