WASHINGTON – Richmond’s Maya Beasley and Calle Barlow, along with Etta Huffman of Dayton and Brandy Johnston from Loyola, have been named the top Atlantic 10 Women’s Golf honorees. The league announced the superlative awards as well as the All-Conference Teams Friday.
Beasley, who was the medalist at the A-10 Championship, was named Golfer of the Year. Huffman was selected as the Rookie of the Year. Huffman and Richmond’s Addie Doroh shared Most Outstanding Rookie honors at the championship. Barlow and Johnson were named Co-Coach of the Year.
The awards were voted on by the league’s six head coaches and are based on combined performance during the regular season and at the championship.
Richmond had four honorees: Beasley and Doroh as well as Hannah Lydic and Katie Magner. Kylee Heidemann and Emma Sparlin joined Huffman as Dayton’s three selections. Teagan Connors and Grace Hui from Loyola Chicago and Duquesne’s Sasha Petrochko rounded out the 10-person team. Seven of the 10 honorees finished in the top 10 at the A-10 Championship.
Beasley won A-10 medalist honors shooting a 221 over 54 holes. A native of Pinehurst, N.C., Beasley finished the A-10 Championship with a season ranking of No. 509 on Scoreboard Clipped’s player ratings. Sporting a season-long stroke average of 74.1, she was a four-time A-10 Golfer of the Week with two top 10 finishes and two top 20 finishes. She also earned a tournament victory in the regular season, claiming the Tribe Invitational.
Huffman competed in all UD events in the fall and most of the spring, posting a 78.35 scoring average with a top 10 finish at the Ball State Brittany Kelly Classic. In addition to tying for A-10 Most Outstanding Rookie honors, she also earned an Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week nod this season.
Barlow led the Spiders to a second A-10 title in two years of the league sponsoring women’s golf. Under her guidance, Richmond placed all five golfers in the top five at the A-10 Championship and finished 28 strokes ahead after taking an 11-stroke lead on day one and expanding it in the subsequent rounds. During the regular season, the Spiders earned five top five finishes and won the Tribe Invitational. A graduate of Virginia, Barlow is in her eighth year at the helm of the Spiders.
Johnston led the Ramblers to a second-place finish at the A-10 Championship. The Ramblers improved their score each day at the league tournament, finishing the third round 14 strokes better than the opening 18 holes. LUC had four players in the top 15 finishers at the A-10 Championship. During the regular season, Loyola had three top-five finishes and six top 10 placements. A graduate of Indiana, she is in the fourth year as Loyola Chicago’s coach, and won her second consecutive A-10 Coach of the Year honor.
Golfer of the Year
Maya Beasley, Richmond
Rookie of the Year
Etta Huffman, Dayton
Co-Coach of the Year
Brandy Johnston, Loyola Chicago
Calle Barlow, Richmond
All-Conference
Kylee Heidemann, Dayton
Etta Huffman, Dayton
Emma Sparling, Dayton
Sasha Petrochko, Duquesne
Teagan Connors, Loyola Chicago
Grace Hui, Loyola Chicago
Maya Beasley, Richmond
Addie Doroh, Richmond
Hannah Lydic, Richmond
Katie Magner, Richmond