EUGENE, Ore. – Baylor women’s golf senior Laura Lonardi was named a second-team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association on Tuesday. Lonardi joined current Bear Dylan Kim and former teammate Hayley Davis as the only All-Americans in program history.
Lonardi’s honor is the fifth in the last five seasons for a Baylor player under head coach Jay Goble. Davis was recognized in 2012, 2013 and 2015, and Kim was selected as a freshman last year.
A Verona, Italy, native, Lonardi led Baylor with a 72.39 stroke average and shot par or better in 16 of her 33 rounds during the 2015-16 season. She recorded six top-10 finishes, including a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Bryan Regional, where she earned an individual NCAA Championship berth. Lonardi tied for 27th at the NCAA Championship, which was the sixth-best individual NCAA Championship result in program history.
Lonardi played in every event and counted all 27 of her rounds in the Baylor lineup toward the team score, and she finished no worse than tied for 31st in any of her 11 tournaments during the 2015-16 season. She finished her Baylor career with the second-best stroke average in program history at 74.12, and her 72.39 stroke average this season was the second-best single-season mark in school history.
Lonardi began her Baylor career at the semester break in 2012-13, and despite playing only three and a half years, she ranked sixth in program history with six career top-five finishes and tied for fifth with 13 career top-10 finishes.
BAYLOR WOMEN’S GOLF ALL-AMERICANS
Hayley Davis, 2012
Hayley Davis, 2013
Hayley Davis, 2015
Dylan Kim, 2015
Laura Lonardi, 2016
2016 WGCA ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM
Virginia Elena Carta, Duke
Katelyn Dambaugh, South Carolina
Hannah Kim, Northwestern
Lauren Kim, Stanford
Cheyenne Knight, Alabama
Bronte Law, UCLA
Leona Maguire, Duke
Anna Newell, Tennessee
Linnea Strom, Arizona State
Bailey Tardy, Georgia
Lilia Vu, UCLA
SECOND TEAM
Tiffany Chan, Southern California
Lauren Coughlin, Virginia
Stephanie Lau, Northwestern
Esther Lee, Colorado
Harang Lee, Georgia
Laura Lonardi, Baylor
Robynn Ree, Southern California
Frida Gustafsson Spang, East Carolina
Mariah Stackhouse, Stanford
Charlotte Thomas, Washington
Emma Talley, Alabama
Monica Vaughn, Arizona State
HONORABLE MENTION
Gabby Barker, Texas Tech
Sarah Burnham, Michigan State
Karen Chung, Southern California
Sandy Choi, Duke
Marissa Chow, Pepperdine
Daniela Darquea, Miami
Maria Fassi, Arkansas
Emma Henrikson, San Diego State
Jillian Hollis, Georgia
Linnea Johansson, Oklahoma State
Yupaporn Kawinpakorn, Kansas
Jennifer Kupcho, Wake Forest
Ying Luo, Washington
Elizabeth Szokol, Virginia
Maria Torres, Florida
Dewi Weber, Miami
Bethany Wu, UCLA
