After leading Arizona to the Big 12 championship, first-year Wildcats women’s golf coach Giovana Maymon was named the league’s Coach of the Year on Thursday.
Maymon received the honor during her first season at the UA. Arizona won a five-team playoff to capture the conference crown on April 17 in Hockley, Texas.
First-year Arizona women’s golf coach Giovana Maymon (far right) and her Wildcats finished first overall in Maymon’s first tournament at the helm of the UA program, winning the Folds of Honor Collegiate on Sept. 11, 2024, in Grand Haven, Michigan.
Two of Maymon’s players made the All-Big 12 Team: senior Carolina Melgrati and sophomore Charlotte Back.
Back leads the team with a 72.44 per-round average. Melgrati is second at 73.00. Back has 12 rounds of par or better, while Melgrati has 11.
The 18th-ranked Wildcats continue their season May 5-7 in the NCAA Tournament. Arizona will participate in the Lubbock Regional in Lubbock, Texas. The UA is the No. 3 seed in the regional behind Texas and Wake Forest.
The top five teams (30 total) from each regional site advance to the NCAA championships May 16-21 in Carlsbad, California.
