Via FSU sports information:
Three Seminoles – Charlotte Heath, Lottie Woad and Amelia Williamson – have been named to the 2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf team in a vote by the league’s 12 head coaches. It is the third time Heath has earned All-ACC honors, the second time for Williamson and the first time Woad has been honored by the ACC. Woad was also named as the ACC Freshman of the Year, marking just the second time a Florida State golfer has been named as the ACC’s top newcomer in the sport of women’s golf.
The selection of three Seminoles to the All-ACC team marks just the third time in school history that three or more players have earned All-ACC honors in the same season. The school record for All-ACC selections in the same year is four – Matilda Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim Metraux and Morgane Metraux – in 2017. Woad is just the second Seminole to earn ACC Freshman of the Year honors – joining only Frida Kinhult in 2019.
Florida State and Wake Forest are the only two teams in the ACC with three or more players named to the 2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf team.
Head Coach Amy Bond has now coached a total of 24 All-ACC selections in her first 13 years as the Seminoles’ head coach, and is the only head coach in school history to have coached the only two players (Kinhult and Woad) in school history to earn ACC Freshman of the Year honors.
“We are super excited for Charlotte, Lottie, and Amelia,” said Bond. “All three golfers have played well all season, and set the tone both on and off the course for our entire team. With the semester coming to a close, we expect to do as well in the classroom as we have on the course this season. We are thankful to our administration and professors on campus who work to give all of the girls on our team the opportunities to be successful throughout their careers.”
Heath and Woad are both on the ANNIKA Award Watch list – the award that names the National Player of the Year at the conclusion of the NCAA Championships. Each of the Seminoles who earned All-ACC honors had the pleasure of competing in Augusta National Women’s Amateur in Match at Augusta National.
Heath enters the NCAA Raleigh Regional Championship as the Seminoles’ leader in stroke average with a school-record best 70.79 scoring average. She has finished in the top five in the individual standings in four of Florida State’s five events and is a total of 17 strokes under par this spring for her junior season, Heath is a cumulative total of 32 strokes under par. She finished as the individual co-champion at the Landfall Tradition in October.
“I’m happy to be selected to the All-ACC for the third consecutive season,” said Heath. “My focus is on the success of our team as we begin play in regionals next week. We are really looking forward to a great week of practice, and beginning play in Raleigh.”
Heath is just the fifth player in school history to earn All-ACC honors at least three times as a Seminole. She joins Caroline Westrup (2006, 07, 08, 09), Kristin Tamulis (2001, 02, 03), Castren (2014, 16, 17) and Beatrice Wallin (2019, 21, 22) as Florida State golfers who have earned All-ACC honors three or more times.
Woad, who has earned seven top-10 finishes in her nine events in her first season as a Seminoles, enters the NCAA Raleigh Regional Championship with a 70.84 stoke average. She has earned two individual championships (at the Ivy Intercollegiate and the Florida State Match Up) and has six top-five individual finishes. Woad has finished under par in five of her nine starts, including a 10 under performance in finishing in third place in the Moon Invitational in February.
“I am pleased to have made the All-ACC team in my first year after playing pretty consistently throughout the season,” said Woad. “It’s an honor for our program, and for me, to be named the ACC Freshman of the Year.”
Heath and Woad were recently named to the International Team for the 2023 Palmer Cup (June 8-10) at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa.
Williamson, the first player to play in five seasons in the history of the program, is averaging 72.80 strokes in nine events as a senior. She finished in fifth place in the individual standings at the Florida State Match Up, and in a tie for 15th place in the recently completed ACC Championships. Williamson is ranked sixth in school history with 123 career rounds played, and is looking to become just the second player in school history to play in 130 or more career rounds.
“I am honored to receive All-ACC team recognition, said Williamson. “It’s nice to see an honor of this caliber come from my hard work, especially in my final season as a Seminole.”
Florida State begins play on May 8 at the NCAA Raleigh (N.C.) Regional Championship at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course. The Seminoles are looking to become just the sixth team since 2000 to win three consecutive regional championships after winning the titles at the Louisville (2021) and Tallahassee Regional (2022) in the last two years.
