Chookaew Named WGCA All-American Scholar

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - Iowa State rising senior Pammy Chookaew has been named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar Team. Chookaew is earning the honor for the first time in her career.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must:

Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
Be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season.
Have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.

Chookaew put together her best season yet for the Cyclones in her junior campaign, putting together a 72.54 stroke average, the fifth-best in program history. Chookaew joins Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn (2022-23 and 2023-24) and Liyana Durisic (2022-23 and 2023-24) as the only Cyclones to have multiple seasons with a stroke average of 72.75 or lower, as she also had a 72.74 in 2022-23. She enters her senior season with a 73.41 career stroke average, the third-best in school history behind Chul-Ak-Sorn (72.35) and Durisic (72.78).

She won the Bama Beach Bash for her first collegiate victory, while also picking up Big 12 All-Tournament honors for the second time in her career. Chookaew and Chul-Ak-Sorn both tied for fifth at the Big 12 Championship with a 216, the sixth-lowest conference championship score in school history. Chookaew was one of three Cyclones to tie for eighth at the NCAA Lubbock Regional, while she finished in a tie for 55^th place at the NCAA National Championships, the third-best championship finish in school history.

Players Mentioned

Pammy Chookaew

Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn

Liyana Durisic

Sponsors

Iowa State University Athletics