Abbey Filipiak selected All-WIAC Women's Golf First Team, Newcomer of the Year

2021 All-WIAC Women's Golf Team

MENOMONIE (May 21, 2021) - UW-Stout freshman Abbey Filipiak was a first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) pick and was also the league's newcomer of the year.

In her first collegiate season, Filipiak finished fourth at the three-day WIAC Championship, scoring a collegiate-best 74 in the final round of the tournament to lead Stout to a third place team finish. Filipiak played in eight rounds in the pandemic-shortened season, leading the team with a stroke average of 80.0. Filipiak broke 80 in four rounds this season and took first place finishes in her first two collegiate meets. Filipiak was the WIAC/Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week after winning a quadrangular meet with UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls and UW-Superior.

Filipiak is the Blue Devils' second consecutive newcomer of the year award winner. Klairissa O'Reilly-Dye captured the award last season. 

The all-conference team was determined by using the regional, head-to-head NCAA Division III Golfstat rankings immediately following the conclusion of the conference championship. A player must have completed at least five rounds in order to be eligible. 
 
2021 All-WIAC Women's Golf Team 
First Team 
Name, School, Year, Hometown (High School) 
Kristin Bowe, Whitewater, Senior, Franklin, Wis. (Franklin) 
Abbey Filipiak, Stout, Freshman, Elk River, Minn. (Elk River) 
CheyAnn Knudsen, Whitewater, Senior, Milton, Wis. (Milton) 
Lexi Meade, Eau Claire, Sophomore, Eau Claire, Wis. (Memorial) 
Ashton Sinak, Whitewater, Junior, St. Louis, Mo. (Visitation Academy) 
 
Second Team 
Bree Downie, Stevens Point, Junior, Hortonville, Wis. (Hortonville) 
Molly Larsen, La Crosse, Junior, Tomah, Wis. (Tomah) 
Jessica Rudnicki, Eau Claire, Senior, Sun Prairie, Wis. (Sun Prairie) 
Andrea Schleeper, La Crosse, Freshman, Fitchburg, Wis. (Verona) 
Kelly Storti, Whitewater, Senior, Deerfield, Ill. (Deerfield) 
 
Player of the Year:  Lexi Meade of Eau Claire 
Newcomer of the Year:  Abbey Filipiak of Stout