Kim, Fassi Named To ANNIKA Award Watch List

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas seniors Dylan Kim and Maria Fassi were named to the 2018-19 PING WGCA Division I Player of the Year watch list the organization announced on Friday.

Fassi won the award last year and Kim was also a member of the watch list in 2017-18. The duo are two of 20 players selected in the first release of the watch list. The ANNIKA Award Watch List will be updated two more times this spring. The second Watch List (mid-April) will reduce the list to 15 players, and the final Watch List (mid-May) will reduce the list to the top 10 players.

Kim leads the sixth-ranked Razorbacks this season with a stroke average of 71.0 in five events. She has three third-place finishes and four top-9 places in five events. She was selected for the Palmer Cup earlier this week.

Fassi has a 71.36 stroke averaged with a T-4th place in her most recent outing. She has played her last three tournaments even shooting 216 in those events.

Kim, Fassi and the Razorbacks travel to the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Friday-Sunday as the collegiate season continues. The Razorbacks host the 2019 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships at Blessings Golf Club in May.

ANNIKA AWARD WATCH LIST – 3/8/19
Andrea Lee, Stanford
Frida Kinhult, Florida State
Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA
Mariel Galdiano, UCLA
Albane Valenzuela, Stanford
Dylan Kim, Arkansas
Yu-Sang Hou, Arizona
Jiwon Jeon, Alabama
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest
Hira Naveed, Pepperdine
Hailee Cooper, Texas
Malia Nam, USC
Abbey Carlson, Vanderbilt
Jaravee Boonchant, Duke
Gabriela Ruffels, USC
Maria Fassi, Arkansas
Kaitlyn Papp, Texas
Lois Kaye Go, South Carolina
Auston Kim, Vanderbilt
Sierra Brooks, Florida