2022 All Arizona girls high school golf team and coach of the year

Here is The Arizona Republic’s All-Arizona girls golf team and Coach of the Year for the 2022 high school season. The woman’s golfer of the year will probably be introduced at the finish of the school year as half of the Arizona High Schools Sports Award occasion.

Angela Chen, So., Hamilton

Angela Chen of Hamilton

After coming in second individually at the state championships to solely her teammate Jennifer Seo, Chen is proving that Hamilton will probably be good once more subsequent season. In Division I, Chen had the third finest scoring common (36.6) and had the fourth most birdies (38). 

Annie Dawson, Sr., Xavier Prep

Annie Dawson of Xavier Prep

Dawson ranked seventh in scoring common this season in D-I. Dawson, alongside together with her teammate Kate Hauptman, helped lead Xavier to a second-place team end at the state championships.

Carolyn Fuller, Sr., Pinnacle

Fuller completed the season together with her second straight high 5 placement at the D-I state championships. Along with Olson, Fuller led Pinnacle to 3rd place in the team standings. 

Carolyn Fuller of Pinnacle

Kate Hauptman, Jr., Phoenix Xavier Prep

Finishing sixth at the D-I state championships, Hauptman continued her sturdy begin to her high school profession. The junior led Xavier in scoring common (36.8) this season and bought the most first-place completed on the team (7).

Kate Hauptman of Xavier Prep

Eva Heinz, Sr., Goodyear Desert Edge

The Desert Edge senior got here very near securing a state particular person championship in 2022. Despite shedding in a playoff gap and coming in third place, Heinz had an awesome common season, profitable 10 of her 21 rounds and inserting in the high 5 of 16 of these rounds.

Eva Heinz of Desert Edge

Kaitlyn Helm, So., Avondale St. John Paul II

Helm broke onto the scene this year ending tied for fourth in scoring common (35.6) amongst all girls’ golfers. In the D-II particular person state championship, Helm completed tied for tenth, however had a first-place end in 14 of the 22 rounds she performed on this season.

Kaitlyn Helm of St John Paul II

Lilly Huether, Jr., Tucson Salpointe Catholic

Finished in second place at the state championships after forcing three-way playoff gap. Huether completed in the high 5 of 16 rounds she participated in together with a fifth-place end at the Nighthawk Invitational.

Lilly Huether, Tucson Salpointe Catholic

Nikki Kato, Sr., Scottsdale Cactus Shadows

Nikki Kato of Cactus Shadows

The Division II state champion had a stable season going into her state title run. Kato was second in scoring common (35.1) and was tied for the most eagles on the season (3). Kato additionally positioned in the high 5 at some of the largest common season tournaments resembling the Brophy Rodeo and the Nighthawk Invitational.

Brooke McGlasson, Sr., Peoria Liberty

Brooke McGlasson of Liberty

McGlasson had the finest rating in the subject on the final day of the state championships, ending with 36 strokes. McGlasson saved Liberty aggressive a year after the Lions gained the team championship and shedding its finest golfer, Mattie Frick, who now golfs for the University of Illinois.

Zoe Newell, Sr., Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge

Zoe Newell of Ironwood Ridge

Newell completed fourth in the D-II state championships however was in competition for first all the means up till the ultimate holes of the second spherical. During the season, Newell had the fourth finest scoring common (36.4) in D-II.

Samantha Olson, Jr., Pinnacle

Samantha Olson of Pinnacle

Olson began her season coming in first place in her first 5 rounds. At the state D-I championships she completed in fourth. Olson led all golfers in iWR (-1.035) which is the stat AZPrep365 makes use of to statistically rank golfers.

Jenifer Seo, Sr., Chandler Hamilton

Jennifer Seo of Arizona celebrates with the trophy after winning the PGA National High School Girls Invitational at Pinehurst Resort on June 29, 2022 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Seo adopted up final year’s particular person state championship title with a fair higher season. Seo completed in the high 5 in 24 out of the 25 rounds she performed on this season. The UCLA commit gained the particular person championship once more this season and led all girls’ golfers in scoring common (34.8) and birdies (57). During the low season this summer season, she additionally gained the PGA National High School Girls Invitational in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Honorable Mentions: Lucy Newell, So., Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge; Emily Swagger, Jr., Waddell Canyon View; Isabell Junio, Sr., Goodyear Millenium; Gabrielle Cone, Jr., Gilbert Perry; Kyla Layman, Jr., Phoenix Xavier Prep; Kylie Kuppersmith, Fr., Queen Creek Casteel

Coach of the Year: Jackie Walker, Hamilton

Jackie Walker, Hamilton

Hamilton has completed its season in the high three each year since 2016 together with 4 straight years of third locations finishes. Walker lastly bought her team its first title since 2010 this year. This is Hamilton’s first championship underneath Walker. In the event the Huskies scored a 631 as a team and had the high two particular person golfers by rating. 

Others thought of: Tui Selvaratnam, Xavier Prep; Ryan Evans, Pinnacle; Mark OBryan, Cactus Shadows; Chris James, Casteel

How they have been chosen

The gamers and coaches have been chosen by the azcentral sports activities high school sports activities reporters, utilizing season statistics and rankings, in addition to observations from the season.

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