Malaysian gem Mirabel is first Asian to win golf's prestigious Annika award
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian amateur golfer Mirabel Ting gained another feather in her cap when she won the Annika Award, being the United States' top collegiate women golfer for the 2024-2025 season.
Mirabel is the first Asian winner of the award, which is named after 72-time LPGA Tour winner Annika Sorenstam (Sweden).
The award has been presented annually since 2014 to the top female National Colleagiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I golfer as voted upon by players, coaches and members of the golf media.
Mirabel received the award in a ceremony before the team match-play stage of the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship in California on Tuesday.
Mirabel closed out 2025 season with a runner-up individual finish at the NCAA Division 1 championship.
It was truly a standout collegiate season for the 19-year-old from Miri with five individual victories - the 2024 Folds of Honor Collegiate, 2024 Schooner Fall Classic, 2025 Collegiate Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club, 2025 Briars Creek Invitational and the 2025 Florida State Match Up.
She was named the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Golfer of the Year after leading the Florida State women's team to their first ACC Championship last month.
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