The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Golf’s Farah O’Keefe named ANNIKA Award finalist
05.15.2026 | Women's Golf
O’Keefe is 1 of 10 women’s collegiate golfers named a finalist for the prestigious award.
COLUMBUS, Georgia — Farah O'Keefe has three wins this season and is currently ranked No. 1 individually in collegiate women's golf and was named one of 10 finalists for the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel Postseason as the Haskins Foundation announced the finalists on Friday. The ANNIKA Award is presented each year to the outstanding female collegiate golfer of the year.
Ranked No. 4 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings list, O'Keefe has three tournament victories and has finished in the top-10 in each of her 11 college tournaments. O'Keefe has finished in the top-three in four of her last five collegiate events. O'Keefe has a 69.9 stroke average for the season and is 39-under on par fives this season.
O'Keefe was part of Team USA winning the World Amateur Team Championship in October and competed for the third time in the Augusta National Women's Amateur this year. O'Keefe has been named to the Palmer Cup and Curis Cup teams for Team USA later this summer.
O'Keefe was the low amateur in at the LPGA major championship, the Chevron Championship along with Yunseo Yang from Korea. Through 54 holes of the championship O'Keefe was T6 on the leaderboard.
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female Division 1 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 and to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer.
Voting will open on Friday, May 15th and end on Monday, May 25th after the completion of the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship. Current Division I players, coaches, past ANNIKA Award winners, women's golf SID's, and select college golf media members are eligible to vote for the ANNIKA Award.
2025-26 ANNIKA Award Finalists
Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M
Paula Francisco, Florida
Jasmine Koo, USC
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Paula Martín Sampedro, Stanford
Farah O'Keefe, Texas
Meja Örtengren, Stanford
Catherine Park, USC
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Kiara Romero, Oregon
