Galitsky and Heck Earn Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American Honors

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Junior Vairana Heck and sophomore Eila Galitsky were named Golfweek Honorable Mention All-Americans on Wednesday.

It’s the fourth All-America honor for Galitsky and the second for Heck as each earned WGCA Honorable Mention All-America honors several weeks ago.

In 19 seasons under head coach Kalen Anderson, the Gamecocks have produced 58 All-America honors total by 17 different players now. The team has had multiple All-Americans for 11 consecutive seasons.

Galitsky and Heck were also named Second Team All-SEC this season on top of their consensus All-America distinction.

Galitksy burst onto the scene last spring as a true freshman and continued her solid play this season with a team-best 71.76 scoring average. She also led the team with five top-10 finishes and 15 rounds of par or better in 10 events played. Galitksy won the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 8-10) for her second college win to begin the season. She finished T-6^th at the NCAA Louisville Regional (May 11-13) just missing out on qualifying for the NCAA Championship as an individual. Galitsky fnished the season No. 41 in the Clippd Player Rankings.

Heck put together the best season of her career in 2025-26 with a 71.86 scoring average and a team-best seven top-20 finishes in 10 stroke play starts. She had three top-10 finishes and picked up her first career win at the Shootout at Wachesaw on March 9. Heck finished T-19^th at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional (May 11-13) and led the team with a T-8^th finish at the SEC Championship (April 17-19). She finished the season No. 47 in the Clippd Player Rankings.

Galitksy is currently ranked No. 10 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings while Heck sits at No. 117 entering the summer.

2026 Golfweek All-America Teams

FIRST TEAM
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Jasmine Koo, USC
Rianne Malixi, Duke
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Farah O’Keefe, Texas
Meja Ortengren, Stanford
Catherine Park, USC
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Kiara Romero, Oregon

SECOND TEAM
Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M
Paula Francisco, Florida
Sophia Fullbrook, Florida State
Cindy Hsu, Texas
Veronika Kedronova, Kent State
Lauren Kim., Texas
Bailey Shoemaker, USC
Marta Silchenko, Oklahoma State
Avery Weed, Mississippi State
Kelly Xu, Stanford

THIRD TEAM
Eunseo Choi, Pepperdine
Kylie Chong, USC
Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Texas A&M
Chloe Kovelesky, Wake Forest
Janae Leovao, Eastern Michigan
Marie Madsen, NC State
Macy Pate, Wake Forest
Patience Rhodes, Arizona State
Kyra Van Kan, Tennessee
Siuue Wu, Florida

HONORABLE MENTION
Charlotte Back, Arizona
Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte
Kylee Choi, Pepperdine
Balma Davalos, Auburn
Anna Davis, Auburn
Eila Galitsky, South Carolina
Vairana Heck, South Carolina
Morgan Ketchum, Wake Forest
Thanana Kotchasanmanee, Princeton
Jaclyn Laha, Virginia
Elise Lee, USC
Ava Merrill, Vanderbilt
Madison Messimer, Tennessee
Nichakorn Pinprayoon, Iowa State
Megan Propeck, Florida
Pimpisa Sisutham, UCF
Megan Streicher, North Carolina
Kajsalotta Svarvar, Ole Miss
Jeneath Wong, Pepperdine
Reagan Zibilski, Arkansas

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