STANFORD, Calif. — After the ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List was announced on Monday, it kicked off preseason award and ranking season across the country. The latest to drop is Golf Channel’s Preseason All-America teams, and the entire Stanford lineup is represented on the list this year.
Only ten golfers earn Preseason First Team All-America selections. Stanford is the only school with multiple selections, and they land an incredible four: Meja Örtengren, Andrea Revuelta, Megha Ganne, and Paula Martín Sampedro.
Örtengren, the reigning ACC and WGCA Freshman of the Year, compiled nine top 10 finishes in nine tournaments while going 4-2 in match play. Her scoring average of 70.11 was the fourth-best in program history by any golfer, scoring at par or better in 24 of 28 rounds while shooting in the 60s on ten occasions. She tied the Stanford single-round record with a 10-under 62 during the San Diego State Classic on the way to her first collegiate win. On top of that, she won the Hills Open on the Ladies European Tour on Aug. 24, her first professional win as an amateur.
Revuelta caught fire late in her freshman season after missing portions of the fall and winter due to injury. In her return to the lineup, Revuelta became an ACC champion by tying the ACC championship scoring record of 14-under. She followed that up by winning the NCAA Norman Regional, becoming the first Cardinal since Rose Zhang to win consecutive postseason tournaments. A strong summer abroad helped her climb to No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Ganne broke into the top five in the World Amateur Golf Rankings thanks to a terrific finish to her summer, winning the 125th U.S. Women’s Amateur. It comes after another stellar season on The Farm that saw her win her second career tournament and become the program’s all-time leader in scoring average (71.29). Ganne finished tied for tenth in stroke play at the NCAA Championship in 2025, her second top ten finish in Carlsbad. She is a three-time All-American, including two first-team selections.
Perhaps no Stanford golfer had a better summer than Martín Sampedro. She won the 122nd Women’s Amateur, the European Ladies’ Amateur, and took home the Smyth Salver after a top 10 finish at the AIG Women’s Open. As a sophomore, Martín Sampedro won her first two collegiate tournaments and has finished in the top five in stroke play at the NCAA Championship twice. She actively sits No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, aiming to become the first Spaniard to reach the top spot.
Rounding out the list of Preseason All-America selections is Kelly Xu, who lands on third-team honors. Xu has been one of the most consistent Cardinal during her career, ranking fourth in program history in scoring average (71.89). She owns ten top-10 finishes in her career, including four last season, and is tied for the NCAA Championship record with seven match play wins. She is a two-time Second Team All-America selection through WGCA.
It comes as no surprise that Stanford opens the season as the top-ranked team in Golf Channel’s Top- 30. Despite falling in the national championship match to Northwestern, all five in the Cardinal lineup return, as detailed above. Defending champion Northwestern opens the season ranked No. 13. The following ACC teams are ranked: No. 6 Duke, No. 12 Wake Forest, No. 16 North Carolina, No. 22 Florida State, No. 23 SMU, and No. 25 California.