GLIAC — Grand Valley State's Olivia Stoll has been honored as 2023 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Women's Golf Player of the Year, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday, May 9.
Wayne State's Sabel Imesch received freshman of the year honors while Ferris State head coach Sam Stark was named conference coach of the year.
A complete listing of golfers recognized as First Team All-GLIAC, Second Team All-GLIAC and Honorable Mention All-GLIAC can be found below.
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2023 GLIAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Sophomore Olivia Stoll has been named the GLIAC Player of the Year, marking the 13th time a Laker has won the award. Stoll won three tournaments this year, claiming victories at the Williams Beall Fall Classic (208), Augustana Spring Fling (144), and UMSL Spring Fling (219). She shot 12 rounds of par or better this season, including three rounds in the 60s, with a low round of 66. Stoll recorded two more top three finishes and another finish in the top 10. Stoll is currently the 59th ranked women’s golfer according to Golfstat. |
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2023 GLIAC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Sabel Imesch, Wayne State Sabel Imesch is the second GLIAC Freshman of the Year in Wayne State history along with Avery Howard taking home that title in 2020. This season, Imesch carries the second-lowest scoring average on the team at 77.6 and is one of three Warriors to have competed in all 21 of the team's rounds. Imesch won the Lady Bulldog Fall Invitational on Sept. 24, shooting a 146 (72-74). Overall, the Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. native achieved three finishes in the top-10, six in the top-25, two rounds under par, and a low 18 of 70 in the second round of the GLIAC Championship. Imesch tied for fifth in that event with a one-under 143 (73-70). |
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2023 GLIAC COACH OF THE YEAR Sam Stark, Ferris State Ferris State University head coach Sam Stark led the Bulldogs to the school's first GLIAC Championship since 2007 this spring as FSU won the league title in medal match play at the event held in Augusta, Mich. The Bulldogs also qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row. Overall, this season the Bulldogs have won two tournaments and placed second twice during fall and spring action. Ferris State also posted several school all-time best marks this spring under Stark's direction. FSU took second place overall in stroke play at this year's GLIAC Championships before beating Saginaw Valley State in the medal match play final for the school's fifth league title in program history.
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First Team All-GLIAC
Paula Badino, Grand Valley State
Alayna Eldred, Ferris State
Maisarah Hezri, Wayne State
Sabel Imesch, Wayne State
Megan Miron, Grand Valley State
Olivia Stoll, Grand Valley State
Rebeca Vestman, Wayne State
Second Team All-GLIAC
Brook Herbstreit, Saginaw Valley State
Avery Howard, Wayne State
Maya Hunter, Northern Michigan
Julia Sanchez, Grand Valley State
Kamryn Shannon, Ferris State
Danielle Staskowski, Ferris State
Honorable Mention All-GLIAC
Lizzie Anderson, Ferris State
Mandy Ehrlich, Saginaw Valley State
Lauren Gervais, Davenport
Rachael Krieger, Saginaw Valley State
Emily O'Brien, Saginaw Valley State
Annie Pietila, Northern Michigan
