For Immediate Release
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
NSIC Media Relations
NSIC Women’s Golfer of the Year & NSIC Women’s Newcomer of the Year
Addi Wood (Fr., Eagan, Minn. / St.Croix Lutheran HS) ?- Concordia-St. Paul
- 2025-26 All-NSIC First Team
- 2026 NSIC All-Tournament Team
- Led the NSIC with a 76.1 scoring average
- Set a program record for lowest single season scoring average
- Recorded eight top 10 and top five finishes
- Finished second at the NSIC Championships
- Notched first place finishes at the Tracy Lane Invite and Wildcat Classic
- Set program record single round, 36 hole and 54 hole lows
NSIC Women’s Coach of the Year
Nick Swaney
4th Season
Wayne State
- Coached WSC to first-ever NSIC women’s golf championship
- Led Wildcats to second straight NCAA Central Regional appearance
- Coached Wildcats to three tournament wins this season
- Fourth straight season WSC has set new team scoring average under Swaney
- Has coached two All-NSIC First Team and eighth Second Team players in his four years at WSC
| NSIC First Team All-Conference |
| Lanie Veenendall |
Sr. |
AU |
New Richmond, Wis. |
| Addi Wood |
Fr. |
CSP |
Eagan, Minn. |
| Anaka Lysne |
Sr. |
UMC |
Wahpeton, N.D. |
| Emerson Garlie |
So. |
MSU |
Northfield, Minn. |
| Victoria Woytassek |
Jr. |
MSU |
Jordan, Minn. |
| Gaia Stancikova |
So. |
WSC |
Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy |
| NSIC Second Team All-Conference |
| Piper Hill |
Sr. |
CSP |
Medford, Minn. |
| Emma Pierson |
Fr. |
UMC |
Cherry Valley, Ill. |
| Samantha Youngquist |
Sr. |
MSU |
Eden Prairie, Minn. |
| Hailey Kenkel |
Jr. |
WSC |
Grand Island, Neb. |
| Erica Lee |
Jr. |
WSC |
Omaha, Neb. |
| Georgia Volley |
So. |
WSU |
Waunakee Wis. |
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 126 individual national champions. For additional information, visit
NorthernSun.org.
About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit
NCAA.org.
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