The Annika Award is women’s golf’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy, given out to the best college women’s golfer in the country annually since 2014. Let’s take a look at the previous winners of this award and where they are now:
Alison Lee, UCLA – 2014
Alison Lee may not have any LPGA Tour wins on her resumé, but she does have a strong argument for best player yet to win. Lee is a fan favorite with 26 top-10 finishes in her 10 years as a professional. She has won on the Ladies European Tour though, with two Aramco Series wins. Lee also has five top-20 finishes in majors and has appeared on two Solheim Cup teams for the United States, including in 2024 where she had the best season of her career. Lee gave birth to her first child in 2025, but has been back in action in 2026, notching a top-three finish just a couple weeks ago at the Mizuho Americas Open.
Leona Maguire, Duke – 2015, 2017
When Leona Maguire left Duke for the professional ranks, she was one of the greatest amateurs in golf history. Maguire won the McCormack Medal three years in a row as the best amateur in the world and was a GolfWeek first team All American four years in a row. Her professional career has been rock solid as well, with a pair of LPGA Tour wins, one LET win and four top-10 major championships. Maguire is also known as a fantastic Solheim Cup player, going 8-3-1 in her three appearances for Team Europe. In her first Solheim Cup appearance, she led Europe to an upset title, going 4-0-1.
Bronte Law, UCLA – 2016
Bronte Law from England became the second Bruin to win The Annika Award in 2016, winning three of the biggest West Coast tournaments in college golf that season, including the NCAA Regional. Law turned professional soon after, playing full-time on the LPGA Tour for the first time in 2018. She won her first LPGA Tour event in 2019, the same year she made her lone Solheim Cup appearance. Throughout the 2020s though, she has spent much of her time on the LET, winning three events. In 2026, Law will be a vice captain of the European Junior Solheim Cup team.
María Fassi, Arkansas – 2018, 2019
María Fassi is one of the most accomplished college golfers ever, winning two SEC Championships and an NCAA Individual title during her time in Fayetteville. She also became an instant A-lister in the women’s game with her runner-up finish to Jennifer Kupcho at the first ever Augusta National Women’s Amateur. While Fassi is still very popular with fans, her professional career has been a bit of a struggle. She hasn’t yet won on the LPGA and has spent the last two years on the Epson Tour. There have been strong moments, she has two top-20 finishes in majors and has eight career top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour.
Natalie Srinivasan, Furman – 2020
A combination of Srinivasan playing at a non-traditional power, her lack of professional career and probably COVID-19 has made Srinivasan a bit of an outlier on this list. Srinivasan won three events in 2019-2020 and had a runner-up finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, one of the best fields in women’s college golf. Of course, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, her final season was cut short. She went on to play two full seasons on the Epson Tour and had a good 2022 year with three top-10 finishes. Srinivasan retired from golf soon after though and went to medical school.
Rachel Heck, Stanford – 2021
Rachel Heck was a superstar as a freshman, and is one of the players most responsible for the current powerhouse Stanford Cardinal. Heck was dominant in 2021, winning five tournaments including The Pac-12 Championship, The NCAA Regional and NCAA Individual National Championship. Heck had her strong moments after that incredible freshman year, winning three more events, including a 2024 NCAA Regional, but dealt with injuries and being overshadowed by some teammates. Still, Heck was a two-time team national champion and is an iconic figure in Stanford golf. Heck never pursued professional golf and is currently in the Air Force Reserve Command.
Rose Zhang, Stanford – 2022, 2023
Heck’s best friend Rose Zhang put up crazy numbers in her two years at Stanford, winning nine tournaments and two individual national championships. In her short LPGA Tour career, she has had some extreme highs and lows. Zhang has two wins, two Solheim Cup appearances and made her Olympic debut in 2024, where she was in contention late in the event. As a rookie, Zhang also had three top-10 finishes in major championships, and her win at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur when she was a senior really solidified her as one of the biggest superstars in the sport. Zhang has dealt heavily with injuries over the last two seasons, but has had some solid recent results.
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU – 2024
Ingrid Lindblad was great for a long time at LSU, good enough to probably win this award in 2022 had it not been for Rose Zhang. She finally won it in 2024 where she had two individual wins, including the NCAA Regional. Lindblad turned pro in 2024 and was pretty dominant immediately on the Epson Tour, grabbing five top-10 finishes and a win in just nine starts. In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, Lindblad won in just her third start of the season at the 2025 JM Eagle LA Championship. Lindblad has been inconsistent since that time, and was open about her struggles early this season, but her game is trending in the right direction as of late with four consecutive made cuts and her best finish of the year last week in Cincinnati.
Mirabel Ting, Florida State – 2025
A Florida State Seminole won The Annika Award in 2025, but it wasn’t Lottie Woad, it was Mirabel Ting. Ting was a transfer from Augusta University and won ACC Golfer of the Year and the Coaches’ Poll Player of the Year as well. Ting is still early in her professional career, but she recently told WGDN that her goals for her first season on the Epson Tour include looking at the Race for the Card rankings and to reach the top 10 in the points rankings, which would get her full status on the LPGA Tour in 2027.
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