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UW-Stout’s Imai Leads All-WIAC Women’s Golf Honorees

Printable PDF of the 2024 All-WIAC Women's Golf Team

MADISON, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Julia Imai received Kwik Trip Player of the Year and Kwik Trip Newcomer of the Year accolades to lead the individuals on the 2024 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Golf Team.
 
The team was determined by using a combination of the WIAC Championship results (50 percent) and the SCOREBOARD Powered by Clippd Regional Rankings (50 percent) distributed on Oct. 17. A player must have completed a minimum of eight rounds in order to be considered for selection to the All-Conference Team and Player of the Year, while a minimum of six rounds were needed to qualify for Newcomer of the Year.
 
Imai is the third Blue Devil to claim the top conference award, joining Brittany McNett-Emerich (2012 and 2014) and Abbey Filipiak (2021-spring and 2023). Imai owned a 75.80 stroke average this fall and claimed medalist honors at the WIAC Championship. She also recorded a first-place finish at the UW-River Falls Falcon Invitational, tied for second at the UW-La Crosse Fall Invitational, and placed sixth at the UW-Whitewater Fall Invitational.
 
Imai is the third individual in program history to claim the newcomer distinction, joining Klairissa O’Reilly-Dye (2019) and Abbey Filipiak (2021-spring). A newcomer is defined as a student-athlete who used her first season of participation in women’s golf this season. Transfers are not eligible unless they didn’t participate in women’s golf at their previous institution.
 
UW-Whitewater’s Kallie Lux was a repeat selection on the first team from last season, while Ellie Johnson was a first team pick in 2022. Lux was tabbed the Newcomer of the Year in 2021.
 
2024 All-WIAC Women’s Golf Team
First Team
Name, School, Year, Hometown (High School)
Julia Imai, Stout, Freshman, Brookline, Mass. (Brookline)
Ellie Johnson, Whitewater, Senior, Johnsburg, Ill. (Johnsburg)
Kallie Lux, Whitewater, Senior, Janesville, Wis. (Craig)
Haley Myers, Whitewater, Senior, Somerset, Wis. (Somerset)
Jenna Wiebke, La Crosse, Senior, Caledonia, Minn. (Caledonia)
 
Second Team
Taryn Endres, Oshkosh, Junior, Windsor, Wis. (DeForest)
Sydney Grimm, Stout, Senior, Waunakee, Wis. (Waunakee)
Brin Neumann, Stout, Sophomore, Warrens, Wis. (Tomah)
Payton Schmidt, Whitewater, Freshman, Jefferson, Wis. (Jefferson)
Haley Thoeny, La Crosse, Sophomore, Lodi, Wis. (Lodi)
 
Kwik Trip Player of the Year:  Julia Imai of Stout
Kwik Trip Newcomer of the Year:  Julia Imai of Stout
 
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