SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Five Cougars from the No. 9 Cal State San Marcos women's golf team garnered All-CCAA recognition as the program continued its reign atop the conference.
Avery Foster was named CCAA Golfer of the Year,
Ellaclair Leedom was selected Freshman of the Year and head Coach
Greg Hutton received his eighth consecutive CCAA Women's Golf Coach of the Year honor.
Joining Foster and Leedom on the 10-person All-CCAA first team was the 2026 CCAA Tournament Champion
Abby Sickles,
Kiara Hernandez and
Carmella Carlisi.
Foster, who is ranked No. 14 in NCAA Division II according to Scoreboard powered by clippd, has a team-best 72.9 stroke average. The Clovis native won one tournament this season, Cal State East Bay's Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout, and finished in the top five in seven of the 10 tournaments this season. Foster accumulated three CCAA Golf of the Week honors this season to raise her career total to six. This marks Foster's third consecutive time earning all-conference first team honors, claiming the honor twice while representing Sonoma State.
Leedom earned runner-up honors at the 2026 CCAA Championships, her best finish of the season. The Rancho Sante Fe native accumulated six top-15 finishes in her rookie season. Leedom has a 74.3 scoring average entering the NCAA West Regional.
Hernandez began the season with back-to-back runner-up finishes at the RJGA Shootout at Estrella and Lady Bulldog Desert Classic at Avondale. The senior from Burgank has six top-10 finishes and has a 73.9 scoring average. Hernandez was selected CCAA Golfer of the Week once this season, raising her career total to six conference weekly awards with two in the CCAA and four in the PacWest Conference while playing for Point Loma. This is Hernandez's second first-team honor in the CCAA.
Sickle has posted four top-10 finishes during her sophomore campaign, including a CCAA Tournament individual medalist honor where she opened with eight consecutive birdies to break the tournament's single-round record with a 6-under 66. The Garden Grove native will enter next week's regional with a 74.5 scoring average. This is Sickle's first time being named to the All-CCAA team.
Carlisi earned two top-10 finishes this season including a share of CSUSM Fujikura Invitational win. The freshman from Del Mar has accumulated a 75.9 scoring average so far this season. This is her first time being named to the All-CCAA first team.
Hutton became CSUSM's first nine-time CCAA Coach of the Year honoree in school history, eight times as the women's coach and one time as the men's coach. The Cougars defended their league crown for the seventh time by carding a 23-over 887 April 20-22 at The Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton.
In the seven years of the CCAA sponsoring women's golf, a CSUSM golfer has been named Golfer of the Year each time with Jaime Jacob taking the first three seasons, Breanne Horn and
Madison Murr each earning the next two seasons, and Foster capturing this season. The Cougars won six tournaments this season, including the 2026 CCAA Women's Golf Championship for a seventh time.
CSUSM is ranked No. 9 on Scoreboard powered by clippd.
This is the seventh consecutive season that CSUSM has placed at least three players on the All-CCAA first team and the third time five Cougars were represented.
The Cougars, who earned the automatic West Regional bid, will enter the regional tournament as No. 3 next week when they compete Pueblo Country Club in Pueblo, Colorado, on May 4-6.
| 2025-26 CCAA Women's Golf All-Conference Team |
| Player of the Year |
Avery Foster, Cal State San Marcos |
| Newcomer of the Year: |
Chantel Tsai, Cal State East Bay |
| Freshman of the Year: |
Ellaclair Leedom, Cal State San Marcos |
| Coach of the Year: |
Greg Hutton, Cal State San Marcos |
| All-CCAA Team |
| Name |
Yr. |
School |
Hometown |
| Daniela Andrade - ** |
Jr. |
Cal State LA |
San Jose |
| Joshlyn Ayala - * |
Sr. |
Cal State LA |
Downey |
| Torrie Bowman - ^ |
So. |
Cal State East Bay |
Fresno |
| Carmella Carlisi |
Fr. |
Cal State San Marcos |
Del Mar |
| Carlota Eroles |
Sr. |
Cal State East Bay |
Zaragoza, Spain |
| Avery Foster - ** |
Sr. |
Cal State San Marcos |
Clovis |
| Kiara Hernandez - * |
Sr. |
Cal State San Marcos |
Burbank |
| Ellaclair Leedom |
Fr. |
Cal State San Marcos |
Rancho Santa Fe |
| Abby Sickles |
So. |
Cal State San Marcos |
Garden Grove |
| Cathy Tong - ** |
Sr. |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
Hong Kong, China |
Honorable Mention
Talia Gutman - *^ (CSULA); Khivi Kaur (CSUMB); Morgan Pittman (CSUMB); Chantel Tsai (CSUEB) |
* ‐ previous All‐CCAA first team selection; ^ - previous honorable mention selection
