Rydvist and Darling Named Golfweek All-Americans

COLUMBIA, S.C.. – More All-America honors rolled in for juniors Louise Ryqdvist and Hannah Darling Golfweek recently announced. Rydqvist was tabbed a Golfweek Second Team All-American and Darling was named a Golfweek Third Team All-American.

Rydqvist has now earned a total of four All-American honors in her three seasons while Darling racks in her sixth All-American accolade while competing in Garnet and Black.

The duo will compete for Team International in the upcoming Arnold Palmer Cup in July in Ireland.

Head coach Kalen Anderson has now produced multiple All-Americans in nine straight seasons.

More AA honors rolling in for our dynamic duo. 👏🤙#Gamecocks🐔⛳️ // #ForeverToThee pic.twitter.com/7VLYxyk9iH

— Gamecock Women’s Golf (@GamecockWGolf) June 5, 2024

Rydqvist put together her best season to date as the team’s top player this season. She finished No. 12 in the final Clippd Player Rankings. The Värnamo, Sweden, native led the team with a 71.14 scoring average, the third-lowest single season mark in program history, shooting par or better in 20 of 29 rounds played. She had an impressive five top-five finishes (eight top-20s) in 10 stroke play starts. Rydqvist was runner-up medalist at both the SEC Championship and NCAA Auburn Regional. She also helped the team to four wins and went 7-0-1 in match play. Rydqvist won her first career tournament at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate in the fall.

Darling was second on the team behind Rydqvist with a scoring average of 72.22 and six top-20 finishes (four top-10s) in 10 stroke play starts. Darling’s career average of 72.27 is the lowest career scoring average (min. 55 rounds and two years) in program history as she concludes her third season in Garnet and Black. She picked up the first victory of her career in the spring after winning the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.

Both players were selected First Team All-SEC as well this season. Rydqvist was also the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year with a perfect 4.0 GPA as a double major in finance and marketing.

2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Golfweek All-American Teams

First Team

Emma Bunch, New Mexico State

Zoe Campos, UCLA

Adela Cernousek, Texas A&M

Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest

Ingrid Lindblad, LSU

Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford

Catherine Park, USC

Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State

Kiara Romero, Oregon

Lottie Woad, Florida State

Second Team

Kajsa Arwefjall, San Jose State

Anna Davis, Auburn

Maisie Filler, Florida

Megha Ganne, Stanford

Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas

Anna Morgan, Furman

Farah O’Keefe, Texas

Louise Rydqvist, South Carolina

Amanda Sambach, Virginia

Kelly Xu, Stanford

Third Team

Amari Avery, USC

Carla Bernat, Kansas State

Sara Byrne, Miami

Christy Chen, Boston U.

Hannah Darling, South Carolina

Melanie Green, USF

Rachel Heck, Stanford

Caitlyn Macnab, Ole Miss

Annabelle Pancake, Clemson

Megan Schofill, Auburn

Honorable Mention

Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest

Monet Chun, Michigan

Caterina Don, Georgia

Aine Donegan, LSU

Sadie Englemann, Stanford

Laney Frye, Kentucky

Kary Hollenbaugh, Ohio State

Lauren Kim, Texas

Mackenzie Lee, SMU

Katie Lu, Michigan State

Emma McMyler, Duke

Ashley Menne, Arizona State

Lauren Nguyen, Northwestern

Macy Pate, Wake Forest

Molly Smith, UCF

Latanna Stone, LSU

Mirabel Ting, Florida State

Casey Weidenfeld, Auburn

Jeneath Wong, Pepperdine

Toa Yokoyama, UNLV

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