Galitsky, Darling and Rydqvist Earn WGCA All-America Honors

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – True freshman Eila Galitsky, senior Hannah Darling and senior Louise Rydqvist were all tabbed Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Americans the organization announced on Tuesday. Galitsky is a First Team selection while Darling and Rydqvist both earn Second Team distinction. It’s the 10^th consecutive year the Gamecocks have had multiple All-America selections.

Galitsky joins Ana Pelaez (2017), Emily Price (2019), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (2020) and Darling (2022) as the only freshmen in program history to earn All-America honors. Galitsky, Darling and Roussin-Bouchard are the only three to be named First Team All-Americans in their first seasons on campus.

The SEC Co-Freshman of the Year, who enrolled mid-year, put together an outstanding spring with four top-five finishes in six stroke play starts including a win at the Moon Golf Invitational back in mid-February. Her 71.26 scoring average is the lowest in program history by any first-year player.

Galitsky finished T-5^th at the NCAA Championship on May 19 with a 72-hole total of 282 (-6). She became the second player in program history and the first freshman to earn a top-five finish at the NCAA Championship. Former All-American Katie Burnett finished 5^th at the 2012 NCAA Championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club.

Darling and Rydqvist finish their Gamecock careers as two of the most decorated players in program history. Today they become the first South Carolina players to be four-time All-Americans. Over the course of the last four seasons, they’ve helped the team ascend to new heights with 13 wins including the program’s second SEC Championship and sixth NCAA Regional Title this season. The team has finished with a top-six national ranking in each of their four seasons in Garnet and Black with a No. 5 final ranking this season via Clippd.

Darling logged nine top-20 finishes this season including six top-10s, four top-fives and her second career win at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate back in September. She finishes her Gamecock career with the lowest career scoring average in program history at 72.09.

Rydqvist notched eight top-20 finishes including five top-10s, three top-fives and her second career win at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in March. She finishes her Gamecock career with the third-lowest careering scoring average in program history at 72.68.

Galitksy and Rydqvist will both compete for Team International in the upcoming Arnold Palmer Cup June 5-7 at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, S.C. Head coach Kalen Anderson will serve as Co-Head Coach for Team USA.

2024-25 NCAA Division I WGCA All-American Teams

First Team

Carla Bernat, Kansas State University

Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest University

Megha Ganne, Stanford University

Eila Galitsky, University of South Carolina

Jasmine Koo, University of Southern California

Maria José Marin, University of Arkansas

Paula Martín Sampedro, Stanford University

Meja Örtengren, Stanford University

Andrea Revuelta, Stanford University

Kiara Romero, University of Oregon

Mirabel Ting, Florida State University

Lottie Woad, Florida State University

Second Team

Hannah Darling, University of South Carolina

Anna Davis, Auburn University

Kary Hollenbaugh, The Ohio State University

Lauren Kim, University of Texas

Marie Eline Madsen, North Carolina State University

Farah O’Keefe, University of Texas

Catherine Park, University of Southern California

Patience Rhodes, Arizona State University

Louise Rydqvist, University of South Carolina

Amanda Sambach, University of Virginia

Rocío Tejedo, Louisiana State University

Kendall Todd, University of Arkansas

Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, University of Oregon

Kelly Xu, Stanford University 

Honorable Mention Team

Brooke Biermann, Michigan State University

Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M University

Pinky Chaisilprungruang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Lauren Clark, University of Kansas

Beth Coulter, Arizona State University

Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio, Texas A&M University

Cindy Hsu, University of Texas

Grace Kilcrease, Oklahoma State University

Chloe Kovelesky, Wake Forest University

Mackenzie Lee, Southern Methodist University

Vivian Lu, University of Washington

Kyra Ly, Oregon State University

Caitlyn Macnab, University of Mississippi

Ava Merrill, Vanderbilt University

Camille Min-Gaultier, Texas Christian University

Lauryn Nguyen, Northwestern University

Megan Propeck, University of Virginia

Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Arizona State University

Andie Smith, Duke University

Clarisa Temelo, University of Arkansas

Karen Tsuru, University of Oregon

Avery Weed, Mississippi State University

Ashley Yun, Northwestern University

Reagan Zibilski, University of Arkansas

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 750 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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