Four Women’s Golfers Named WGCA All-American Scholars

HOUSTON – University of Houston Women's Golfers Annie Kim, Natalie Saint Germain, Alexa Saldana and Moa Svedenskiold were named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team for their outstanding work in the classroom during the 2022-23 academic year.

The four WGCA All-American Scholar honorees set a program single-season record, topping the old mark of three, set in 2019-20, 2017-18 and 2016-17.

In addition, Hyeonji Kang, who will join the Cougars as a junior in the fall after transferring from Hawai'i, earned a place on the team for her academic work with the Rainbow Wahine.

To be selected as a WGCA All-American Scholar, student-athletes must…
– Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher
– Be an amateur and be on the team's roster through the conclusion of the season
– Have played in 50 percent of the scheduled competitive rounds during the year

ANNIE KIM
Kim established herself as one of the Cougars' finest student-athletes during her four-year career at Houston. The Seoul, South Korea, native received her bachelor's degree in public health with minors in biology and medicine and society from UH in May 2023 and will soon be a four-time member of the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

This was the second time Kim was named a WGCA All-American Scholar after first receiving the award in 2021-22.

Kim also was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team in June.

On the course, Kim posted a 73.13 scoring average with 14 rounds of par or better while helping lead the Cougars to the NCAA Pullman Regional during the 2022-23 season.

She earned four Top-20 finishes and fired a 66 in the First Round of the NCAA Pullman Regional on May 8, the second-lowest 18-hole total in the Cougars' Regional history.

Kim ended her Houston career ranked second in stroke average (73.82) and third in strokes (7,087) and rounds played (96).

NATALIE SAINT GERMAIN
Saint Germain received her award while studying pre-psychology as a freshman in 2022-23.

The Prague, Czech Republic, native was one of only three Cougars to compete in all 11 tournaments a year ago and finished second on the team with 15 rounds of par or better and a 72.79 scoring average, which ranked fourth in Houston single-season history.

In only her second tournament, she set a school record, posting a bogey-free 64 in the Final Round of the Schooner Fall Classic on the way to a 10^th place finish. Saint Germain started her collegiate career with a fourth-place showing at the Mo'Morial Invitational in September 2022, thanks to scores of 67-69 in the final two rounds.

ALEXA SALDANA
Competing in her first collegiate season in 2022-23, Saldana studied pre-psychology. She joined Saint Germain in competing in all 11 tournaments and opened the Schooner Fall Classic with a pair of 69s in the first two rounds in only her second collegiate tournament.

The Mexico City native earned her season-best 17^th-place finish with a score of 4-under 212 after shooting three straight rounds of par or better at the MountainView Collegiate at MountainView Gold Club in Saddlebrooke, Ariz.

MOA SVEDENSKIOLD
Svedenskiold was one of the Cougars' most decorated student-athletes in 2022-23 while studying sports administration.

She set a program single-season record with a 71.73 scoring average and led the team with 21 rounds of par or better, including nine in the 60s.

Svedenskiold became the first freshman in school history to win a tournament title, finishing the Jim West Challenge with back-to-back 68s (Oct. 23-24, 2022). She also set a school record as the fastest Cougar to win a collegiate tournament, reaching that milestone in only her third event.

For her impressive achievements, she was named the American Athletic Conference Golfer of the Month in October 2022 and was the Cougars' lone selection on the All-American Athletic Conference Team after finishing second at the league's postseason event at Southern Hills Plantation Club (April 17-19, 2023).

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