Yvette Gorden Receives WGCA All-American Honors

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida – The Women's Golf Coaches Association has announced the remaining 2024-25 student-athlete and coaches awards for Division III Women's Collegiate Golf. The Division III PING WGCA Player of the Year, Division III Golf Pride WGCA Assistant Coach of the Year, and the Division III Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year Presented by Golf Pride were awarded following play at the NCAA Championships, while additional student-athletes were named to the WGCA All-American Teams based on their finish at the NCAA Championships. 

After taking fifth place individually at the NCAA Championship, Yvette Gorden has brought home All-American, honorable mention honors. Throughout the entirety of the Spring 2025 season, Gorden led the Hawks, boasting a scoring average of 71.5, claiming the individual title at the USA South Championships while securing another top-3 finish in the season. Through 14 rounds of competition as a member of Huntingdon's program, she has cemented herself among the nation's top golfers, being ranked #2 in the region and #7 nationally. 

The full list All-American Honorable Mention recipients is as follows:

Yvette Gorden, Huntingdon College

Rena Kaneko, University of Redlands

Kavya Keshav, Grinnell College

Morgan Mussatt, Randolph-Macon College

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 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.  

For further information regarding these awards including selection criteria, please visit www.wgcagolf.com.