Anderson's McGaha and Moore and Lenoir-Rhyne's Colley Highlight 2024 SAC Women's Golf Awards
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Anderson's Kennedy McGaha was selected as the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Women's Golfer of the Year, while her head coach Denton Moore was named the league's Coach of the Year. Lenoir-Rhyne's Charlotte Colley earned SAC Freshman of the Year as voted on by the women's golf head coaches, the SAC office announced today.
McGaha has been one of the most accomplished golfers in the league since she set foot on campus. A junior from Honea Path, S.C., was the league's Freshman of the Year in 2022 and a 2023 First Team All-Conference selection. McGaha is ranked No. 14 in the country in the latest Clippd National Rankings and No. 4 in the region. Her adjusted average for the year is 72.70 and she has six top-10 finishes, five top-5 finishes and one medalist honor on the season. She is the second straight golfer from Anderson to win SAC Golfer of the Year honors.
Moore earns back-to-back SAC Coach of the Year accolades. In his second season at the helm, he has Anderson ranked No. 7 in the Clippd national poll. The Trojans finished in the top four as a team in all but one tournament on the season. Anderson ranked as high as No. 4 in the national poll this year and Moore has his team in contention for a second straight SAC Championship.
Colley, a native of Sheffield, UK, becomes the first player from Lenoir-Rhyne to earn SAC Freshman of the Year honors since Abbey Hartsell in 2016. Colley recorded six top-10 finishes in her rookie season and five top-five finishes in the spring season alone. Her average stroke score on the year is 74 and she ranks No. 42 in the nation heading into the SAC Championship. Since February, Colley's finishes in her final five tournaments are: fourth, second, third, third and fifth.
Not surprisingly, Anderson led the way in All-Conference selections with a staggering six players earning All-SAC honors. Joining McGaha on the First Team All-Conference is teammate Jessica Rathbone who was the 2023 SAC Golfer of the Year. Wingate's Jess Brown and Hailey McLaughlin earned spots on the first team along with Lauren Martin from Lincoln Memorial.
The 2024 South Atlantic Conference Women's Golf Championship will run from Sunday, April 14 through Tuesday, April 16 at the Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, N.C. Tee times will begin at 8:30 a.m. all three days with 18 holes being played each day. Live results for all three rounds can be found online at https://www.birdiefire.com/tournament/203487/.
2024 SAC Women's Golf All-Conference
First Team All-Conference
Jess Brown, Wingate
Lauren Martin, Lincoln Memorial
Kennedy McGaha, Anderson
Hailey McLaughlin, Wingate
Jessica Rathbone, Anderson
Second Team All-Conference
Charlotte Colley, Lenoir-Rhyne
Aly Francis, Anderson
Kennedy Gooding, Anderson
Zoey Iglesias, Anderson
Maria Morales, Limestone
Third Team All-Conference
Claudia Hastings, Limestone
Rachel Mathieson, Lincoln Memorial
Pennie Osterberg, Limestone
Paige Paolucci, Anderson
Ida Petersen, Carson-Newman
Freshman of the Year
Charlotte Colley, Lenoir-Rhyne
Golfer of the Year
Kennedy McGaha, Anderson
Coach of the Year
Denton Moore, Anderson
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