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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Junior Mariel Galdiano earned her second-consecutive WGCA All-American award on Thursday, as she picked up Honorable Mention accolades. She is the second Bruin to be recognized with an All-American plaudit, as sophomore Patty Tavatanakit was named First Team on Tuesday.
Galdiano, who was WGCA Second Team All-American last season, was second on the team this year with a 72.9 scoring average, posting victories at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and the Stanford Intercollegiate, the first two wins of her career. Galdiano had four Top 10s and eight Top 20s, including a T-11 finish at the Silverado Showdown and a T-13 showing at the Pac-12 Women's Golf Championship.
Galdiano, an All-Pac-12 First Team honoree, had nine under-par rounds and four in the 60s. Her best round of the season was a 9-under 62 at Stanford. Galdiano was a combined 23-under in her first three tournaments of the season. She tied for third at the Bruin Wave Invitational, tied for eighth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, tied for 12th at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview and tied for 18th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Junior Mariel Galdiano earned her second-consecutive WGCA All-American award on Thursday, as she picked up Honorable Mention accolades. She is the second Bruin to be recognized with an All-American plaudit, as sophomore Patty Tavatanakit was named First Team on Tuesday.
Galdiano, who was WGCA Second Team All-American last season, was second on the team this year with a 72.9 scoring average, posting victories at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and the Stanford Intercollegiate, the first two wins of her career. Galdiano had four Top 10s and eight Top 20s, including a T-11 finish at the Silverado Showdown and a T-13 showing at the Pac-12 Women's Golf Championship.
Galdiano, an All-Pac-12 First Team honoree, had nine under-par rounds and four in the 60s. Her best round of the season was a 9-under 62 at Stanford. Galdiano was a combined 23-under in her first three tournaments of the season. She tied for third at the Bruin Wave Invitational, tied for eighth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, tied for 12th at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview and tied for 18th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate.