GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman's Anna Morgan was chosen the 2023-24 Southern Conference Female Athlete of the Year, becoming the first three-time winner in the history of the award, as announced by the league office on Monday. Voting was conducted by the league's athletic directors and a media representative from each member school.
A native of Spartanburg, S.C., Morgan gave Furman its fifth-consecutive SoCon Female Athlete of the Year award and 13th in school history. The Paladin women's golf team leads all Furman programs with five SoCon Female Athlete of the Year citations. Overall, Furman has garnered 23 SoCon Female and Male Athletes of the Year combined.
Morgan earned her third-consecutive Edna Hartness Furman Female Athlete of the Year award in 2023-24, marking the first three-time winner in Paladin history. A WGCA first team All-American and GolfWeek second team All-American, she competed in her fourth-straight NCAA regional this spring and concluded the season ranked 17th nationally in the final Scoreboard by clippd rankings. A three-time Southern Conference Player of the Year selection, she recorded a 70.1 stroke average over 33 rounds this season, the lowest single-season stroke average in program history. Her career stroke average of 72.2 is also a Furman standard.
Morgan, who appeared in her third-straight Augusta National Women's Amateur in April, won her second-consecutive SoCon individual championship in 2024. The victory marked the eighth individual win of her career and the fourth during the 2023-24 season, both Paladin records. A four-time All-SoCon selection, she will represent the United States at the Arnold Palmer Cup next week.
A May graduate with a 3.6 GPA in politics and international affairs, Morgan was selected to the CSC Academic All-District Team, WGCA All-America Scholar Team, SoCon Academic All-Conference Team, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, and Furman Dean's List. She was inducted into the Lambda Pi Eta honor society for communications and was a member of Furman's Kappa Delta sorority, where she worked with local Girl Scout troops and helped raise money for Greenville's Julie Valentine Center, a nonprofit organization that provides services to sexual assault and child abuse survivors.
