Charleston Sweeps 2026 CAA Women’s Golf Awards
Dylan Smith
RICHMOND, Va. – Charleston swept the 2026 CAA Women’s Golf awards as
Molly Hardwick (Player of the Year),
Carys Fennessy (Rookie of the Year) and
Jamie Futrell (Coach of the Year) earned recognition as voted on by the league’s coaches.
Hardwick picked up the top golf honor after being the league’s best-ranked golfer (No. 101), according to Clipp’d. She earned medalist honors at the Edisto Island Invitational in October to secure one of her four Women’s Golfer of the Week honors. The senior from Nashville, Tenn., also racked up five top-10 finishes this season, including a sixth-place mark at the 2026 CAA Women’s Golf Championship.
Fennessy picked up a unanimous selection for Rookie of the Year honors after a stellar first campaign with the Cougars. The freshman was ranked first among freshmen and third overall in the CAA this season after turning in a trio of top-five finishes, including a fourth-place showing at last week’s conference tournament.
Cougars’ Head Coach Futrell earned his seventh accolade as the league’s top coach, going back-to-back after securing the recognition in 2025. CofC’s longtime leader helped his program earn its fourth CAA conference title in the last five years and bumped the championship total to seven. Futrell guided a pair of All-CAA First Team honorees and major award winners in Hardwick and Fennessy, while seeing
Adrian Anderson and
Emilie von Finckenstein garner Second Team honors.
UNCW Head Coach
Cindy Ho saw three of her student-athletes receive all-conference selections, led by 2026 CAA Women’s Golf Individual Champion and First Team honoree
Victoria Levy. The redshirt senior battled to break even at the three-day event held at The Reserve Clubs at St. James to claim medalist honors. Levy was also tabbed No. 2 among conference competitors, according to Clipp’d. Teammates
Hannah Altman and
Minouche Rooijmans landed on the league’s Second Team following stellar performances throughout the 2025-26 campaign.
North Carolina A&T’s
Ekaterina Prokhorova was locked in under the direction of first-year Head Coach
Mesha Levister and became the first Lady Aggie to capture a spot on the All-CAA First Team. The Moscow, Russia native led the conference with six Golfer of the Week honors to go with seven-straight finishes in the top five, including a trio of medalist honors.
Elon’s
Ashley Lafontaine was also selected to the All-CAA First Team in Head Coach
Chris Dockrill’s final season with the program. She became the first Phoenix women’s golfer to land on the conference’s top team since Annabelle Ackroyd in 2023.
Campbell’s
Fanni Grönlund found herself among the league’s best golfers this season under the guidance of Head Coach
John Crooks, earning a Second Team nod following her second-straight top-10 finish at the CAA Women’s Golf Championship.
2026 CAA WOMEN’S GOLF POSTSEASON AWARDS
CAA Player of the Year
Molly Hardwick, Charleston
CAA Rookie of the Year
Carys Fennessy, Charleston^
CAA Coach of the Year
Jamie Futrell, Charleston
^ unanimous selection
2026 All-CAA First Team
| Player |
Team |
Class |
Hometown |
| Carys Fennessy |
Charleston |
Fr. |
Dover, N.H. |
| Molly Hardwick |
Charleston |
Sr. |
Nashville, Tenn. |
| Ashley Lafontaine |
Elon |
Sr. |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Victoria Levy |
UNCW |
R-Sr. |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Ekaterina Prokhorova |
N.C. A&T |
Sr. |
Moscow, Russia |
2026 All-CAA Second Team
| Player |
Team |
Class |
Hometown |
| Adrian Anderson |
Charleston |
Sr. |
Murrells Inlet, S.C. |
| Hannah Altman |
UNCW |
Sr. |
Lake City, S.C. |
| Fanni Grönlund |
Campbell |
So. |
Kirkkonummi, Finland |
| Minouche Rooijmans |
UNCW |
Jr. |
Eersel, Netherlands |
| Emilie von Finckenstein |
Charleston |
Jr. |
Hamburg, Germany |
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