The 2025-26 WGCA All-American Scholar Team was announced on Monday with 1,551 women's collegiate golfers recognized with this prestigious honor.

Six members of the Keiser's women's golf team were selected among this year's winners Aoli Liu, Faye Wheatley, Herry Ji, Linda Stamm, Luz Maria Ardila. 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.

 

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Luz Maria Ardila, Second Year, Bogota, Columbia

• Posted a 3.89 in integrated marketing communications
• Earned fourth WGCA All-America honor
• Earned CSC All-District honors for the thrid time in her career
• Named an NAIA All-American for the third time in her career
• Earned WGCA All-America recognition for the first time in her career
• Named to an All-Sun Conference selection for the fourth year in a row (first as a second-teamer)
• Appeared in 11 events for the Seahawks for a total of 32 rounds
• Had five top-10 finishes with four in the top five
• Notched a third-place finish at the Coastal Georgia Winter Invitational (Feb. 9-10) - best career finish
• Followed that up a month later with her second third-place result at the Kona Ice Keiser Kup (March 8-10)
• Ended the year with an adjusted scoring average of 74.7
• Ranked No. 22 in the nation (clippd)

Herry Ji, First Year, London, England

• Earned a 3.80 in sports management
• Garnered first WGCA All-American Scholar honor
• Earned First-Team NAIA All-American honors for the first time in her career
• Earned Second-Team WGCA All-America honors for the first time in her career
• Also named to the WGCA NAIA All-Freshman Team presented by the AJGA
• Named the 2025-26 Sun Conference Freshman of the Year 
• Ji became the fifth Sun Conference Freshman of the Year in program history
• Named a First-Team All-Sun Conference selection for the first time
• Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 29 rounds
• Had five top-5 finishes, including three in the top 3
• Had top-10 placement of the year
• Finished tied for fifth at the 31st Annual NAIA Women's Golf National Championship (May 19-22), shooting a 10-over, 226
• Named the Sun Conference and NAIA Golfer of the Week for her performance at the Flagler Fall Slam
• Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of  73.3
• Ranked No. 6 by in the nation (clippd)

 Aoli Liu, Second Year, Quanzhou, China

• Earned first WGCA All-American Scholar honor
• Named a Second-Team All-Sun Conference selection for the first time
• Appeared in nine events for the Seahawks for a total of 26 rounds
• Had three top-10 finishes on the year with one in the top 5
• Produced the best result of her Keiser career with a fifth-place finish at Carey Collegiate presented by Walk-On's (Sept. 22-23)
• Also, registered an eight-place result at the Jupiter Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 14-15)
• Entered the Sun Conference Tournament with an adjusted scoring average of 75.6
• Currently ranked No. 36 by clippd

 
Sophia Sindersberger, Second Year, Zurich, Switzerland

• Earned a 4.00 GPA in business administration - entrepreneurship
• Garnered second WGCA All-American Scholar honor
• Named a CSC First-Team Academic All-American
• Earned First-Team NAIA All-American honors for the second straight season
• Honored as a WGCA First-Team All-American for the second time
• Named an All-Sun Conference selection for the second time (first as a first-teamer)
• Earned NAIA All-Tournament Team recognition
• Appeared in 12 events for the Seahawks for a total of 35 rounds
• Had seven top-10 finishes with three in the top five
• Won the Jupiter Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 14-15) with an 8-under (64-69-69, 202)
• Set the school record for low round (64 - round one) and the lowest 54-hole stroke total in school history at the Jupiter Collegiate Invitational
• A four-time Sun Conference Golfer of the Week in 2025-26
• Was named the NAIA Golfer of the Week twice
• Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 73.0
• Ranked No. 4 in the nation (clippd)

Linda Stamm, Graduate Student, Heiligenhaus, Germany

• Earned a 4.00 in Master's in business administration
• Garnered first WGCA All-American Scholar honor
• Earned Second-Team NAIA All-American honors for the first time in her career
• NAIA All-Tournament selection
• Named a Second-Team All-Sun Conference selection for the first time
• Appeared in nine events for the Seahawks for a total of 26 rounds
• Had fivetop-10 finishes on the year, including two in the top 5
• Placed tied for ninth at the NAIA National Championship (May 19-22)
• Began her Keiser career with a third-place finish at the Seahawk Shootout (Sept. 15-16)
• Also, place third at the Kona Ice Keiser Kup (March 8-10)
• Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 75.2
• Ranked No. 23 by clippd

Faye Wheatley, Third Year, Newcastle, England

• Posted a 3.88 in golf management
• Earned first WGCA All-America Scholar honor
• Named a First-Team All-Sun Conference selection for the first time
• Appeared in eight events for the Seahawks for a total of 24 rounds
• Had three top-10 finishes 
• Recorded a season-best third-place finish at the Jupiter Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 14-15)
• Opened the year, placing fourth at the Seahawk Shootout (Sept. 15-16)
• Entered the Sun Conference Tournament with an adjusted scoring average of 74.9
• Ranked No. 32 by clippd

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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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