Huskers Listed Among Big Ten Golfers to Watch

Hannah Kono, Jessica Jolly and Danica Lundgren were named Nebraska's Big Ten Golfers to Watch for the 2025-26 season, the conference announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

Kono, a junior from Enkoping, Sweden, is Nebraska's top returning golfer from a year ago. The transfer from Oakland University competed in 30 rounds for the Huskers and posted a 74.93 stroke average in her first season in Lincoln. She closed the year with four top-25 individual finishes.

Lundgren was also a significant contributor in her first season at Nebraska in 2024-25. The sophomore from Austin, Texas, produced a pair of top-five individual finishes including a tie for third at the PDI Intercollegiate - hosted by UCF with a Husker individual season-best 207 (-9) to open the spring. She added three consecutive top-35 showings later in the spring and ended her freshman season with a 75.70 stroke average over 23 rounds.

Jolly, a sophomore from Rockford, Mich., hopes to make an immediate impact to the Nebraska lineup in her first season with the Big Red. Jolly earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors as a freshman at Illinois State, helping the Redbirds to the 2025 MVC Championship under current Husker Head Coach Breanne Hall.

Jolly opened her Nebraska career with a tie for 19th at the season-opening Sam Golden Invitational in Corinth, Texas (Sept. 8-9). She closed with a three-round total of 211 (-5) as NU's top finisher at the event.

Jolly, Lundgren, Kono and the rest of the Huskers will be back in action at the Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo. (Sept. 22-23).

This spring, the Big Ten Women’s Golf Championship will take place at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, California (April 24-26), while the 2026 NCAA Golf Championship will be held for a third consecutive year at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.

Big Ten Women’s Golfers to Watch List

SCHOOL	NAME	CLASS
Illinois	Brielle Mapano	Senior
Illinois	Anna Ritter	Senior
Illinois	Victoria Zheng	Senior
Indiana	Madi Dabagia	Senior
Indiana	Maddie May	Senior
Indiana	Katie Poots	Junior
Iowa	Ximena Benites	Junior
Iowa	Maura Peters	Junior
Iowa	Sunny Wang	Freshman
Maryland	Chananyu Chowiwattana	Sophomore
Maryland	Surapa Janthamunee	Senior
Maryland	Anna Pillard	Sophomore
Michigan	Mara Janess	Senior
Michigan	Lauren Sung	Senior
Michigan	Vanessa Zhang	Freshman
Michigan State	Paula Balanzategui	Senior
Michigan State	Taylor Kehoe	Senior
Michigan State	Ana Sofia Murcia	Junior
Minnesota	Isabella McCauley	Senior
Minnesota	Reese McCauley	Sophomore
Minnesota	Mariana Mesones	Junior
Nebraska	Jessica Jolly	Sophomore
Nebraska	Hannah Kono	Junior
Nebraska	Danica Lundgren	Sophomore
Northwestern	Arianna Lau	Freshman
Northwestern	Hsin Tai Lin	Sophomore
Northwestern	Ashley Yun	Junior
Ohio State	Kary Hollenbaugh	Senior
Ohio State	Marina Joyce Moreno	Sophomore
Ohio State	Nellie Ong	Sophomore
Oregon	Kiara Romero	Junior
Oregon	Suvichaya Vinijchaitham	Sophomore
Oregon	Karen Tsuru	Junior
Penn State	Jiratchaya Jiratthitinun	Sophomore
Penn State	Audrey Lam	Freshman
Penn State	Hannah Rabb	Sophomore
Purdue	Samantha Brown	Sophomore
Purdue	Lauren Timpf	Sophomore
Purdue	Luana Valero	Freshman
Rutgers	Grace Lu	Senior
Rutgers	Lorena Rossettin	Junior
Rutgers	Joline Truong	Sophomore
UCLA	Maye Huang	Sophomore
UCLA	Angela Liu	Sophomore
UCLA	Meghan Royal	Senior
USC	Jasmine Koo	Sophomore
USC	Elise Lee	Sophomore
USC	Catherine Park	Senior
Washington	Carmen Lim	Senior
Washington	Mads Smith	Junior
Washington	Wendy Tang	Sophomore
Wisconsin	Kate Brody	Junior
Wisconsin	Alexia Siehl	Senior
Wisconsin	Izzi Stricker	Sophomore