AAC Sending 3 Teams to NAIA Women's Golf National Championship
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Championship Information | Tee Times & Pairings) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is pleased to reveal the competing teams and individuals for the 28th Annual NAIA Women's Golf National Championship, running from May 23-26 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.
The 156-player field consists of 19 automatic qualifying teams, who won their respective conference/independent tournament or were ranked in the final Top 25 for the conference's second automatic berth. Automatic berths are given to conferences who have six or more schools declare at the beginning of the season. Conferences with 12+ schools who finish the conference tournament are eligible for a second automatic qualifier, as long as the second team is rated in the final regular-season Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
One host berth was given to St. Ambrose (Iowa) and 10 total at-large team berths. At-large teams were determined using the final regular-season Coaches' Top 25 Poll released today. To access the poll, click here.
The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) is sending three teams. Milligan received an automatic berth as the tournament champion, and Truett McConnell and SCAD Atlanta each received an at-large berths.
To receive an individual automatic berth, the conference medalist must be from a team who did not win the conference team title, or be an All-Tournament Team honoree from the previous year's national championships that did not qualify otherwise. To earn an at-large individual berth, the selection is determined by the NAIA Women's Golf Executive Committee.
2023 Women's Golf National Championships Team Qualifiers (listed alphabetically)
Institution | Qualifying Method | Team Titles | Individual Titles |
Bellevue (Neb.) | NSAA Tournament Champion | - | - |
Bethany (Kan.) | KCAC Tournament Champion | - | - |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) | GPAC Tournament Champion | - | - |
British Columbia | Cascade Tournament Champion | 5 | 1 |
Columbia (Mo.) | AMC Tournament Champion | - | - |
Cumberland (Tenn.) | At-Large | - | - |
Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South Tournament Champion | - | - |
Dalton State (Ga.) | SSAC Tournament Champion | - | 1 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | Cal Pac Tournament Champion | - | - |
Indiana East | RSC Tournament Champion | - | - |
Indiana Wesleyan | At-Large | - | - |
Keiser (Fla.) | The Sun Tournament Champion | 2 | 1 |
Loyola (La.) | At-Large | - | - |
Marian (Ind.) | Crossroads League Tournament Champion | - | - |
Menlo (Calif.) | At-Large | - | - |
Milligan (Tenn.) | AAC Tournament Champion | - | - |
Northwestern Ohio | WHAC Regular Season | - | - |
Oklahoma City | Sooner Tournament Champion | 8 | 4 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) | GSAC Tournament Champion | - | - |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Frontier Tournament Champion | - | - |
SCAD Atlanta | At-Large | - | - |
SCAD Savannah | At-Large | 1 | 2 |
South Carolina-Beaufort | CAC Tournament Champion | - | - |
Southeastern (Fla.) | At-Large | - | - |
St. Ambrose (Iowa) | Host Berth | - | - |
St. Xavier (Ill.) | CCAC Tournament Champion | - | - |
Taylor (Ind.) | At-Large | - | - |
Truett McConnell (Ga) | At-Large | - | 1 |
William Carey (Miss.) | At-Large | - | - |
William Penn (Iowa) | Heart Tournament Champion | - | - |
2023 Women's Golf National Championships Individual Qualifiers (listed alphabetically by last name)
Sofia Castelan | Morningside IIowa) |
Malison Chanthapanya | Texas Wesleyan |
Sukriti Harjai | Victoria (B.C.) |
Brandi Jones | IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
Serah Khanyereri | St. Thomas (Fla.) |
Mia Tovkach | Baker (Kan.) |
Hannah Ulibarri | The Master's (Calif.) |