“We’ve had a really good season, but we know there’s a lot of golf left to play,” said Bond. “We are happy for members of our team to be honored, but we all know there are bigger team goals ahead in the next four weeks. We are all excited to get on the road and play Florida State golf.”
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Player of the Year
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year
Lottie Woad, Florida State
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Coach of the Year
Kelley Hester, Clemson
2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf Team
Charlotte Heath, Florida State
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Amelia Williamson, Florida State
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest
Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Wake Forest
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest
Phoebe Brinker, Duke
Savannah Grewal, Clemson
Annabelle Pancake, Clemson
Erica Shepherd, Duke
Kayla Smith, North Carolina
Jennifer Cleary, Virginia
Mimi Rhodes, Wake Forest
Florida State’s All-ACC Selections
1992, Erica Firnhaber
1993, Marie-Josee Rouleau
1994, Karen Stupples
1995, Karen Stupples
1998, Amy Bond
2001, Kristin Tamulis, Louise Wright
2002, Kristin Tamulis
2003, Kristin Tamulis
2004, Caroline Larsson, Katie Quinney
2005, Jaclyn Burch
2006, Caroline Westrup
2007, Caroline Westrup
2008, Caroline Westrup
2009, Caroline Westrup
2010, Lacy Agnew, Macarena Silva
2011, Maria Salinas
2012, Maria Salinas
2013, Jessica Negron
2014, Matilda Castren, Alex Milan
2015, Lydia Gumm
2016, Matilda Castren, Kim Metraux
2017, Matilda Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim Metraux, Morgane Metraux
2018, Amanda Doherty, Morgane Metraux
2019, Frida Kinhult, Beatrice Wallin
2020, None selected
2021, Charlotte Heath, Beatrice Wallin
2022, Charlotte Heath, Beatrice Wallin, Amelia Williamson
2023, Charlotte Heath, Lottie Woad, Amelia Williamson
Three Seminoles – Charlotte Heath, Lottie Woad and Amelia Williamson – have been named to the 2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf team in a vote by the league’s 12 head coaches. It is the third time Heath has earned All-ACC honors, the second time for Williamson and the first time Woad has been honored by the ACC. Woad was also named as the ACC Freshman of the Year, marking just the second time a Florida State golfer has been named as the ACC’s top newcomer in the sport of women’s golf.
The selection of three Seminoles to the All-ACC team marks just the third time in school history that three or more players have earned All-ACC honors in the same season. The school record for All-ACC selections in the same year is four – Matilda Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim Metraux and Morgane Metraux – in 2017. Woad is just the second Seminole to earn ACC Freshman of the Year honors – joining only Frida Kinhult in 2019.
Florida State and Wake Forest are the only two teams in the ACC with three or more players named to the 2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf team.
Head Coach Amy Bond has now coached a total of 24 All-ACC selections in her first 13 years as the Seminoles’ head coach, and is the only head coach in school history to have coached the only two players (Kinhult and Woad) in school history to earn ACC Freshman of the Year honors.
“We are super excited for Charlotte, Lottie, and Amelia,” said Bond. “All three golfers have played well all season, and set the tone both on and off the course for our entire team. With the semester coming to a close, we expect to do as well in the classroom as we have on the course this season. We are thankful to our administration and professors on campus who work to give all of the girls on our team the opportunities to be successful throughout their careers.”
Heath and Woad are both on the ANNIKA Award Watch list – the award that names the National Player of the Year at the conclusion of the NCAA Championships. Each of the Seminoles who earned All-ACC honors had the pleasure of competing in Augusta National Women’s Amateur in Match at Augusta National.
Heath enters the NCAA Raleigh Regional Championship as the Seminoles’ leader in stroke average with a school-record best 70.79 scoring average. She has finished in the top five in the individual standings in four of Florida State’s five events and is a total of 17 strokes under par this spring for her junior season, Heath is a cumulative total of 32 strokes under par. She finished as the individual co-champion at the Landfall Tradition in October.
