State medalists Benita and Callinan lead way; Pinnacle’s Wilde top coach
Here is The Arizona Republic’s All-Arizona girls golf team with the eight Golfers of the Year nominees and Coach of the Year for the 2019 high school season.
Maya Benita, Sr., Catalina Foothills
University of Arizona commit who won her first Division II individual state title and led Catalina Foothills to third place in the state tournament.
Sydney Bryan, Jr., Mesa Red Mountain
Came in third place at the Division I state championship, second at the Antiqua National and the Mesa City.
Joy Callinan, Sr., Hamilton
Won the Division I individual state championship.
Madeleine Laux, Sr., Goodyear Millennium
Came in second place at the state tournament by just two strokes behind the winner Maya Benita, tied for second at the Aguila Invitational, fourth at the Roar Classic, fifth at the Nighthawk Invitational and sixth at the Antigua Invitational.
Ashley Menne, Sr. Xavier Prep
One of the top female amateurs in the nation, who became the Division I individual state championship runner-up for the first time in her high school career in 2019, led Xavier Prep to second place in the state championship.
Won the Aguila and Nighthawk Invitational tournaments and had a +5.6 handicap.
Calynne Rosholt, Jr. Cactus Shadows
Won the Roar Classic and finished in third place at Aguila Invitation and the Division II state championship.
Katie Stinchcomb, Jr., Phoenix Pinnacle
Led Pinnacle to the team title at Eagle Invitational, finished in seventh place for the Division I individual state title, and helped lead Pinnacle to win its first girls team state championship.
Grace Summerhays, So., Scottsdale Chaparral
Won the Prescott Invitational and SUSD Girls District Tournament, tied for fifth place at the Division I state championship, finished sixth at the Aguila Invitational
and won three matches.
Honorable mentions
Carolyn Fuller, Pinnacle; Mattie Frick, Peoria Liberty; Hannah Ports, Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge; Zoe Newell, Ironwood Ridge
Coach of the Year
Charlie Wilde, Phoenix Pinnacle
Led the Pioneers to their first Division I team state title since 2010, beating Xavier Prep by four strokes in the final round of the state championship to become the fourth team since 1979 to defeat the Gators in the state championship.
Also, he led Pinnacle to win the Desert Valley regional title, came in first place at the Aguila and Eagle Invitational tournaments, plus earned second place in the Antigua National Tournament by one stroke from the title.
Also considered: Doug Kautz, Ironwood Ridge; “Tui” Selvaratnam, Xavier Prep
How they were selected
The players and coaches were chosen by the azcentral sports high school sports reporters, using personal observations and interviews with players and coaches as well as statistics and rankings.