Big Ten Announces 2024-25 Women’s Golf Preseason Honors

ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday preseason honors for 54 student-athletes who were included on the Big Ten Women’s Golfers to Watch List.

The Watch List includes seven golfers who earned All-Big Ten recognition last season, including First Teamers Kary Hollenbaugh (Ohio State), Katie Lu (Michigan State) and Lauryn Nguyen (Northwestern), as well as 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Ashley Yun (Northwestern). The group also features four of the Top-6 finishers from the 2024 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships, including co-medalist Isabella McCauley (Minnesota), and 18 student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten distinction last year.

The 2024-25 golf season tees off this week for the expanded Big Ten, as the conference welcomed Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington on August 2. The league placed five teams in the preseason WGCA Top-25, including four in the Top-11 (No. 2 USC, No. 3 UCLA, No. 10 Oregon, No. 11 Northwestern, No. 23 Michigan State).

This spring, the Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships (April 18-20) return to Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland, while the 2025 NCAA Golf Championships will be hosted for a second consecutive year at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.

SCHOOL	NAME	CLASS
Illinois	Yurang Li	Sophomore
Illinois	Brielle Mapanao	Junior
Illinois	Victoria Zheng	Junior
Indiana	Madi Dabagia	Junior
Indiana	Caroline Smith	Senior
Indiana	Chloe Johnson	Junior
Iowa	Paula Miranda	Senior
Iowa	Ximena Benites	Sophomore
Iowa	Riley Lewis	Junior
Maryland	Nicha Kanpai	Junior
Maryland	Panassaya Somchit	Senior
Maryland	Chananyu Chowiwattana	Freshman
Michigan	Lauren Sung	Junior
Michigan	Mara Janess	Sophomore
Michigan	Suzie Tran	Freshman
Michigan State	Katie Lu	Senior
Michigan State	Ana Sofia Murcia	Sophomore
Michigan State	Brooke Biermann	Senior
Minnesota	Isabella McCauley	Junior
Minnesota	Reese McCauley	Freshman
Minnesota	Luisamariana Mesones	Sophomore
Nebraska	Miu Takahashi	Senior
Nebraska	Arden Louchheim	Sophomore
Nebraska	Hannah Kono	Sophomore
Northwestern	Lauryn Nguyen	Senior
Northwestern	Ashley Yun	Sophomore
Northwestern	Dianna Lee	Junior
Ohio State	Kary Hollenbaugh	Junior
Ohio State	Faith Choi	Senior
Ohio State	Nellie Ong	Freshman
Oregon	Kiara Romero	Sophomore
Oregon	Ting-Hsuan Huang	Sophomore
Oregon	Suvichaya Vinijchaitham	Freshman
Penn State	Jiratchaya Jiratthitinun	Freshman
Penn State	Michelle Cox	Senior
Penn State	Drew Nienhaus	Senior
Purdue	Momo Sugiyama	Senior
Purdue	Samantha Brown	Freshman
Purdue	Natasha Kiel	Senior
Rutgers	Lucrezia Rossettin	Senior
Rutgers	Grace Lu	Junior
Rutgers	Lorena Rossettin	Sophomore
UCLA	Zoe Antoinette Campos	Senior
UCLA	Caroline Canales	Senior
UCLA	Francesca Fiorellini	Freshman
USC	Bailey Shoemaker	Sophomore
USC	Catherine Park	Junior
USC	Jasmine Koo	Freshman
Washington	Vivian Lu	Sophomore
Washington	Carmen Lim	Junior
Washington	Jamie Hsieh	Senior
Wisconsin	Carly Carter	Senior
Wisconsin	Chloe Chan	Senior
Wisconsin	Alexia Siehl	Junior