CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. | South Alabama was one of 403 women's golf programs to have student-athletes named to the 2024-25 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar Team as announced by the organization. 

Among the 1,499 women's collegiate golfers to be named to the list were Jaguar golfers Katharina Schroll, Anna Behnsen, Cassidy Lambert, Malia Uyeshiro and Flavia Tamburlini.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team were some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must:

-    Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
-    Be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season.
-    Have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.
 
For additional information on the WGCA All-American Scholar Team please click here.

Year two under the direction of Marcelo Huarte, saw South Alabama post the largest turnaround in the nation. After South finished with just a 1-127 record in 2023-24, the Jags posted a 93-29-1 record in 2024-2, and improved their national ranking by 171 spots from 256 a year ago to 85th this season. South Alabama finished inside the Top 5 in nine of 10 events, including four inside the Top 3. The Jaguars also posted their lowest scoring average in program history – 293.5 strokes per round – and had an individual strokes per round of 73.38; a 33.6 stroke improvement from the previous year.

Schroll was named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the year and earned first-team all-league honors, while Mercedes Aldana earned second-team accolades.

About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's
collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in
correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of
intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is
dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they
represent.

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