Meral named NAIA All-American

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its Women's Golf All-America teams on Thursday, and for the third consecutive year, the Loyola Wolf Pack program has a student-athlete honored. Sarah Meral earned her first career NAIA All-America recognition with a Third Team placement, becoming the seventh honoree in program history.
 

Meral competed in all nine tournaments this season, including the NAIA National Championship, with her highlight being a third-place finish at the SSAC Championship to earn SSAC All-Tournament Team honors for the second straight year. She carded rounds of 75, 74, and 73 at the conference championship to lead the Wolf Pack. She earned SSAC All-Conference First Team honors, an SSAC Scholar-Athlete Team spot, and was the team's SSAC Champions of Character Team representative. 
 

The Abita Springs, Louisiana, native won two tournaments this season, too, claiming the individual medalist honors at the ALC Eagle Invite in October, with a two-round total of 148 (+4), and at the LTU Spring Break Invitational, with a three-round total of 230 (+14). Meral earned two more Top 5 finishes throughout the season and four more Top 10s to bring her two-year career total to six and 10, which rank seventh and eighth, respectively, in program history. Her second-round 67 (-5) score at the ALC Eagle Invite was a program record. 
 

Meral finished the season No. 28th in the NAIA Scoreboard individual rankings, and she helped lead the Wolf Pack to three team titles during the 2025-26 campaign.  
 

2025-26 NAIA Women's Golf All-Americans

First Team
Jia Kataria, Dalton State (Ga.)
Sara Burger, Dalton State (Ga.)
Kylee Purdy, Indiana Wesleyan
Sophia Sindersberger, Keiser (Fla.)
Herry Ji, Keiser (Fla.)
Emma Weiler, Marian (Ind.)
Logan Allen, Oklahoma City
Holly Lau, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
Amanda Jurander, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
Mariana Herrera, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
Yunyi Luo, SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
Jiahui (Sharon) Shan, SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
Sadaly Campbell, Southeastern (Fla.)
Makena Junkin, Texas Wesleyan
Taamtond Nivasananda, William Carey (Miss.)
                     

Second Team     
Keira Hou, British Columbia
Grace Yao, British Columbia
Madelyn Taylor, Coastal Georgia 
Matilda Lind, Cumberland (Tenn.)
Atchariya Thanaudomkul, Cumberlands (Ky.)
Bellamaria Mantini, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
Luz Maria Ardila, Keiser (Fla.)
Linda Stamm, Keiser (Fla.)
Jordan Adam, Marian (Ind.)
Maria Kennard, Marian (Ind.)
Keara Eder, Marian (Ind.)
Jiayin (Jessica) Wang, SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
Iona Pollitt, Tennessee Southern
Hannah Ulibarri, The Master's (Calif.)
Gracie Bloom, William Carey (Miss.)
                     

Third Team
Jasmine Points, Cumberlands (Ky.)
Reese Day, Dalton State (Ga.)
Emma Marshall, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
Addison Meadows, Indiana Wesleyan
Kayla Saunders, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Sarah Meral, Loyola (La.)
Chiara Bothe, Mount Mercy (Iowa)
Brittany Odic, New College of Florida
Tayla Howroyd, Pikeville (Ky.)    
Grace Metcalf, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Eleanor Schuitema, Taylor (Ind.)
Shayne Lim, Taylor (ind.)
Natalie Miksovska, Texas Wesleyan
Cindy Koira, Victoria (B.C.)
Aidan Haithcock, William Carey (Miss.)
 

All-Time Loyola Women's Golf All-Americans

Daria Delfino, '18-19 First Team
Alejandra Bedoya Tobar (3), '18-19 Second Team, '20-21 Third Team, '21-22 Third Team
Madison Bates (2), '20-21 First Team, '21-22 First Team
Callee Breland, '20-21 Third Team
Blair McKenzie, 23-24 Third Team
Catherine Singletary, '24-25 Third Team
Sarah Meral, '25-26 Third Team