BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss women’s golf saw three golfers come away with all-conference honors to wrap up the 2022-23 campaign, the Southeastern Conference announced on Thursday.
Senior Andrea Lignell came away with her first All-SEC nod since being named to the All-Freshman Team in 2020, as Lignell earned First Team All-SEC honors. Fellow senior Chiara Tamburlini also came away with All-SEC honors for the second year in a row, with the St. Gallen, Switzerland, native coming away with a spot on the All-SEC Second Team.
Ellen Hutchinson-Kay also was honored by the conference on Thursday, receiving a place on the SEC Community Service Team. This is the second time of Hutchinson-Kay’s career that she has earned this designation.
Lignell and Tamburlini made up two of the 16 individuals honored with All-SEC status in the conference’s annual yearly awards. There were also an additional nine freshmen tabbed to the SEC All-Freshman Team, along with 13 individuals being named to the SEC Community Service Team.
Lignell is reaching the end of what has been a career year for the Sweden native who currently ranks No. 8 and No. 17 in the nation, according to Golfweek and Golfstat, respectively. Lignell currently holds a team-leading and career-best season stroke average of 71.61, playing in all 10 tournaments for the Rebels in 2022-23. Lignell has also tallied two individual tournament wins at the Cougar Classic and The Ally, putting her second all-time in career tournament wins in Ole Miss history.
Lignell has etched her name into the Ole Miss record book, tallying Top 5 finishes in six of her 10 tournament appearances this year, marking a single-season program record. In Lignell’s third place finish at the Battle at the Beach, she shot a blazing 203 (-10) to tie the program record for lowest 54-hole score by an individual in team history.
The senior has also set a new program-best mark in most rounds in the 60s in a single season (10), while also shooting par-or-better in 16 of her rounds this season, ranking second all-time. Lignell made history for the Rebels at the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, not only being the first ever Rebel to make the day three cut at the prestigious event but also finishing third overall with a three-day score of 210 (-6) in Augusta.
Tamburlini currently holds a season stroke average of 72.56…
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