Women’s golfer Pinky Chaisilprungruang earns top conference honors
Charlotte 49ers freshman Pinky Chaisilprungruang is the 2025 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year as announced by the league office.
Chaisilprungruang is the first Charlotte player to earn American Golf Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. She also becomes just the second player in conference history to win both Freshman of the Year and Golf Player of the Year, joining UCF’s Ashley Holder in 2014.
Chaisilprungruang ranks as the best individual golfer in the conference at 46th in the national D1 Player Rankings. She has collected three AAC Golfer of the Week awards and was named AAC Golfer of the Month for September. She has finished in the top 10 in every event this season including six top five finishes. Her 203 (-13) at the Daniel Island Invitational set a program record for 54 holes and tied the school’s single-round low score with a 66. She currently boasts the best single-season stroke average in program history at 71.07. She shot under or even par in 20 of the 29 rounds.
Chaisilprungruang and Jette Schulze were tabbed to the AAC All-Conference Team.
Read more on the Charlotte 49ers website at https://charlotte49ers.com/news/2025/4/22/womens-golf-chaisilprungruang-named-aac-golfer-freshman-of-the-year.aspx.