BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The No. 4 South Carolina women’s golf team was well represented as 2025 SEC Women’s Golf Awards were announced on Friday. Head coach Kalen Anderson was tabbed SEC Coach of the Year for the fifth time (2025, 2024, 2022, 2021 and 2015) in her 18-year tenure. Standout mid-year enrollee Eila Galitsky was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Year as well, the second player in program history to win the prestigious award. In addition, Galitsky and senior All-Americans Louise Rydqvist and Hannah Darling were tabbed First Team All-SEC with sophomore Maylis Lamoure and graduate Sophia Burnett earning Second Team All-SEC honors.
The five All-SEC honors surpasses the previous program record of four set in 2022 in Darling and Rydqvist’s first year on campus. South Carolina has now had 34 All-SEC selections under Anderson, including 15 First Team All-SEC picks.
Anderson helped lead the Gamecocks to the program’s second SEC Championship (first since 2002) in program history at Pelican Golf Club on April 18 with a 3.5-1.5 victory over No. 24 Florida in the title match. Carolina made history as the first No. 1 seed from stroke play to win SECs since the league switched to its new match play format at the conference tournament in 2018. The Gamecocks won three tournaments this season finishing in the top-four in every event. The team was ranked in the top-five all season and earned the program’s fifth-straight No. 1 seed for NCAA Regionals last week. Carolina opens play at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional on Monday, seeking its fifth-straight NCAA Championship appearance and the 14th all-time under Anderson in her 18 seasons as head coach.
Darling makes history today becoming the first player in program history to earn First Team All-SEC honors four times. The Midlothian, Scotland native has enjoyed a stellar senior campaign with eight top-20 finishes in eight stroke play starts, including five top-10s and a trio of top-fives. She leads the team with a 70.92 scoring average and 14 rounds of par or better in 24 rounds played this season. Darling won the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in the fall for her second career win with a career-best, 54-hole score of 202 (-14). She finished T-7th in stroke play at the SEC Championship, her third top-10 in four career SEC Championship starts. Darling enters NCAA Regional play with the lowest career scoring average in program history at 71.98.
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