Florida State University Athletics
W. Golf: Williamson And Heath Named To Annika Award List
9/1/2022 10:12:17 AM | Women's Golf
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Florida State golfers Amelia Williamson and Charlotte Heath have been named to the ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List by the Haskins Foundation. Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is presented annually to the top female U.S. collegiate golfer following the NCAA Championship Finals in May.
Florida State (two), Stanford (four) and Wake Forest (three) are the only schools in the nation with multiple players on the preseason watch list for the most prestigious award in women’s golf.
As two of the top returning players in the nation, Williamson and Heath helped lead Florida State to a fifth place finish at the 2022 NCAA Championship finals. The Seminoles finished in sixth place in stroke play and advanced to the match play portion of the NCAA Finals for the first time in school history.
“Having players on a watch list is always special as it shows that the players and our program are highly thought of for their play,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “This is Charlotte and Amelia’s first time on the Annika Watch List.”
Williamson, who earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Management in April of 2022, is ranked eighth in school history with a career stroke average of 73.82. She earned All-American Second-Team honors as named by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and All-American Third-Team honors by Golfweek as well as All-ACC honors following the 2022 season. Williamson gained her first career collegiate victory at the Florida State Match Up at the Seminole Legacy Course and finished in ninth place at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional Championship in 2022.
Williamson is currently pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in Economics from Florida State.
“Amelia earned her first college win last year and became an All-American for the first time,” said Bond. “She helped lead us to our best NCAA finish; this is a well-deserved honor.”
Heath enters her junior season ranked fourth in school history with a 72.76 career stroke average. She earned Honorable Mention All-American honors from both the WGCA and Golfweek and was named to the All-ACC team following her sensational season in 2022. Heath has been a member of two of the most successful teams in school history as she helped the Seminoles to a ninth place national finish in 2021 and a fifth place national finish in 2022.
“Charlotte had a great year last and helped us achieve a fifth place finish at the National Championship,” said Bond. She became an All- American for the second year in a row and enjoyed a great summer of golf to follow up her collegiate year.”
Florida State’s Frida Kinhult was the runner-up for the ANNIKA Award in 2019.
Florida State opens its 2022 fall season as it travels to play at the Cougar Classic hosted by the College of Charleston (S.C.) at the Yeamans Hall Golf Couse Sept. 12-13.
Preseason ANNIKA Award Watch List
Charlotte Heath, Florida State
Amelia Williamson, Florida State
Amari Avery, Southern California
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Hannah Darling, South Carolina
Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Texas A&M
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Rachel Heck, Stanford
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Oklahoma State
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
Cynthia Lu, Oregon
Caley McGinty, Ohio State
Carolina Melgrati, Arizona
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest
Benedetta Moresco, Alabama
Anna Morgan, Furman
Alessia Nobilio, UCLA
Bohyun Park, Texas
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Meghan Schofill, Auburn
Brooke Seay, Stanford
Erica Shepherd, Duke
Chiara Tamburlini, Ole Miss
Rose Zhang, Stanford