CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (June 5, 2023) – Maddi Kamas, sophomore at Oklahoma City University has received the 2022-23 PING WGCA Player of the Year and MaKayla Tyrrell, freshman at OCU, has received the 2022-23 WGCA Freshman of the Year Presented by Strackaline.
Prior to the NAIA Championship, Maddie Kamas had posted a 72.95 stroke average, which tops the NAIA, in 22 rounds this season. Kamas scooped up the SAC individual title, three victories, two second-place finishes and six top-three showings in nine tournaments. She has won three conference golfer of the week awards and NAIA player of the week for March 13-19. Kamas ranked 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, she 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.
Prior to the NAIA Championship, MaKayla Tyrrell owned 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.
About the Women’s Golf Coaches Association The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 700 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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