RICHMOND, Virginia – UNCW senior
Lyberty Anderson has been named as the 2017-18 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Golfer-of-the-Year in a unanimous vote of the league's head coaches.
Anderson, the two-time reigning CAA individual medalist, also joined sophomore
Thao My Nguyen on the All-CAA First Team.
A native of Chesterfield, Va., Anderson becomes the fourth different UNCW student-athlete to earn the CAA's top women's golf honor, joining Becky Berzonski (2005), Carmen Perez-Narbon (2007, 2009) and Lori Beth Adams (2013). She leads the CAA with a 73.60 scoring average, the top single-season mark in school history, while posting seven rounds of par or better.
Anderson, a transfer from the University of Virginia, earned a pair of tournament wins during her final year with the Seahawks. She finished in a tie for first place at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic with a five-under-par score (70-69-72=211) before earning her second straight CAA individual title in April.
In two seasons with the Seahawks, Anderson set a school record by authoring a 74.32 scoring average in 50 rounds while posting three tournament wins.
Nguyen, who earned Second-Team All-CAA notice as a freshman, ranked second on the team this year with a 74.24 scoring average while competing in all 10 tournaments. The Hanoi, Vietnam, product matched the school record with nine rounds of par or better and fashioned four top-10 efforts.
Nguyen opened the season with a co-medalist performance at the William & Mary Invitational, carding a two-over-par 218. In addition, she posted a pair of even-par showings at The Landfall Tradition and the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic.
2017-18 All-Colonial Athletic Association Women's Golf Teams
| First Team |
| Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Lyberty Anderson |
UNCW |
Sr. |
Chesterfield, Va. |
| Laura Gomez-Ruiz |
James Madison |
Sr. |
Malaga, Spain |
| Victoria Huskey |
College of Charleston |
So. |
Greeneville, S.C. |
| Ariane Klotz |
Delaware |
So. |
Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Thao My Nguyen |
UNCW |
So. |
Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| Second Team |
| Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Liz Choi |
William & Mary |
Jr. |
Syosset, N.Y. |
| Alix Lowe |
Towson |
Jr. |
Farmingdale, N.Y. |
| Heather Munro |
Elon |
Sr. |
Dundee, Scotland |
| Isi Nilsson |
College of Charleston |
Jr. |
Santiago, Chile |
| Thitaree Sakulbunpanich |
Delaware |
Fr. |
Bangkok, Thailand |
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| CAA Women's Golfer of the Year: Lyberty Anderson, UNCW |
| CAA Women's Golf Rookie of the Year: Thitaree Sakulbunpanich, Delaware |
| CAA Women's Golf Coach of the Year: Jamie Futrell, College of Charleston |
