CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the 2026 Women's Golf All-Conference and major award winners on Tuesday.
Rose-Hulman senior Erin Nolan (Indianapolis, Ind.) put together a fantastic season this year to earn the HCAC Women’s Golf Athlete of the Year honor. Her year culminated in a stellar performance at the HCAC Championship, taking medalist honors with a 36-hole score of 233 (+14). She led the whole way with the round-low on each day of the event, outpacing her closest competitor by nine strokes. In addition to her HCAC Championship victory, Nolan was also the medalist at the Engineer Beaver Dual. She had an 81.4 stroke average and six top-three finishes, resulting in a No. 53 spot in the Clippd rankings for the Great Lakes Region.
Hanover’s Cassidy Clark (Fort Wayne, Ind.) won the 2026 HCAC Newcomer of the Year after a solid freshman season. She quickly found her way to the top of the Panthers lineup and finished the year with an 85.0 stroke average and a No. 115 Clippd ranking in the Great Lakes Region. She had a top-3 finish at the Stateline Shootout and also finished in the top-5 at the HCAC Championship with a score of 251 (+32). She was excellent on day two of the event, tying for the round-low at 80 (+7).
Player of the Year: Erin Nolan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Newcomer of the Year: Cassidy Clark, Hanover College
The HCAC also honors an All-Conference Team, which the members of those teams are selected by a vote of league coaches.
2026 HCAC Women's Golf All-Conference Team
| Name |
Institution |
| Debra Brogan |
Mount St. Joseph University |
| Cassidy Clark |
Hanover College |
| Hannah Emenhiser |
Anderson University |
| Izzy Flint |
Earlham College |
| Lauren Kaelin |
Transylvania University |
| Elizabeth Ma |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Hope Manning |
Bluffton University |
| Nicole Mears |
Transylvania University |
| Erin Nolan |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
For more information on HCAC Women's Golf, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on X and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.