Four Ducks Earn Big Ten Honors
04/29/26 | Women's Golf
EUGENE, Ore. – Four members of the Oregon women's golf team earned postseason honors from the Big Ten on Wednesday, including a pair of first-team all-conference selections in Kiara Romero and Tong An.
Romero earned first-team all-conference honors for the third time in her career, while An was named to the first team after earning second-team recognition as a freshman in 2024-25.
Sophie Han landed on both the all-Big Ten second team and the inaugural Big Ten all-freshman team, and Darae Chung was honored as Oregon's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient.Â
The No. 8 Ducks will learn their NCAA Regional selection on Wednesday when the NCAA women's golf selection show begins at 1 p.m. PT on Golf Channel.
Kiara Romero - All-Big Ten First Team
» Joins Hsin-Yu Lu as the only three-time, first-team all-conference honorees in program history.Â
» No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
» Leads Oregon with a career-best 69.37 scoring average, on track to break her own UO single-season record.
» Two wins this season to break the UO all-time record with six career individual victories.
» 18 par-or-better performances in 21 rounds this season, including 11 sub-70 rounds.
» Has placed in the top three in six of eight tournaments as a junior, including three runner-up finishes.
Tong An - All-Big Ten First Team
» Maintaining a career-best 72.36 scoring average while playing in all 28 rounds for the Ducks.
» 12 par-or-better performances with five sub-70 rounds.
» Has placed in the top 20 in eight of 10 tournaments with a pair of top-10 finishes.
» Oregon's top finisher at the Big Ten Championships in a tie for 20th overall.
Sophie Han - All-Big Ten Second Team & Big Ten All-Freshman
» Named to the inaugural Big Ten all-freshman team while earning all-Big Ten second-team honors.
» Has played in all 10 tournaments as a true freshman, carrying a 72.73 scoring average.
» 11 par-or-better rounds with four sub-70 performances.
» Six top-20 finishes with a pair of top-10 showings.
Darae Chung - Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
» Career-best 73.04 scoring average in 24 rounds as a junior.
» Nine par-or-better performances with three sub-70 rounds.
» Claimed first career win in the fall at the Molly Collegiate Invitational.Â
Romero earned first-team all-conference honors for the third time in her career, while An was named to the first team after earning second-team recognition as a freshman in 2024-25.
Sophie Han landed on both the all-Big Ten second team and the inaugural Big Ten all-freshman team, and Darae Chung was honored as Oregon's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient.Â
The No. 8 Ducks will learn their NCAA Regional selection on Wednesday when the NCAA women's golf selection show begins at 1 p.m. PT on Golf Channel.
Kiara Romero - All-Big Ten First Team
» Joins Hsin-Yu Lu as the only three-time, first-team all-conference honorees in program history.Â
» No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
» Leads Oregon with a career-best 69.37 scoring average, on track to break her own UO single-season record.
» Two wins this season to break the UO all-time record with six career individual victories.
» 18 par-or-better performances in 21 rounds this season, including 11 sub-70 rounds.
» Has placed in the top three in six of eight tournaments as a junior, including three runner-up finishes.
Tong An - All-Big Ten First Team
» Maintaining a career-best 72.36 scoring average while playing in all 28 rounds for the Ducks.
» 12 par-or-better performances with five sub-70 rounds.
» Has placed in the top 20 in eight of 10 tournaments with a pair of top-10 finishes.
» Oregon's top finisher at the Big Ten Championships in a tie for 20th overall.
Sophie Han - All-Big Ten Second Team & Big Ten All-Freshman
» Named to the inaugural Big Ten all-freshman team while earning all-Big Ten second-team honors.
» Has played in all 10 tournaments as a true freshman, carrying a 72.73 scoring average.
» 11 par-or-better rounds with four sub-70 performances.
» Six top-20 finishes with a pair of top-10 showings.
Darae Chung - Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
» Career-best 73.04 scoring average in 24 rounds as a junior.
» Nine par-or-better performances with three sub-70 rounds.
» Claimed first career win in the fall at the Molly Collegiate Invitational.Â
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