Women's Golf

MIAC announces 2025-26 Women’s Golf awards

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its award recipients for the 2025-26 women's golf season on Monday.
 
Carleton senior Carter Sichol was voted MIAC Women's Golf Player of the Year, while St. Catherine first-year Raquel Ahrens was selected MIAC Women's Golf Rookie of the Year, and Carleton head coach Sloan Wallgren was recognized as the MIAC Women's Golf Coach of the Year.
 
Sichol (Winnetka, Ill. / New Trier) was named MIAC Women's Golf Player of the Year for the second time in her four-year career after leading the conference with an average of 73.6 shots per round in 2025-26, and claiming medalist honors at the MIAC Women's Golf Championships for the second time in three seasons. Sichol rewrote the MIAC record book with her performance at the 2025 conference meet by setting new championship records for 18-hole score (69), 36-hole score (138), and 54-hole score (211). She is among four Carleton golfers to be named MIAC Player of the Year in women's golf, and the seventh different competitor conference-wide to receive the award multiple times.
 
Ahrens (New Prague, Minn. / New Prague) was named MIAC Women's Golf Rookie of the Year after averaging 79.6 shots per round and placing in the top 10 at six of the nine events in which she competed during her debut season. Ahrens' third-round par at the 2025 MIAC Women's Golf Championships earned her a spot on the All-Championship Team. She is now the fifth different Wildcat in the last six seasons to be named MIAC Rookie of the Year.
 
Wallgren (fourth season) was celebrated by his peers as the MIAC Women's Golf Coach of the Year after leading the Knights to a historic conference championship title in 2025-26. Carleton shattered championship scoring records on each day of the 2025 MIAC Women's Golf Championships, setting new conference-low team scores for 18 holes (292), 36 holes (298), and 54 holes (886). He is the third Carleton coach in program history to be named MIAC Women's Golf Coach of the Year, and the first since 2019 to receive the honor. Wallgren was previously honored with the MIAC Men's Golf Coach of the Year award in 2025 after guiding Carleton to its first-ever conference title in men's golf last season.
 
The MIAC Women's Golf All-Conference team was selected using a combination of MIAC championship results and end-of-season voting. The top 10 finishers (including ties) at the MIAC Championship last fall automatically earned All-MIAC honors, and coaches nominated and voted on five additional players to the All-MIAC squad based on their body of work throughout the season.
 
Four golfers - Macalester's Bailey Lengfelder and Carleton's trio of Cynthia Lu, Carter Sichol, and Sarah Zheng - earned All-MIAC honors for the fourth time, a feat achieved by 27 women in recorded conference history, while Carleton junior Mindy Zhai became the 53rd three-time All-MIAC honoree all-time.
 
The conference also recognized honorable mention selections, bestowing the accolade upon any individual who did not place among the top five vote-getters but still received votes from at least three coaches.

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