Lopez Ramirez Named to ANNIKA Award Watch List

COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Haskins Foundation announced Julia Lopez Ramirez to the ANNIKA Award Watch List presented by Stifel on Friday via GolfWeek and the Golf Channel. Lopez Ramirez is the first Bulldog to be named to the list in three straight seasons in Mississippi State Women's Golf history.

Voting for the 2024 ANNIKA Award will open on Friday. Voting will remain open until the completion of the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship on Monday, May 20th. The link to vote can be found HERE.

The 2024 ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel will be announced Tuesday, May 21st on Golf Channel. The 2024 ANNIKA Award winner will also be awarded an exemption into the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship.

The ANNIKA Award Watch List recognizes players who have set themselves apart as frontrunners in women's college golf over the past two and a half months. The ANNIKA Award honors the most outstanding female collegiate golfer of the year, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media. The players selected onto the ANNIKA Award Watch List were selected by a panel of GolfWeek and Golf Channel reporters.

Lopez Ramirez has been one of the premier college golfers since she got to Mississippi State. The junior from Spain recently won her second-straight SEC Individual Championship while helping the Bulldogs win their first-ever SEC Team Championship just a few days later. Her strong play all season also helped Lopez Ramirez win her second consecutive SEC Player of the Year honor. On the year, Lopez Ramirez shot an average of 68.4, the third best average in the SEC. She also took home a second individual title at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, where she shot her best round of the season and broke an event record at seven-under par.

About the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female Division 1 collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media. Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top female golfer and to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer. Rose Zhang (Stanford) became the 10th ANNIKA Award winner in 2023, and the third consecutive winner from Stanford.

Stifel, one of the nation's leading wealth management and investment banking firms, serves as the presenting sponsor of both the ANNIKA and Haskins Awards. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.

ANNIKA Award Watch List
Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
Zoe Antoinette Campos, UCLA
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Catherine Park, Southern California
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State
Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Lottie Woad, Florida State

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