Menne Earns CSC Academic All-District Honors

By: Connor Smith

GREENWOOD, Ind. - Sun Devil Women's Golf senior Ashley Menne received Academic All-District distinction in the Women's At-Large category from the College Sports Communicators.

The 2024 Academic All-District® Women's At-Large teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-District® program separately recognizes at-large honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. Menne is one of five female Sun Devils to earn a spot on the Division I District VIII At-Large All-Academic Team. At-large sports include all NCAA sponsored sports other than Soccer, Volleyball, Football, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Softball, Baseball, and Track/Field.

2023-24 SUN DEVIL ATHLETICS FEMALE ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS
Ashley Menne, Women's Golf
Jada Mangahas, Gymnastics
Emily White, Gymnastics
Adriana Nieves Papaleo, Beach Volleyball
Gigi Gaspar, Lacrosse

Menne has now won the 2024 Heather Farr Award, captured the 2024 Tom Hansen Pac-12 Conference Medal, and was a All-American Scholar from the WGCA. She adds Academic All-District distinction to her long list of accomplishments off the course. For the second consecutive year, a Sun Devil Women's Golfers has earned a spot on the Academic All-District® team. In 2022-23, Grace Summerhays was one of five female Sun Devils to land on the CSC All-District squad. Menne adds her name to a long and decorated list of student-athletes to accomplish the feat from the Arizona State Women's Golf program.

RECENT WOMEN'S GOLF CSC ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS
Grace Summerhays, 2022-23
Roberta Liti, 2017-18 (All-American)
Monica Vaughn, 2016-17
Carlota Ciganda, 2009-10 (All-American)
Azahara Munoz, 2008-09 (All-American)
Azahara Munoz, 2007-08 (All-American)
Kellee Booth, 1997-98 (All-American)
Kellee Booth, 1996-97 (All-American)
Kellee Booth, 1995-96 (All-American)
Wendy Ward, 1994-95 (All-American)
Heather Bowie, 1994-95 (All-American)


MORE ABOUT ASHLEY MENNE...
2024 SEASON
The Surprise, Arizona native continued her steady development since arriving at ASU, as she becomes one of the most decorated golfers at the collegiate level. Menne earned WGCA and Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American honors thanks to an outstanding senior season in which she competed against and beat some of the top golfers in the nation. In leading Arizona State to a NCAA Championship appearance and a final ranking of No. 15 nationally, Menne was extremely consistent throughout the campaign. She shot 21 rounds of par or better, including eight rounds in the 60s. This resulted in five Top-10 and seven Top-20 finishes.

Arizona State (-42/822) won the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational team championship while Ashley Menne claimed the individual title, both in record-breaking fashion. Menne now has the best 54-hole score vs. par in the history of Sun Devil Women's Golf, breaking Brandie Burton's 35-year-old record. Menne is one of only 60 golfers in NCAA history to finish a 54-hole tournament at 14-under or better. It was the second-best score posted by a Pac-12 golfer this season. For her efforts, she was awarded Pac-12 Golfer of the Week for the second time in her career. She capped a decorated career with a 18th place finish at the NCAA Championship. Thanks to her outstanding play, she earned a spot on two All-American teams and the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team.

TOM HANSEN PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEDAL
Ashley Menne (women's golf) was the 2023-24 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal female award winner for Arizona State. The honor is given annually to an outstanding senior male and female student-athlete from each of the conference's 12 institutions based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership. Ashley Menne is the fourth medal winner from the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, the first since Olivia Mehaffey won in 2021. Other ASU women's golfers to win the award include 2017 NCAA Champion Monica Vaughn (2017) and All-American Tracy Cone (1994). 

GOLFWEEK HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN
Menne was one of only 20 female collegiate golfers at the Division I level to earn this prestigious honor. This is her second time earning Honorable Mention recognition, previously being awarded a spot on the team following the 2022 season. In 2023, she landed on the Third Team.

WGCA ALL-AMERICAN
Golfweek is the second publication to give Ashley Menne All-American distinction. Earlier in the offseason, the WGCA (Women's Golf Coaches Association) tabbed Menne as an All-American for the fourth time in her career, as she received a spot on the Honorable Mention team. The team is voted on by coaches from around the country, an indication of the respect the rest of the women's college golf world has for Menne's accomplishments. 

FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN
By virtue of her selection to the WGCA All-American Honorable Mention Team earlier in the offseason, Ashley Menne has now been named an All-American in each of her four seasons in Tempe. She becomes the first Sun Devil since Olivia Mehaffey (2017-21) to earn All-American honors in all four years. Menne joins some exclusive company by earning a fourth All-American distinction. She is only the fourth four-time All-American in program history. Only legendary figures Olivia Mehaffey, Azahara Munoz (2006-09) and Kellee Booth (1995-98) have accomplished this impressive feat.

PAC-12 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Arizona State landed a pair of individuals on the Pac-12 All-Conference teams, the fourth consecutive year that two Sun Devils have received All-Conference distinction. The respect for the Maroon & Gold is clear, as this distinction is voted on by the other coaches in the league. Ashley Menne was one of only 12 golfers named to the First Team in arguably the deepest conference in the country. The program has now had at least one representative on the Fiirst Team every year since 2005. This is the second consecutive year that Menne landed on the First Team.

Menne has been an All-Conference honoree each of her four seasons in Tempe (2x Honorable Mention; 2x First Team). She becomes the first four-time All-Conference member since Olivia Mehaffey (2017-21) and only the eighth in program history to accomplish the feat. Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye has coached four of the eight (Monica Vaughn, Jennifer Osborn).

AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR
Menne accepted an invitation to return to the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The 2023 edition once again gave female amateur golfers the opportunity to play the iconic Augusta National Golf Course. This was the second consecutive year Menne had qualified for this prestigious event, doing so based on her standing in the United States amateur rankings. It was her third overall appearance at the ANWA, as she continues to emerge as one of the top female amateurs in the World.

FINAL RANKINGS
Clipp'd released their final rankings of the 2023-24 collegiate women's golf season. Ashley Menne is the highest ranked Sun Devil, finishing at No. 35 in the latest poll. She moved up five spots thanks to her performance at the NCAA Championship. This is the third-straight year Menne has finished in the Top-40 of the national rankings.

OFF THE COURSE

• 2024 CSC Academic All-District selection
• 2024 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal recepient
• Four-time WGCA All-American Scholar (Academic All-American)
• Dean's List for five semesters at ASU
• ASU Scholar Athlete for eight semesters at ASU
• 2024 Heather Farr Award
• 2024 NCAA Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship winner
• ASU Student Athlete of the Month (Oct. 2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Spring Honor Roll
• Team captain each of her final two seasons.

HOW TO FOLLOW
For the latest updates and information on the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, follow our Twitter/Instagram accounts (@SunDevilWGolf), like our Facebook page (facebook.com/sundevilwgolf/), and visit our website (thesundevils.com). Find Coach Farr-Kaye (@missymkaye) and Coach Tatman (@CoachMikayla_) on X/Twitter as well. Congratulate Ashley Menne on Instagram (@ashley_menne).