DALLAS - UTEP Women's golfer Nichapas Thawinwan was named to the 2025-26 Conference USA Women's Golf All-Academic Second Team, the league office announced Thursday.
 
This marks the first All-Academic honor of Thawinwan's UTEP career.
 
The sophomore competed in eight of UTEP's nine tournaments this season, posting a 75.2 stroke average. She was UTEP's top finisher at the BGSU Women's Intercollegiate, competing as an individual and sharing runner-up honors with a career-best 54-hole total of 211 (-2). Her second-round 66 marked a career low and tied for the second-lowest single-round score in program history. Her 211 total was the lowest 54-hole score by a Miner this season.
 
The Thailand native carries a 3.92 GPA in Psychology and is a two-time Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll member as well as a two-time Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal recipient.
 
2025-26 Women's Golf All-Academic First Team
Kate Roberts, Delaware 
Lara El Chaib, Jax State 
Jackie Jang, Kennesaw State 
Isabella Johnson, MTSU 
Emma Bunch, NM State³
 
2025-26 Women's Golf All-Academic Second Team
Mary Grace Dunigan, Delaware 
Jillian Bowman, MTSU 
Amelia Guo, Sam Houston²
Nichapas Thawinwan, UTEP
Sydney Hackett, WKU^4 
 
2 - two-time all-academic selection 
³ - three-time all-academic selection
⁴ - four-time all-academic selection 
 
Conference USA Release  
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