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USC's Jasmine Koo and Catherine Park Named to ANNIKA Award Final Fall Watch List
November 12, 2024 | Women's Golf
The Trojans are one of four schools with at least two players on the latest ANNIKA Watch List
The ANNIKA Award is distributed annually to the best player in women's golf. Both players were on the list to start the season, as Park was a finalist for the award at the end of the 2023-24 season.
Koo and Park both rank highly after the fall season. Koo is the No. 1 player in the Scoreboard Clippd Individual rankings, while Park is No. 12. Koo is also ranked as the No. 2 player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and Park is the No. 5 player.
Koo entered the college landscape with high expectations and lofty goals and did not disappoint during the first half of the year. The freshman won back-to-back-to-back individual titles (Windy City Collegiate; Oct. 1, Stanford Intercollegiate; Oct. 20 and East Lake Cup; Oct. 28) becoming the second Trojan ever to win three-straight individual titles (Annie Park; 2012-13). Koo only needs one more title during the spring season to tie the single-season mark in program history (Annie Park; 2013, Irene Cho; 2006 and Mikaela Parmlid; 2003). The freshman currently leads the team in all major statistical categories: stroke average (69.6), rounds of par or better (seven), rounds in the 60s (six) and birdies (50).
Park is another prominent leader for the Women of Troy, as she earned her spot on another ANNIKA Award Watch List. The junior has one win on the season (Leadership and Golf Invitational: Sept. 19) and has three top-ten finishes to her credit. Park has taken home runner-up status in the past two tournaments behind teammate Koo (Stanford Intercollegiate, East Lake Cup) and has been a focal point in helping lead USC to three tournament titles during the fall season. Park is second on the team in stroke average (71.3), rounds of par or better (six), and is tied for the most top-ten finishes with Koo (three). The junior owns the low round of the season, as she tied a single-round program record at the Stanford Intercollegiate with 63 (-8) in the tournament's final round.
The Women of Troy return to action hoping to add to their trophy cases as they start the spring season at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge on Sunday, Feb. 2, through Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.For more information on the USC women's golf team, a complete schedule, and results, please visit USCTrojans.com. Fans of the Trojans can follow the team on Instagram and on X (formerly Twitter) @USCWomensGolf.
2024-2025 Final Fall ANNIKAAward Watch List (listed alphabetically):
Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Anna Davis, Auburn
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Natasha Kiel, Purdue
Grace Kilcrease, Oklahoma State
Jasmine Koo, Southern California
Vivian Lu, Washington
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Bella McCauley, Minnesota
Farah O'Keefe, Texas
Meja Ortengren, Stanford
Catherine Park, Southern California
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Patience Rhodes, Arizona State
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Megan Streicher, North Carolina
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Rocio Tejedo, LSU
Mirabel Ting, Florida State
Kendall Todd, Arkansas
Avery Weed, Mississippi State
Lottie Woad, Florida State
