INDIANAPOLIS (4/30/2026) -- University of Detroit Mercy graduate senior Ariel Chang made a charge for a championship and ended her career with All-League honors as the Horizon League announced its postseason awards. In addition, junior Gabriella Tapp was tabbed the Co-Sportsmanship Award winner. 

Chang earned her third All-Conference award and her second as a First Team selection, just the fifth Titan in school history to record three All-League honors.

She led the Titans with a 77.0 average on the year, posting three top-20 efforts and a pair of top-five performances. She just shared first at the Horizon League Championship with a 229 (75-74-80). She was also tied for fourth at Bowling Green's Dolores Black Falcon Invite with a 153 (76-77), and shared 20th at Central Michigan's A-Ga-Ming Invitational, shooting a season-low 226 (74-72-80).

Chang ended her career as the all-time leader in career averages with a 76.05 in 58 rounds out on the links, registering 20 top-20 events and 16 top-10 finishes. 

Tapp started seven of the eight events and posted a career-best 80.2 average, but it was her spirit and attitude that earned her the Co-Sportsmanship Award in golf. She serves on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Horizon League SAAC, and has represented the Titans at the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum. 
 

Women's Golfer of the Year
Neeranuch Prajunpanich, Youngstown State

Women's Golf Freshman of the Year
Sherry Xia, IU Indianapolis

Women's Golf Sportsmanship Awards
Gabriella Tapp, Detroit Mercy
Eva Maley, Northern Kentucky
Lily Bargamian, Oakland

Women's Golf Coach of the Year
Heather Fortushniak, Oakland

Women's Golf All-League First Team
Ariel Chang, Detroit Mercy
Riley Pechinski, Green Bay
Olivia Hemmila, Oakland
Neeranuch Prajunpanich, Youngstown State
Maddi Shoults, Youngstown State

Women's Golf All-League Second Team
Yanah Rolston, IU Indianapolis
Sherry Xia, IU Indianapolis
Eva Maley, Northern Kentucky
Lily Bargamian, Oakland
Sofia Perez Escarcena, Youngstown State