The 2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholar Team was announced on Monday with 1,499 women's collegiate golfers from 403 programs recognized with this prestigious honor.
Five members of the Keiser's women's golf team were selected among this year's winners
Carolin Alblas,
Luz Maria Ardila,
Ziqi Gao,
Mohea Mansbendel, and
Sophia Sindersberger were named 2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholars.
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must:
- Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
- Be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season.
- Have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.
Carolin Alblas, Fourth Year, Neuss, Germany
- Recorded a 3.97 in business administration-marketing
- Earned second WGCA All-America honor
- Named an NAIA First-Team All-American for the third time in her KU career
- Named to the NAIA Women's Golf All-Tournament Team
- Honored as the 2025 Sun Conference Golfer of the Year
- Named to the All-Sun Conference Team for the fourth straight year
- Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 30 rounds
- Had eight top-5 finishes, including two tournament wins
- Opened the year, with her first collegiate victory taking medalist honors at the 2024 Seahawk Shootout (Sept. 16-17)
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 208 at the Music City Classic (April 7-8) - second lowest in school history
- Named the Sun Conference and NAIA Golfer of the Week for her performance at the Music City Classic
- Tallied highest finish in the NAIA National Tournament of her career with a fifth-place finish (3-over, 291)
- Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 72.3
- Ranked No. 4 by clippd
Luz Maria Ardila, Second Year Bogota, Columbia
- Posted a 3.88 in integrated marketing communications
- Earned third WGCA All-America Scholar honor
- Earned NAIA Second-Team All-American for the second time in her KU career
- Named to the All-Sun Conference Team for the third year in a row
- Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 30 rounds
- Had four top-10 finishes with one in the top five
- Placed second at the Music City Classic (April 7-8), shooting a 5-under, 211
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 211 at the Music City Classic
- Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 75.2
- Ranked No. 32 by clippd
Ziqi Gao, Second Year, Beijing, China
- Earned a 3.80 in golf management
- Garnered first WGCA All-American Scholar honor
- Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 30 rounds
- Finished fourth at the Sun Conference Championships (April 27-29), shooting an eight-over
- Placed 11th at the 2025 Kona Ice Keiser Kup, shooting a 22-over
- Opened the Spring with a 14th-place finish at the Coastal Georgia Winter Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
- Began the year, shooting a 19-over to place 14th at the Seahawk Shootout (Oct. 21-22)
- Named to this Sun Conference All-Academic Team
- Earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition
- Recorded an adjusted scoring average of 77.2
- Ranked No. 86 by clippd
Mohea Mansbendel, Second Year, Noumea, New Caledonia
- Earned a 3.80 in information technology management
- Garnered second WGCA All-American Scholar honor
- Earned WGCA All-America recognition for the second straight year
- Named an NAIA First-Team All-American for the second time in her KU career
- An NAIA All-Tournament Team award winner
- Named to the All-Sun Conference Team for the second straight season
- Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 30 rounds
- Had five top-5 finishes with three tournament wins
- Won the Sun Conference Championship with a 5-over, 221 (April 27-29)
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 213 at the 2024 Saint Leo Invitational (Oct. 21-22)
- Finished the NAIA National Championship tied for eighth (8-over, 296)
- Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 73.4
- Ranked No. 11 by clippd
Sophia Sindersberger, First Year, Zurich, Switzerland
- Earned a 4.00 GPA in business administration - entrepreneurship
- Garnered first WGCA All-American Scholar honor
- Earned National Freshman of the Year honors
- Honored as a WGCA All-American for the first time
- Also named to the WGCA NAIA All-Freshman Team
- Named an NAIA First-Team All-American for the first time in her KU career
- Earned NAIA All-Tournament Team honors
- Named to the All-Sun Conference Team for the first time
- Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 30 rounds
- Had six top-10 finishes with three in the top five
- Won the Kona Ice Keiser Kup (March 9-11) with a 9-over, 225
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 219 at the Babs Steffens Invitational (Feb. 24-25)
- A two-time Sun Conference Golfer of the Week in 2024-25
- Placed seventh at the NAIA National Championship with a 5-over, 293
- Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 73.5
- Ranked No. 10 by clippd
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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