NEW YORK – Xavier freshman Emma McMyler has been named BIG EAST Player of the Year and BIG EAST Freshman of the Year in women’s golf. McMyler also headlines a seven-player All-BIG EAST Team. The selections were made by the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
The Xavier coaching staff, led by head coach Breanna Jenco, was named BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. The Musketeers recently won the BIG EAST Championship at the Club at Gateway in Ft. Myers, Fla. It was Xavier’s second straight conference crown.
McMyler, a native of San Antonio, Texas, is the first golfer to win both awards in the same year since Notre Dame’s Lindsey Weaver in 2013. McMyler was the highest ranked BIG EAST golfer by GolfStat this season.
McMyler was Xavier’s top performer in all five tournaments prior to the BIG EAST Championship, which included three top-10 individual finishes. She tied for third place at the UNF Collegiate and the UAB Invitational. At the BIG EAST Championship, the freshman tied for eighth. She takes a 73.88 stroke average into next week’s NCAA Championship.
Two of McMyler’s teammates joined her on the All-BIG EAST Team. Graduate student Mikayla Fitzpatrick, who was the BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2019, made the squad with senior Andie Shukow. Fitzpatrick, who is from Phoenix, Ariz., compiled an average score of 75.71 and tied for second at the BIG EAST Championship. She earned All-BIG EAST honors for a third time in her career. Shukow, a senior from Boca Raton, Fla., was in the tie for second place with Fitzpatrick at the BIG EAST Championship and has a 75.83 average score for the season.
Two Seton Hall graduate students earned all-league honors. Lizzie Win earned All-BIG EAST honors for the fourth time in her career. She also recorded her third top-10 finish at the BIG EAST Championship when she tied for sixth place. The Pirate team was the runner-up to the Musketeers at the Championship. This year, the native of Sylvania, Ohio, compiled an average score of 75.67. Teammate Maddie Sager took fifth place at the BIG EAST Championship and was third at the Jan Weaver Invitational at Murray State. She posted a 76.08 stroke average.
St. John’s freshman Angelica Kusnowo had four top-10 finishes in five tournaments this spring and had a stroke average of 75.82. The freshman from Chino Hills, Calif., took second at the Pinehurst Invitational and the Knights Shootout. Kusnowo was 17th at the BIG EAST Championship.
Butler junior Claire Edwards placed in the top 11 in four the Bulldogs’ five tournaments this spring. Her top finish was a tie for second at the Indiana State Spring Invite. A local product from Zionsville, Ind., she tied for sixth at the BIG EAST Championship. For the season, she compiled a 75.93 stroke average.
BIG EAST Player of the Year
Emma McMyler, Xavier
BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
Emma McMyler, Xavier
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year
Xavier
All-BIG EAST Team
Claire Edwards, Butler, Jr., Zionsville, Ind.
Angelina Kusnowo, St. John’s, Fr., Chino Hills, Calif.
Maddie Sager, Seton Hall, Gr., Phoenixville, Pa.
Lizzie Win, Seton Hall, Gr., Sylvania, Ohio
Mikayla Fitzpatrick, Xavier, Gr., Phoenix, Ariz.
Emma McMyler, Xavier, Fr., San Antonio, Texas
Andie Shukow, Xavier, Sr., Boca Raton, Fla.