Sept. 15, 2015

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina junior Katelyn Dambaugh has been named to Golfweek’s Preseason Women’s All-American team, Golfweek announced Tuesday. Dambaugh garnered third-team honors following a stellar sophomore season in which she was named a Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American. Golfweek’s Lance Ringler selected the teams.

A native of Goose Creek, S.C., Dambaugh owns the lowest career scoring average (min. 55 rounds) in program history at 73.68 through two seasons. She posted the second-lowest scoring average on the team last year with a career-best 73.66 average, including a career-low round score of 65 at the SEC Championships, which matched a program and SEC Championship record. In addition to her All-American honors, she was named Second-Team All-SEC for the second year in a row. She captured three top five finishes throughout the season and was one of two Gamecocks to advance to the fourth and final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championship.

The Gamecocks open the 2015-16 season this weekend at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn.

GOLFWEEK’S PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS (SELECTED BY LANCE RINGLER) FIRST TEAM
Leona Maguire – Duke, Sophomore
Dylan Kim – Baylor, Sophomore
Bronte Law – UCLA, Junior
Gaby Lopez – Arkansas, Senior
Celine Boutier – Duke, Senior
Emma Talley – Alabama, Senior
Caroline Nistrup – LSU, Junior
Tiffany Chan – USC, Junior
Linnea Strom – Arizona State, Freshman
Lauren Kim – Stanford, Senior

SECOND TEAM
Kyung Kim – USC, Senior
Marijosse Navarro – Texas A&M, Junior
Bethany Wu – UCLA, Freshman
Monica Vaughn – Arizona State, Junior
Marissa Chow – Pepperdine, Senior
Maddie Szeryk – Texas A&M, Sophomore
Lindsey Weaver – Arizona, Senior
Mariah Stackhouse – Stanford, Senior
Sierra Sims – Wake Forest, Junior
Esther Lee – Colorado, Junior

THIRD TEAM
Karen Chung – USC, Junior
Jessica Peng – Mississippi State, Junior
Taylor Totland – Furman, Junior
Caroline Inglis – Oregon, Senior
Charlotte Thomas – Washington, Senior
Lauren Diaz-Yi – Virginia, Junior
Meghan MacLaren – Florida International, Senior
Katelyn Dambaugh – South Carolina, Junior
Anna Newell – Tennessee, Sophomore
Jennifer Hahn – Vanderbilt, Senior