MANSFIELD, Mass. – Following a dominant first season, Franklin Pierce freshman Jinnapat Rittawee swept NE10 Player & NE10 Rookie of the Year honors while Assumption Head Coach Matt Stephens was selected as the Coach of the Year, as announced by the NE10 on Wednesday afternoon.
Rittawee finished with an impressive 74.3 average over ten rounds this fall. She claimed the 2019 NE10 Championship by two strokes with an impressive 148 (4+) and won four of the five tournaments in which she played. Rittawee didn't have a round over 76 in her final four tournaments, and also shot 72 or better in four rounds. She is the first women's golfer in NE10 history to win Player and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.
Stephens earned Coach of the Year honors for Assumption in his third season at the helm. He led the Greyhounds to their first-ever runner-up finish at the NE10 Championships. They finished 11 strokes ahead of third-place Saint Rose as four of Assumption's five golfers finished in the top-20. The team also had a second place finish at the Franklin Pierce Invitational and tied for third at the Le Moyne Invitational.
Player of the Year: Jinnapat Rittawee, Franklin Pierce
Rookie of the Year: Jinnapat Rittawee, Franklin Pierce
Coach of the Year: Matt Stephens, Assumption
First-Team All-Conference
Paulette Romero, American International
Catherine French, Assumption
Jinnapat Rittawee, Franklin Pierce
Zoey Yamamoto, Franklin Pierce
Bianca Cruz- Hernandez, Le Moyne
Second-Team All-Conference*
Christine Cutting, Assumption
Taylor Hartley, Franklin Pierce
Alia Godek, Franklin Pierce
Erika Fuentes, Saint Rose
Hannah May, SNHU
Morgan Mitchell, SNHU
Third-Team All-Conference
Kaylie Klemme, Saint Rose
Jenna Werle, Saint Rose
Gabby Thomas, SNHU
Alexis Annarummo, Stonehill
*Team increased to six players due to ties in voting
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