OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University's Maddi Kamas became Sooner Athletic Conference women's golf player of the year.
The Stars boasted of SAC golfer of the year, league freshman of the year (MaKayla Tyrrell) and three of the five all-conference selections. Texas Wesleyan's Kevin Millikan landed SAC coach of the year.
The all-SAC team consisted of Kamas, Natalie Gough and Paige Wood of Oklahoma City, Texas Wesleyan's Malisone Chanthapanya and Southwestern Christian's Cristina Galban.
Kamas has posted a 72.95 stroke average, which tops the NAIA, in 22 rounds this season. Kamas, a sophomore from Kingfisher, Okla., majoring in business administration, scooped up the SAC individual title, three victories, two second-place finishes and six top-three showings in nine tournaments. Kamas has garnered three conference golfer of the week awards and NAIA player of the week for March 13-19. Kamas raked in the league individual crown by one shot Monday and Tuesday at Waterchase Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas, with a 69-72-74–215.
In her career, Kamas has taken two league individual championships, two all-SAC honors, seven weekly accolades from the conference, three national golfer of the week awards and six wins.
Tyrrell owns a 75.30 scoring average in 20 rounds on the season. Tyrrell, a freshman from Southlake, Texas, majoring in marketing, has turned in three top-five finishes, including runner-up in the Kyle Blaser Invitational on March 27-28 and fourth in the SAC Championships. She nabbed all-tournament in the conference tournament.
Gough has supplied the Stars with 75.57 shots per 18 holes, giving OCU four individuals ranked in the top 15 in scoring average this season. Gough, a graduate student working towards a master's in business administration, placed among the top six five times with runner-up finishes in the Kyle Blaser Invitational and the conference tournament. In her career, Gough has taken five all-conference nods, four all-tournament honors in the SAC Championships and three league player of the year awards.
Wood has turned in 75.13 strokes per round with three wins, two SAC player of the week nods and one NAIA golfer of the week accolade this season. Wood, a sophomore from McKinney, Texas, studying broadcast journalism, made the all-SAC team for the second year in a row and has become a three-time conference player of the week honoree in her career.
Millikan snagged his fourth SAC coach of the year accolade. Texas Wesleyan has collected four victories and appearances in the NAIA top 25 in all six polls with a high ranking of No. 7 in 2022-23. He has guided the Lady Rams to 24 tournament wins in 11 years.
| 2022-23 All-Sooner Athletic Conference Women's Golf |
| Player of the Year: Maddi Kamas, Oklahoma City |
| Freshman of the Year: MaKayla Tyrrell, Oklahoma City |
| Coach of the Year: Kevin Millikan, Texas Wesleyan |
| ALL-CONFERENCE |
| Malisone Chanthapanya |
Texas Wesleyan |
So. |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| Cristina Galban |
Southwestern Christian |
So. |
Maturín, Venezuela |
| Natalie Gough |
Oklahoma City |
Sr. |
Bixby, Okla. |
| Maddi Kamas |
Oklahoma City |
So. |
Kingfisher, Okla. |
| MaKayla Tyrrell |
Oklahoma City |
Fr. |
Southlake, Texas |