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Belac on Final ANNIKA Award Watch List
3/31/2020 2:11:00 PM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University women's golf senior Ana Belac has been tabbed one of 10 finalists for the 2020 ANNIKA Award, which was announced Tuesday live on the Golf Channel. The award recognizes the most outstanding Division I collegiate golfers for the 2019-20 season as voted on by their fellow players, coaches and the golf media.
Voting for the 2020 ANNIKA Award will open on Tuesday, April 7 and close on Tuesday, April 21. The winners are scheduled to be announced on Golf Channel in early May.
Belac, a product of Portoroz, Slovenia, had collected a 71.85 stroke average in five events in the abbreviated season. She notched two top-five, three top-10 and four top-20 finishes on the year. She turned in her second collegiate victory at the East Lake Cup as she birdied five of her final seven holes on her way to logging a three-under-par, 69, to finish in a tie for first.
"With these uncertain times and with the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 NCAA golf season, we believe it is important that we continue to move forward in celebrating the fantastic college golf that took place this year and recognizing these outstanding athletes," said Brian Stubbs, executive director, Fred Haskins Commission.
In the final Golfweek individual rankings, Belac was the top-rated senior nationally and ranked No. 3 overall.
Other finalists include Vivian Hou (Arizona), Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest), Ingrid Lindblad (LSU), Emilia Migliaccio (Wake Forest), Pimnipa Panthong (Kent State), Kaitlyn Papp (Texas), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina), Emma Spitz (UCLA) and Natalie Srinivasan (Furman).
The two-time All-America collected two rounds in the 60s and a total of eight even or under par rounds out of 13. In one of the top fields in the nation at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, Belac tied for fifth with rounds of 74, 66 and 70 for a three-under-par, 210. The tournament featured nine top 10 teams.
"We feel it is important during this difficult time to still honor the nation's top players as voted on by their peers, coaches and the media," said Hall-of-Famer Annika Sorenstam, after whom the ANNIKA Award was named. "The chosen players always will be an ANNIKA or Haskins Award winner, and we can't let the unexpectedly rapid conclusion to the college golf season stop us from acknowledging achievements that will last a lifetime."
Duke has featured two ANNIKA Award winners over its history as Leona Maguire won the award in 2015 and 2017.
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Voting for the 2020 ANNIKA Award will open on Tuesday, April 7 and close on Tuesday, April 21. The winners are scheduled to be announced on Golf Channel in early May.
Belac, a product of Portoroz, Slovenia, had collected a 71.85 stroke average in five events in the abbreviated season. She notched two top-five, three top-10 and four top-20 finishes on the year. She turned in her second collegiate victory at the East Lake Cup as she birdied five of her final seven holes on her way to logging a three-under-par, 69, to finish in a tie for first.
"With these uncertain times and with the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 NCAA golf season, we believe it is important that we continue to move forward in celebrating the fantastic college golf that took place this year and recognizing these outstanding athletes," said Brian Stubbs, executive director, Fred Haskins Commission.
In the final Golfweek individual rankings, Belac was the top-rated senior nationally and ranked No. 3 overall.
Other finalists include Vivian Hou (Arizona), Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest), Ingrid Lindblad (LSU), Emilia Migliaccio (Wake Forest), Pimnipa Panthong (Kent State), Kaitlyn Papp (Texas), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina), Emma Spitz (UCLA) and Natalie Srinivasan (Furman).
The two-time All-America collected two rounds in the 60s and a total of eight even or under par rounds out of 13. In one of the top fields in the nation at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, Belac tied for fifth with rounds of 74, 66 and 70 for a three-under-par, 210. The tournament featured nine top 10 teams.
"We feel it is important during this difficult time to still honor the nation's top players as voted on by their peers, coaches and the media," said Hall-of-Famer Annika Sorenstam, after whom the ANNIKA Award was named. "The chosen players always will be an ANNIKA or Haskins Award winner, and we can't let the unexpectedly rapid conclusion to the college golf season stop us from acknowledging achievements that will last a lifetime."
Duke has featured two ANNIKA Award winners over its history as Leona Maguire won the award in 2015 and 2017.
#GoDuke
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