STILLWATER, Okla. — Arkansas junior Maria Fassi was selected as a Women’s Golf Coaches Association First-Team All-American the organization announced today.
The honor is Fassi’s second WGCA recognition following up on her honorable mention selection as a freshman in 2016. Fassi is one of six Razorbacks to earn All-America honors and her selection is the 15th in program history. It is the ninth first-team selection.
Fassi paced the Razorbacks to a record-setting season that included the program’s first Southeastern Conference and NCAA Regional titles.
The Pachuca, Mexico, native has won six individual titles and tied for the individual title at the SEC Championship falling in a two-hole playoff. She won the program’s first individual Regional title and is only the second player in program history to win four or more events in a single season joining former Razorback Stacy Lewis with that distinction.
Fassi leads the Razorbacks with a school record 70.5 stroke average and has carded a school record 25 rounds of par or better. She has scored 12 rounds in the 60s and counted a season/career-best 64 twice this year. That score is the second-best round in program history.
The criteria used to determine the WGCA All-American Teams include:
• Head-to-head competition
• Comparison with common opponents
• Scoring average
• Place finishes in regular season events and tournament wins
• Strength of schedule
The WGCA Second Team and Honorable Mention Teams will be announced later in the NCAA Championship.
Fassi’s accomplishments include:
• Women’s Golf Coaches Association First-Team All-American
• Southeastern Conference Women’s Golf Player of the Year
• First-Team All-Southeastern Conference selection
• Ranks No. 1 in Golfweek, No. 1 in Golfstat
• Selected to the inaugural Palmer Cup Team (International)
• No. 1 in the final ANNIKA Award Watch List standings
• Named to WGCA Player of the Year Watch List – 5.15.18
• Four-time selection to the Arkansas’ Athletics Department Academic Honor Roll
• 7 Wins (tied for medalist honors at the SEC Championship but lost on the second hole of the playoff) – 7 is a program record in a single season
• Second player in program history to win more than four events in a single season (Stacy Lewis, 6; 2007-08)
• 10 individual titles in her career
• First NCAA Regional medalist in program history
• First player in program history to finish the season with a negative score versus par
• 801-92 (.897) win-loss record this season
• Arkansas’ top finisher in 8 of 11 events
• Leads team with 137 birdies and 8 eagles
• Had a run of six consecutive birdies at the EDE
• School record round of 200 at Mason Rudolph
• Four tournament totals rank in the top-10 in program history
• Rounds of 200, 202 and 206 rank in the top-5 in program history
The Razorbacks
• School record 7 team titles
• Program’s first-ever SEC Championship
• Program’s first-ever NCAA Regional title
• NCAA record-tying 41-under par shooting 823 in win at the Mason Rudolph Championship
• Arkansas has played 11 tournaments a total of 48-under par
• Nine of Arkansas’ 34 rounds rank in the program’s top-10 lowest scores
• NCAA Regional second round score of 271 is second lowest round in program history
• Arkansas’ 17-under 271 in the second round of the NCAA Regional is the second-best round versus par in program history
• Arkansas’ 823 at the Mason Rudolph Championship is the lowest score in program history
• Ranked as high as No. 1 in the fall
• Paced team to a 10th place finish at the NCAA Championships and contributed to two final rounds of 289 which are a program best at the NCAA Championship
