Emily Glaser claps during the 2026 SEC Championship.
Glaser tabbed WGCA South Region Coach of the Year
Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Women's Golf
The honor earns head coach Emily Glaser one of four finalist for the WGCA National Coach of the Year.
FRISCO, Texas - Florida women's golf head coach Emily Glaser was selected as the WGCA Division I South Region Coach of the Year, the coaches association announced on Thursday and even of the 2026 NCAA National Championship. The four region honorees are candidates for the Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year.
Ranked the No. 3 national seed and top team out of the Southeastern Conference, Florida tees off the NCAA National Championships on Friday at 2:50 p.m. at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif. Round two is set for 9:30 a.m. on Saturday as UF is paired with No. 1 Stanford and No. 2 USC for the first 36-holes.
The 2026 SEC Coach of the Year, Glaser earns her second region coach of the year award (2017) in her career. Florida has five tournaments this season and three medalist honors, highlighted by Paula Francisco winning the SEC Individual Championship. Entering the final tournament of the season, Florida has won five team titles, a runner-up, two third place finishes, a fourth and sixth place outing.
Florida clinched a spot into the NCAA Championships after finishing third and 3-under at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional behind the program's second-lowest tournament total by score (861) and par (-3) at regional play all-time. The lowest was a 7-under performance in 2016. Freshman and Gainesville native Katelyn Huber led the lineup with a 6th place finish and 4-under performance. She started her final 18-holes with back-to-back birdies and three in her first four holes. Huber shot a final round of 71 (-1) for her third under par round this postseason.
The postseason began at the SEC Championship, which was highlighted by Francisco winning the individual conference title. She became the eighth Gator to win the SEC Championship and first since Maria Torres in 2016. This is the 10th time a UF golfer has been crowned the conference champion, which leads the SEC. The win was the second of Francisco's collegiate career and season. Francisco shot all three rounds under par this weekend for a 54-hole tournament score of 202 (-8), the third lowest all-time by score in SEC Championship history. It is the lowest by par from a Gator since Maria Torres won the conference title in 2016 and finished 9-under.
After winning stroke play, the Gators reached the SEC Championship Semifinals as a team, which featured only one returner from last season's runner-up finish. In the last two conference championships, UF has finished runner-up and T3.
In final round of stroke play, the Gators shot their lowest round and the low round of the day with a 276 (-4) to produce a 54-hole score of 831 (-9), six shots ahead of second-place Oklahoma and Texas (-3). Florida's 831 score is the program's lowest three-round total by score in program history at the SEC Championship, beating the previous record (842) by 11 shots in 2017, the last time UF won the conference title. Also, the total is second-lowest by score (824-South Carolina 2025) from an SEC team at the conference tournament. The 9-under is the third-lowest in UF history at SECs and only the fourth time under par in 45 years of the SEC Championship.
For the second straight season, the Orange and Blue finished with a strong resume in the regular season which featured five victories in the last seven tournaments. Individually, Francisco & Megan Propeck both secured the first collegiate individual victories. The five team titles marked consecutive seasons for just the third time in program history (2015-16 & 2016-17, 1984-85 & 1985-86). Outside of UF's wins, they finished runner-up, third, fourth and sixth.
The two upperclassmen (Francisco & Propeck) pace the Gators, tying for a team-best nine top-25 finishes as Propeck led with six top-10s and Francisco in stroke average at 70.3. A trio of underclassmen logged strong regular seasons as well, led by true freshman and Gainesville native, Huber owning five top-10s and eight top-25s while playing in all nine tournaments and in the lineup eight times. Along with Huber's consistent play was the sophomore pair of Siuue Wu (3 top-10s & eight top-25s) and Elaine Widjaja (stroke average of 71.5 and six top-25s).
At the 54th Gators Invitational, Florida rewrote the record book en route to sweeping the home tournament. The Gators went wire-to-wire and won by 18 strokes while shooting a program-record 820 (-20) 54-hole tournament score and beating the previous record by 15 shots. In the opening round, the Gators reset the tournament low round record by score with a 271 (-9), three shots better than the previous record.
After tying the 54-hole tournament record (202) in the spring opener, Francisco broke the 10-year program record with a final score of 200 (-10) to capture her first collegiate win. In round two, she tied for the second-lowest round in program history with a 65 (-5). The junior closed with a final round of 67 (-3) to win by five shots. The weekend performance boosted new career-bests in round, tournament score and finish as she owned two runner-up finishes.
Florida's victory was the 28th all-time in the 54th playing of the Gators Invitational, which started in 1973 as Francisco is the 12th UF golfer to claim medalist honors at the home tournament. The Gator sweep is the 11th occurrence all-time and in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2007-08 and just the fourth time overall. Additionally, the Gators have won 10 of the last 11 Gators Invitationals dating back to 2016.
Division I WGCA Region Coaches of the Year
South Region Coach of the Year: Emily Glaser, University of Florida
East Region Coach of the Year: Josh Brewer, Eastern Michigan University
Central Region Coach of the Year: Gerrod Chadwell, Texas A&M University
West Region Coach of the Year: Anne Walker, Stanford University
Florida Women's Golf 2025-26 Awards Tracker
Ranked the No. 3 national seed and top team out of the Southeastern Conference, Florida tees off the NCAA National Championships on Friday at 2:50 p.m. at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif. Round two is set for 9:30 a.m. on Saturday as UF is paired with No. 1 Stanford and No. 2 USC for the first 36-holes.
