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Annika Award Watch List: Rose Zhang, Ingrid Lindblad highlight final list

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And then there were 10.

Led by Stanford freshman Rose Zhang and LSU junior Ingrid Lindblad, the final spring watch list for the Annika Award presented by Stifel was released on Monday. Ten players are still in the running for the award, which is given annually to the most outstanding women’s college golfer, as voted on by players, coaches and media.

Past winners of the Annika Award include Leona Maguire, Alison Lee and Maria Fassi.

Zhang is ranked No. 1 in both major rankings, just ahead of Linblad, a five-time winner this season, in both. USC’s Amari Avery, San Jose State’s Natasha Andrea Oon and Alabama’s Polly Mack all won individual regional titles last week.

Here are the 10 players on the final Annika Award watch list entering this week’s NCAA Championship:

Amari Avery, Fr., USC
Rankings: Golfstat – 5; Golfweek – 3
Wins: 3 (NCAA Stanford Regional, Gold Rush, Icon Invitational)
Other results: T-2, Liz Murphey Collegiate; T-5, Pac-12 Championship; T-6, Lamkin Invitational; T-8, Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge; T-18, Silverado Showdown

Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Fr., Wake Forest
Rankings: Golfstat – 13; Golfweek – 16
Wins: 2 (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, UCF Challenge)
Other results: T-2, Liz Murphey Collegiate; T-5, Bryan National Collegiate; T-7, NCAA Franklin Regional; T-12, Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge; T-16, Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite; T-17, Landfall Tradition; T-35, ACC Championship; 36th, Annika Intercollegiate

Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Rankings: Golfstat – 8; Golfweek – 10
Wins: None
Other results: 2nd, Annika Intercollegiate; T-2, Valspar Augusta Invitational; T-4, Landfall Tradition; 5th, NCAA Tallahassee Regional; T-5, Liz Murphey Collegiate; T-7, Windy City Classic; T-9, SEC Championship; T-18, Moon Golf Invitational; 27th, Jackson T. Stephens Cup; T-27, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Alexandra Forsterling, Sr., Arizona State
Rankings: Golfstat – 3; Golfweek – 6
Wins: 1 (Ping/ASU Invitational)
Other results: 2nd, Match in the Desert; 3rd, Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge; T-4, Silverado Showdown; T-5, NCAA Stillwater Regional; T-6, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate; T-10, Stanford Intercollegiate; T-13, Pac-12 Preview; T-15, Annika Intercollegiate; T-16, Lamkin Invitational; T-22, Pac-12 Championship

Rachel Kuehn, Jr., Wake Forest
Rankings: Golfstat – 6; Golfweek – 5
Wins: 2 (Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite, Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge)
Other results: T-2, NCAA Franklin Regional; T-2, Bryan National Collegiate; 3rd, UCF Challenge; 7th, ACC Championship; T-8, Liz Murphey Collegiate; T-12, Landfall Tradition; T-13, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate; T-25, Annika Intercollegiate

Ingrid Lindblad, Jr., LSU
Rankings: Golfstat – 2; Golfweek – 2
Wins: 5 (SEC Championship, Clemson Invitational, Clover Cup, Moon Golf Invitational, Jackson T. Stephens Cup)
Other results: T-3, Illini Invitational; fifth, NCAA Stanford Regional; T-6, The Ally; T-10, Annika Intercollegiate; T-27, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Polly Mack, Sr., Alabama
Rankings: Golfstat – 7; Golfweek – 7
Wins: 2 (NCAA Franklin Regional, Liz Murphey Collegiate)
Other results: T-5, Valspar Augusta Invitational; 8th, Moon Golf Invitational; T-8, Annika Intercollegiate; T-8, Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite; T-12, SEC Championship; T-13, Mason Rudolph Championship; T-13, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate; T-15, The Ally

Natasha Andrea Oon, Sr., San Jose State
Rankings: Golfstat – 4; Golfweek – 4
Wins: 2 (NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, Mountain West Championship)
Other results: 2nd, MountainView Collegiate; T-2, The Molly; 3rd, Stanford Intercollegiate; 3rd, Lamkin Invitational; T-10, Silverado Showdown; T-10, Juli Inkster Invitational; T-10, Illini Invitational; T-21, Dick McGuire Invitational

Emma Spitz, UCLA
Rankings: Golfstat – 10; Golfweek – 11
Wins: 1 (Chambers Bay Invitational)
Other results: 2nd, Pac-12 Preview; T-2, Ping/ASU Invitational; T-3, NCAA Tallahassee Regional; T-6, Lamkin Invitational; T-11, Blessings Intercollegiate; T-15, Stanford Intercollegiate; T-17, The Match in the Desert; T-26, Pac-12 Championship; T-28, Annika Intercollegiate

Rose Zhang, Fr., Stanford
Rankings:
Golfstat – 1; Golfweek – 1
Wins: 3 (The Molly, Windy City Classic, Stanford Intercollegiate)
Other results: 2nd, NCAA Stanford Regional; 2nd, Pac-12 Championship; 2nd, Juli Inkster Invitational; 2nd, Gunrock Invitational; T-4, Lamkin Invitational; T-10, Ping/ASU Invitational