“I’m happy to be selected to the All-ACC for the third consecutive season,” said Heath. “My focus is on the success of our team as we begin play in regionals next week. We are really looking forward to a great week of practice, and beginning play in Raleigh.”
Heath is just the fifth player in school history to earn All-ACC honors at least three times as a Seminole. She joins Caroline Westrup (2006, 07, 08, 09), Kristin Tamulis (2001, 02, 03), Castren (2014, 16, 17) and Beatrice Wallin (2019, 21, 22) as Florida State golfers who have earned All-ACC honors three or more times.
Woad, who has earned seven top-10 finishes in her nine events in her first season as a Seminoles, enters the NCAA Raleigh Regional Championship with a 70.84 stoke average. She has earned two individual championships (at the Ivy Intercollegiate and the Florida State Match Up) and has six top-five individual finishes. Woad has finished under par in five of her nine starts, including a 10 under performance in finishing in third place in the Moon Invitational in February.
“I am pleased to have made the All-ACC team in my first year after playing pretty consistently throughout the season,” said Woad. “It’s an honor for our program, and for me, to be named the ACC Freshman of the Year.”
Heath and Woad were recently named to the International Team for the 2023 Palmer Cup (June 8-10) at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa.
Williamson, the first player to play in five seasons in the history of the program, is averaging 72.80 strokes in nine events as a senior. She finished in fifth place in the individual standings at the Florida State Match Up, and in a tie for 15th place in the recently completed ACC Championships. Williamson is ranked sixth in school history with 123 career rounds played, and is looking to become just the second player in school history to play in 130 or more career rounds.
“I am honored to receive All-ACC team recognition, said Williamson. “It’s nice to see an honor of this caliber come from my hard work, especially in my final season as a Seminole.”
Florida State begins play on May 8 at the NCAA Raleigh (N.C.) Regional Championship at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course. The Seminoles are looking to become just the sixth team since 2000 to win three consecutive regional championships after winning the titles at the Louisville (2021) and Tallahassee Regional (2022) in the last two years.
“We’ve had a really good season, but we know there’s a lot of golf left to play,” said Bond. “We are happy for members of our team to be honored, but we all know there are bigger team goals ahead in the next four weeks. We are all excited to get on the road and play Florida State golf.”
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Player of the Year
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year
Lottie Woad, Florida State
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Coach of the Year
Kelley Hester, Clemson
2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf Team
Charlotte Heath, Florida State
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Amelia Williamson, Florida State
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest
Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Wake Forest
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest
Phoebe Brinker, Duke
Savannah Grewal, Clemson
Annabelle Pancake, Clemson
Erica Shepherd, Duke
Kayla Smith, North Carolina
Jennifer Cleary, Virginia
Mimi Rhodes, Wake Forest
Florida State’s All-ACC Selections
1992, Erica Firnhaber
1993, Marie-Josee Rouleau
1994, Karen Stupples
1995, Karen Stupples
1998, Amy Bond
2001, Kristin Tamulis, Louise Wright
2002, Kristin Tamulis
2003, Kristin Tamulis
2004, Caroline Larsson, Katie Quinney
2005, Jaclyn Burch
2006, Caroline Westrup
2007, Caroline Westrup
2008, Caroline Westrup
2009, Caroline Westrup
2010, Lacy Agnew, Macarena Silva
2011, Maria Salinas
2012, Maria Salinas
2013, Jessica Negron
2014, Matilda Castren, Alex Milan
2015, Lydia Gumm
2016, Matilda Castren, Kim Metraux
2017, Matilda Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim Metraux, Morgane Metraux
2018, Amanda Doherty, Morgane Metraux
2019, Frida Kinhult, Beatrice Wallin
2020, None selected
2021, Charlotte Heath, Beatrice Wallin
2022, Charlotte Heath, Beatrice Wallin, Amelia Williamson
2023, Charlotte Heath, Lottie Woad, Amelia Williamson
