Hokie ClubCOLUMBUS, Ga. — Virginia Tech women's golfer Emily Mahar has been named to the latest watch list for the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel. The annual award goes to the top player in women's college golf.
Mahar is one of just four ACC players to make the initial spring list, along with Wake Forest's Carolina Chacarra and Rachel Kuehn, and Florida State's Beatrice Wallin.
Set to become the first Hokie to compete in the Augusta National Women's Amateur this week, Mahar will head to Augusta on a tear, having finished in the top-five of four of her previous five events. She carries a team-best 72.83 scoring average and is ranked No. 26 in the nation by Golfstat.
About the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel
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 college golf media. Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top female golfer at the end of the season 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, recognizing annually the most outstanding NCAA Division I female and male college golfers. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.