The 2026 SEC Coach of the Year, Glaser earns her second region coach of the year award (2017) in her career. Florida has five tournaments this season and three medalist honors, highlighted by Paula Francisco winning the SEC Individual Championship. Entering the final tournament of the season, Florida has won five team titles, a runner-up, two third place finishes, a fourth and sixth place outing.
Florida clinched a spot into the NCAA Championships after finishing third and 3-under at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional behind the program's second-lowest tournament total by score (861) and par (-3) at regional play all-time. The lowest was a 7-under performance in 2016. Freshman and Gainesville native Katelyn Huber led the lineup with a 6th place finish and 4-under performance. She started her final 18-holes with back-to-back birdies and three in her first four holes. Huber shot a final round of 71 (-1) for her third under par round this postseason.
The postseason began at the SEC Championship, which was highlighted by Francisco winning the individual conference title. She became the eighth Gator to win the SEC Championship and first since Maria Torres in 2016. This is the 10th time a UF golfer has been crowned the conference champion, which leads the SEC. The win was the second of Francisco's collegiate career and season. Francisco shot all three rounds under par this weekend for a 54-hole tournament score of 202 (-8), the third lowest all-time by score in SEC Championship history. It is the lowest by par from a Gator since Maria Torres won the conference title in 2016 and finished 9-under.
After winning stroke play, the Gators reached the SEC Championship Semifinals as a team, which featured only one returner from last season's runner-up finish. In the last two conference championships, UF has finished runner-up and T3.
In final round of stroke play, the Gators shot their lowest round and the low round of the day with a 276 (-4) to produce a 54-hole score of 831 (-9), six shots ahead of second-place Oklahoma and Texas (-3). Florida's 831 score is the program's lowest three-round total by score in program history at the SEC Championship, beating the previous record (842) by 11 shots in 2017, the last time UF won the conference title. Also, the total is second-lowest by score (824-South Carolina 2025) from an SEC team at the conference tournament. The 9-under is the third-lowest in UF history at SECs and only the fourth time under par in 45 years of the SEC Championship.
For the second straight season, the Orange and Blue finished with a strong resume in the regular season which featured five victories in the last seven tournaments. Individually, Francisco & Megan Propeck both secured the first collegiate individual victories. The five team titles marked consecutive seasons for just the third time in program history (2015-16 & 2016-17, 1984-85 & 1985-86). Outside of UF's wins, they finished runner-up, third, fourth and sixth.
The two upperclassmen (Francisco & Propeck) pace the Gators, tying for a team-best nine top-25 finishes as Propeck led with six top-10s and Francisco in stroke average at 70.3. A trio of underclassmen logged strong regular seasons as well, led by true freshman and Gainesville native, Huber owning five top-10s and eight top-25s while playing in all nine tournaments and in the lineup eight times. Along with Huber's consistent play was the sophomore pair of Siuue Wu (3 top-10s & eight top-25s) and Elaine Widjaja (stroke average of 71.5 and six top-25s).
At the 54th Gators Invitational, Florida rewrote the record book en route to sweeping the home tournament. The Gators went wire-to-wire and won by 18 strokes while shooting a program-record 820 (-20) 54-hole tournament score and beating the previous record by 15 shots. In the opening round, the Gators reset the tournament low round record by score with a 271 (-9), three shots better than the previous record.
After tying the 54-hole tournament record (202) in the spring opener, Francisco broke the 10-year program record with a final score of 200 (-10) to capture her first collegiate win. In round two, she tied for the second-lowest round in program history with a 65 (-5). The junior closed with a final round of 67 (-3) to win by five shots. The weekend performance boosted new career-bests in round, tournament score and finish as she owned two runner-up finishes.
Florida's victory was the 28th all-time in the 54th playing of the Gators Invitational, which started in 1973 as Francisco is the 12th UF golfer to claim medalist honors at the home tournament. The Gator sweep is the 11th occurrence all-time and in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2007-08 and just the fourth time overall. Additionally, the Gators have won 10 of the last 11 Gators Invitationals dating back to 2016.
Division I WGCA Region Coaches of the Year
South Region Coach of the Year: Emily Glaser, University of Florida
East Region Coach of the Year: Josh Brewer, Eastern Michigan University
Central Region Coach of the Year: Gerrod Chadwell, Texas A&M University
West Region Coach of the Year: Anne Walker, Stanford University
Florida Women's Golf 2025-26 Awards Tracker
| Name | Award/Honor |
|---|---|
| Paula Francisco | SEC Individual Champion All-SEC First Team Qualifier for 81st U.S. Women's Open ANNIKA Award Finalist ANNIKA Award Postseason Watch List WGCA Player of the Year Watch List Arnold Palmer Cup Selection Gators Invitational Champion SEC Golfer of the Week |
| Megan Propeck | SEC Newcomer of the Year All-SEC First Team Arnold Palmer Cup Selection Augusta National Women's Amateur Participant OU Intercollegiate Champion |
| Emily Glaser | WGCA South Region Coach of the Year SEC Coach of the Year WGCA Coach of the Year Watch List |
| Siuue Wu | All-SEC Second Team Qualifier for 81st U.S. Women's Open |
| Katelyn Huber | All-SEC Freshman Team SEC Freshman of the Week |
| Ashley Sease | WGCA Assistant Coach of the Year Watch List |
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