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Shepherd Remains on ANNIKA Award Watch List
3/12/2021 10:10:00 AM | Women's Golf
DURHAM – On Friday morning, the latest ANNIKA Award Watch list presented by Stifel was released live on the Golf Channel and Golfweek with Duke sophomore Erica Shepherd one of 15 selections being considered for National Player of the Year accolades.
A product of Greenwood, Ind., Shepherd has opened the 2021 campaign on fire by turning in her first collegiate victory at the Gamecock Intercollegiate and a third-place ledger at the Palmetto Intercollegiate. With the victory in the last tournament, Shepherd jumped to No. 2 in the latest Golfweek individual rankings. She has totaled a 71.33 stroke average on the season with four under-par rounds on the year.
Along with Shepherd on the list was Allisen Corpuz (USC), Isabella Fierro (Oklahoma State), Karen Fredgaard (Houston), Linn Grant (Arizona State), Gurleen Kaur (Baylor), Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest), Ingrid Lindblad (LSU), Ana Palaez (South Carolina), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina), Aneka Seumanutafa (Ohio State), Emma Spitz (UCLA), Maja Stark (Oklahoma State), Beatrice Wallin (Florida State) and Lauren Walsh (Wake Forest).
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female U.S. Collegiate golfer. The winner is decided by a vote from student-athletes, coaches and members of the golf media. Named for and presented by Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Commission to acknowledge the top female golfer at the end of the season, to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer.
Former Duke standout Leona Maguire won the ANNIKA Award on two occasions in 2015 and 2017.
Shepherd and the Blue Devils are preparing to open the Valspar Augusta Invitational at the Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., March 13-14.
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A product of Greenwood, Ind., Shepherd has opened the 2021 campaign on fire by turning in her first collegiate victory at the Gamecock Intercollegiate and a third-place ledger at the Palmetto Intercollegiate. With the victory in the last tournament, Shepherd jumped to No. 2 in the latest Golfweek individual rankings. She has totaled a 71.33 stroke average on the season with four under-par rounds on the year.
Along with Shepherd on the list was Allisen Corpuz (USC), Isabella Fierro (Oklahoma State), Karen Fredgaard (Houston), Linn Grant (Arizona State), Gurleen Kaur (Baylor), Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest), Ingrid Lindblad (LSU), Ana Palaez (South Carolina), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina), Aneka Seumanutafa (Ohio State), Emma Spitz (UCLA), Maja Stark (Oklahoma State), Beatrice Wallin (Florida State) and Lauren Walsh (Wake Forest).
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female U.S. Collegiate golfer. The winner is decided by a vote from student-athletes, coaches and members of the golf media. Named for and presented by Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Commission to acknowledge the top female golfer at the end of the season, to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer.
Former Duke standout Leona Maguire won the ANNIKA Award on two occasions in 2015 and 2017.
Shepherd and the Blue Devils are preparing to open the Valspar Augusta Invitational at the Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., March 13-14.
#GoDuke
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