Anacona named All-SEC

University of Arkansas freshman Ela Anacona was named second-team All-SEC in voting by the league’s 14 head coaches released by the conference office Thursday.

Anacona, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was also named to the 10-player all-freshman team.

“Ela was a big piece in our team’s success this season,” Arkansas Coach Shauna Taylor said in a UA release. “She has come in as a freshman and made an immediate impact. She is a tireless worker, prepares very well for each event and is a fierce competitor. You combine those three items and you have a recipe for success.

“She is just getting started and I’m thrilled to see her get honored for her great golf.”

Arkansas redshirt sophomore Julia Dean of Brighton, Mich., was named to the SEC women’s golf community service team.

LSU’s Ingrid Lindblad was selected as both SEC player of the year and freshman of the year, while Ole Miss’ Kory Henkes was voted as coach of the year.

Lindblad led the first-team choices, along with Auburn’s Megan Schofill and Kaleigh Telfer, Ole Miss’ Julia Johnson, Mississippi State’s Ashley Gilliam, South Carolina’s Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Kentucky’s Jensen Castle and Alabama’s Kenzie Wright.

Anacona played in five of the Razorbacks’ six events during the 2019-20 season and finished in the top 20 of four of them. Her first top-20 finish came in the ANNIKA Intercollegiate when she tied for 19th place. Anacona peaked at the White Sands Invitational at Paradise Island, Bahamas, when she fired two rounds of 69 and placed sixth with a career-best 211 in the three-round tournament.

In the Razorbacks’ final competition of the spring, prior to the coronavirus shut-down, Anacona placed 23rd in the Darius Rucker Invitational at Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island, S.C.