COLUMBUS, Ga. – Yet another awards list includes Aggie sophomore Emma Bunch. Just two days after wrapping up play in the NCAA Cle Elum Regional, Bunch was named to the 2023-24 Final ANNIKA Award Watch List presented by Stifel which honors the 10 finalists for the award presented to the nation's top Division I golfer.
 
With the selection, Bunch becomes the first Aggie in program history to receive the honor while also being the lone member of this year's list to hail from a non-Power Five institution. Joining Bunch on this year's list is Zoe Antoinette Campos (UCLA), Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest), Ingrid Lindblad (LSU), Catherine Park (Southern California), Julia Lopez Ramirez (Mississippi State), Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina), Amanda Sambach (Virginia), Paula Martin Sampedro (Stanford) and Lottie Woad (Florida State).
 
The national honor adds to the list of awards that Bunch has received amid her standout year. In addition to being named to the ANNIKA Award Watch List, Bunch was named a Arnold Palmer Cup International Team selection while also earning Conference USA Golfer of the Year and Conference USA Most Improved Player of the Year honors. These awards came on the heels of a spring campaign in which Bunch garnered five CUSA Golfer of the Week honors.
 
This season, Bunch won at least a share of the individual title in each of the Aggies' final five spring competitions. The hot streak was capped off by winning the individual crown at the CUSA Championships where she finished seven under par to win the even by one stroke.
 
On the year, Bunch played a total of 33 rounds and averaged an 18-hole score of 70.2 strokes. Her lowest round of the year was a 66 which she posted three different times this season and most recently during the second round of the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic. She also tallied nine top-10 finishes this season while posting a top-25 finish in all 11 events she competed in this season.
 
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About the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel:
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female Division 1 collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media. Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top female golfer and to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer. Rose Zhang (Stanford) became the 10th ANNIKA Award winner in 2023, and the third consecutive winner from Stanford.
 
Stifel, one of the nation's leading wealth management and investment banking firms, serves as the presenting sponsor of both the ANNIKA and Haskins Awards. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.
 
About Stifel
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) is a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through several wholly owned subsidiaries. Stifel's broker-dealer clients are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, including its Eaton Partners business division; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC; and in the United Kingdom and Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited. The Company's broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities. Stifel Bank and Stifel Bank & Trust offer a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions. Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A. offer trust and related services. To learn more about Stifel, please visit the Company's website at www.stifel.com. For global disclosures, please visit https://www.stifel.com/investor-relations/press-releases.
 
About Fred Haskins and the Haskins Foundation
From the seaside town of Liverpool to a quaint Donald Ross course in Georgia, Fred Haskins built a reputation for mentoring young golfers. Haskins was head professional at the Country Club of Columbus for 34 years, recommended for the position by the legendary Bobby Jones. His proteges learned the game in Saturday morning classes that cost a nickel. They went on to win more than 150 collegiate and amateur tournaments. Since its formation in 1971, the Haskins Foundation has been devoted to amateur golf and the presentation of the Haskins Award. This coveted trophy honors the year's outstanding college golfer and the memory of Fred Haskins, a club professional that spent his life nurturing and mentoring amateur golfers. The foundation, based in Columbus, Ga., oversees the voting for the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards conducted among college golfers, coaches, past winners, and college golf media. For more information on the Haskins Foundation, visit www.HaskinsFoundation.org.