Meet the 2024 All-Observer girls’ golf team, the best players in the Charlotte region
For the fourth straight year, Myers Park senior Elizabeth Rudisill is The Observer’s girl’s high school golfer of the year.
Rudisill finished second in the NCHSAA 4A state championship. She won the title in 2022 and was runner-up in 2021, 2023 and this fall.
Rudisill is the top-ranked senior in the country and is No. 4 among all junior golfers, according to the American Junior Golf Association. This season, the Vanderbilt recruit won the 4A West Regional title, where she shot a 6-under-66; the HV3 Invitational (68) and the SoMeck 4A conference title. She is averaging a score of 33.9 per nine holes this season.
Rudisill made the cut in an LPGA tournament at the TPC Boston in September. She also played for Team USA in the Junior Solheim Cup for the second straight year this fall.
Pine Lake Prep’s Todd Grear and South Point’s Steve Hudgins share The All-Observer team’s coach of the year.
Grear’s team won its second straight 2A state championship by 19 shots over the field.
Hudgins’ team won in 3A after junior Madison Pruden drained the state title-winning putt to beat Lake Norman Charter by a shot.
FIRST TEAM
Alicia Fang, Marvin Ridge: The Mavericks junior and Southern Carolinas conference champion finished sixth at the 4A West Regional and 16th at the 4A state championships.
Paisley Freda, Pine Lake Prep: The Pride sophomore was the Catawba Shores’ 1A/2A conference champion, and she tied for fourth at the 1A/2A state championships and 1A/2A West Regional.
Elizabeth Guthrie, Charlotte Catholic: The Cougars freshman was the Southwestern 4A conference champion, tied for third at the 4A West Regional and finished 10th at the 4A state championships.
Landry Hamm, Jackson Day: The Mariners sophomore won the 1A/2A state individual title and was 1A/2A West Regional runner-up.
Malerie Lague, Christ the King: The Crusaders senior, a U.S. Naval Academy commit, won the 1A/2A West Regional and finished third at the 1A/2A state championships.
Xinyan Li, Marvin Ridge: The Mavericks junior tied for eighth at the 4A state championships and finished fifth at 4A West Regional.
Madison Pruden, South Point: The Red Raiders junior made the final putt to clinch a 3A state title for South Point. She also finished fifth at the 3A state championships and fourth at 3A West Regional. She is the two-time Big South 3A conference player of the year.
Elizabeth Rudisill, Myers Park: The 4A state runner-up, a Vanderbilt University commit, also won the 4A West Regional and was SoMeck 4A conference champion and player of the year.
Kelsey Sciacca, Charlotte Latin: The Hawks junior was the CISAA conference champion and finished third at the NCISAA Division I state championships.
Chloe Schofield, Providence Day: The Chargers junior was NCISAA Division I state runner-up and led the Providence Day girls golf team to a CISAA conference title.
Gracie Song, Cuthbertson: The Cavaliers junior was 4A West Regional runner-up. She finished second in scoring in the Southern Carolinas conference (34.2 average); won the N.C. Ladies’ Invitational; the HV3 Ladies’ Invitational and finished 17th at the 4A state championships.
SECOND TEAM
Gayatri Arora, Charlotte Country Day, seventh-grader.
Alexis Blanchette, Davidson Day, Jr.
Kami Caraccia, Lake Norman, So.
Maya Claffey, Charlotte Catholic, So.
Caitlyn Frisch, Lake Norman Charter, So.
Kaylee Nguyen, North Mecklenburg, Jr.
Audrey Lee, Marvin Ridge, Fr.
Madison Park, Myers Park, Jr.
Mali Pillai, Providence Day, So.
Haylee Taylor, Piedmont, Sr.
This story was originally published December 20, 2024 at 6:30 AM.
