Heck and Galitsky Tabbed Second Team All-SEC

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced its annual women’s golf awards on Friday, which are voted on by the league’s 16 head coaches. Junior Vairana Heck and sophomore All-American Eila Galitsky were each named Second Team All-SEC representing the No. 24 Gamecocks.

Heck, the team’s highest ranked player in Clippd at No. 38, has put together the best season of her career to date so far this season. Her career-best 71.73 scoring average leads the team and her six top-20 finishes in nine stroke play starts also lead Carolina. She picked up her first career win at the Shootout at Wachesaw (March 9). Heck also led the team with a T-8^th finish at the SEC Championship (April 17-19) shooting a career-low, 54-hole score of 207 (-3). The Boulogne-Billancourt, France native was also Second Team All-SEC her freshman season in 2023-24.

Galitsky, a First Team All-SEC selection and the SEC Co-Freshman of the Year last spring, leads the team this season with four top-10 finishes. Her 71.96 scoring average is No. 2 on the team behind Heck and her 12 rounds of par or better lead the team. She’s ranked No. 40 in Clippd. The Chaing Mai, Thailand native had three consecutive top-10 finishes to open the season which included co-medalist honors at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 8-10), her second career victory.

South Carolina has now had 35 All-SEC selections in 19 seasons under five-time SEC Coach of the Year Kalen Anderson.

Heck and Galitsky were two of an NCAA record four Gamecocks that were selected to compete as individuals for NCAA Regionals (May 11-13). Heck and freshman Molly McLean will tee it up at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional while Galitsky and junior Maylis Lamoure will play in the NCAA Louisville Regional. There is 12 teams and six individuals at the six NCAA Regional sites across the country and the highest placing individual on a non-advancing team (outside the top-five in team standings) will punch their ticket to the NCAA Championship (May 22-27), which will be played for the third consecutive season at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.

2026 SEC Women’s Golf Awards

FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Paula Francisco, Florida (SEC Championship Medalist)
Farah O’Keefe, Texas
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M
Cindy Hsu, Texas
Avery Weed, Mississippi State
Lauren Kim, Texas
Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Texas A&M
Madison Messimer, Tennessee
Megan Propeck, Florida

SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
Anna Davis, Auburn
Siuue Wu, Florida
Vairana Heck, South Carolina
Eila Galitsky, South Carolina
Abbey Schutte, Arkansas
Reagan Zibilski, Arkansas
Savannah Barber, Oklahoma
Ava Merrill, Vanderbilt
Cathryn Brown, Kentucky
Kyra Van Kan, Tennessee
Mary Miller, Ole Miss

COACH OF THE YEAR
Emily Glaser, Florida

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Farah O’Keefe, Texas

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Lynn Lim, Vanderbilt

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Madison Messimer, Tennessee

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Megan Propeck, Florida

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Madison Messimer, Tennessee
Charlotte Cantonis, Auburn
Brynn Kort, Texas A&M
Ebba Liljeberg, Missouri
Trinity Beth, Georgia
Katelyn Huber, Florida
Sara Brentcheneff, Arkansas
Ryleigh Knaub, LSU

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