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Women’s Golf’s O’Keefe and Kim named to ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List
08.27.2026 | Women's Golf
Pair of Texas women’s golfers land on top-25 preseason watch list.
COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Haskins Foundation announced the ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List presented by Stifel on Thursday. Texas women's golfers Farah O'Keefe, the 2026 ANNIKA Award winner and Lauren Kim landed on the 25-player watch list.
O'Keefe and Kim both earned Golfweek and WGCA (Women's Golf Coaches Association) All-America honors following the 2025-26 season and return for their senior year at Texas.
O'Keefe is currently ranked No. 3 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings. O'Keefe was the 2026 NCAA individual Champion and earned the 2026 ANNIKA Award, 2026 WGCA Player of the Year, 2026 Golfweek Player of the Year and 2026 Honda Award for golf. O'Keefe set an NCAA record with 12 top-10 finishes in the 2025-26 season and set a Texas single season career for stroke average at 69.84. She won four events and her five total victories are third all-time at Texas. O'Keefe played in three LPGA majors this past season and was the low amateur in the Chevron Championship and the The Amundi Evian Championship.
Kim is ranked No. 19 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Kim posted six top-10 finishes in the 2025-26 season. Her best finish was a runner-up finish at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate and she finished T12 at the SEC Championship. Kim played in the U.S. Women's Open and The Amundi Evian Championship as well as the CPKC Women's Open on the LPGA Tour. Kim earned First Team All-SEC honors and Second Team All-America honors from Golfweek and the WGCA. Kim was part of Team International and won the Arnold Palmer Cup for the second straight season.
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. Farah O'Keefe (Texas) became the 13th ANNIKA Award winner in 2026.
2026-27 ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List
Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M
Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte
Anna Davis, Auburn
Eunseo Choi, Pepperdine
Paula Francisco, Florida
Sophia Fullbrook, Florida State
Eila Galitsky, South Carolina
Veronika Kedronova, Kent State
Lauren Kim, Texas
Jasmine Koo, USC
Chloe Kovelesky, Wake Forest
Marie Madsen, NC State
Rianne Malixi, Duke
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Farah O'Keefe, Texas
Meja Örtengren, Stanford
Macy Pate, Wake Forest
Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio, Texas A&M
Prim Prachnakorn, Oregon
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Patience Rhodes, Arizona State
Bailey Shoemaker, USC
Marta Silchenko, Oklahoma State
Avery Weed, Mississippi State
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