SHREVEPORT, La. – The Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) announced its 2025-26 Men’s and Women’s Golf All-Louisiana Teams on Wednesday, honoring Malan Potgieter of Louisiana (University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and Francesca Fiorellini of LSU as the men’s and women’s Players of the Year.
The Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) announced its 2025-26 Men’s and Women’s Golf All-Louisiana Teams on Wednesday, honoring Malan Potgieter of Louisiana (University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and Francesca Fiorellini of LSU as the men’s and women’s Players of the Year.
LSU swept the Coach of the Year awards as Jake Amos won on the men’s side and Garrett Runion on the women’s side.
Ten total men were recognized on either the First Team or Second Team, while five golfers made up the women’s All-Louisiana squad.
The men’s first team was comprised of Potgieter, LSU’s Dan Hayes, David Marsh of Southeastern Louisiana, and two more LSU players – Jay Mendell and Matty Dodd-Berry. Hayes was also recognized as the Freshman of the Year.
The second team consisted of Louis Anceaux (ULM), LSU’s Noah McWilliams, Aubrey Snell of Centenary, Tom Watson of UNO, and LSU’s Árni Sveinsson.
The 2025-26 LSWA All-Louisiana Men’s and Women’s Golf teams were selected by a statewide vote of school sports information directors.
2025-26 ALL-LOUISIANA GOLF TEAMS
MEN’S FIRST TEAM
1 MALAN POTGIETER, LOUISIANA
2 JAY MENDELL, LSU
3 MATTY DODD-BERRY, LSU
4 DAVID MARSH, SOUTHEASTERN
5 DAN HAYES, LSU
MEN’S SECOND TEAM
1 LOUIS ANCEAUX, ULM
2 NOAH MCWILLIAMS, LSU
3 AUBREY SNELL, CENTENARY
4 ÁRNI SVEINSSON, LSU
5 TOM WATSON, NEW ORLEANS
MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR: MALAN POTGIETER, LOUISIANA
MEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: DAN HAYES, LSU
MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR: JAKE AMOS, LSU
WOMEN’S:
1 JOHANNA SJURSEN, ULM
2 FRANCESCA FIORELLINI – LSU
3 RYLEIGH KNAUB – LSU
4 TAYLOR RILEY – LSU
5 ELSA SVENSSON – LSU
WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR: FRANCESCA FIORELLINI – LSU
WOMEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: RYLEIGH KNAUB – LSU
WOMEN’S NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: FRANCESCA FIORELLINI – LSU
WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR: GARRETT RUNION, LSU
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