Tennessee Duo Earn All-America Honors as Lady Vols Complete Historic Women’s Golf Season

Freshman Madison Messimer and Sophomore Kyra Van Kan Become First Tennessee All-Americans Since 2016, Highlighting Program’s National Resurgence

FRISCO, Texas | Tennessee women's golf reached another milestone in one of the most successful seasons in program history Tuesday, as Madison Messimer and Kyra Van Kan were named Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Honorable Mention All-Americans.

The recognition places the pair among the elite players in collegiate golf and marks the first time since 2016 that Tennessee has produced All-American honorees. Messimer and Van Kan become the 14th and 15th All-Americans in Lady Vol program history and represent the first Tennessee duo to earn All-America recognition in the same season since 2015.

The honors underscore Tennessee's emergence as one of the nation's premier women's golf programs during the 2025-26 campaign.

For Messimer, the accolade caps a sensational freshman season that has already established her among the brightest young stars in college golf. Earlier Tuesday, the standout rookie was also named to the WGCA Division I All-Freshman Team, an honor recognizing the top five freshmen in the nation.

Ole Miss Star Kajsalotta Svarvar Earns First WGCA All-America Honor After Record-Breaking Season

Sophomore Standout Becomes Program’s 10th All-American, Caps Historic Year with NCAA Championship Success

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. | Ole Miss women's golf standout Kajsalotta Svarvar has added one of collegiate golf's most prestigious honors to her rapidly growing résumé.

The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced Tuesday that Svarvar has been named a Division I Honorable Mention All-American, marking the first All-America recognition of her career and further solidifying her status as one of the nation's rising stars.

The honor represents the 10th All-America selection in Ole Miss women's golf history and continues the remarkable success of the program under head coach Kory Henkes, with nine of the Rebels' 10 All-America selections coming during her tenure.

A native of Halmstad, Sweden, Svarvar delivered one of the finest individual seasons in recent Ole Miss history during the 2025-26 campaign. Her 71.39 scoring average tied for the fifth-lowest single-season mark in the program since 2003-04, highlighting the consistency and elite-level play that helped propel the Rebels to one of their most successful seasons.

Svarvar's sophomore season featured four top-five finishes, five top-10 results, and seven top-20 performances. She concluded her season on one of college golf's biggest stages, earning a top-20 finish at the 2026 NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Carlsbad, California, while competing against the nation's best players.

Her impact extended beyond tournament finishes, as she etched her name throughout the Ole Miss record book. Svarvar finished second in program history for rounds at even par or better in a single season with 22 and also ranked second for rounds in the 60s with 12.