FARMINGTON, Utah — For the third-consecutive season, Sacramento State's David Sutherland has been named Big Sky Conference Jeff Smith Women's Golf Coach of the Year, the league office announced today. 
 
The award is named in honor of former Weber State head coach Jeff Smith.
 
For Sutherland, this marks his seventh overall Coach of the Year title in the Big Sky. He's claimed seven of the previous eight available from the league. 
 
Sacramento State featured both the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, and the whole lineup was named to all-Big Sky teams. Sneha Sharan claimed her second-straight Player of the Year title under Sutherland's leadership. She earned the seventh Big Sky Player of the Year award by a Hornet woman and joined Jennifer Koga as the only ones to win the award multiple times. Darla May Dela Torre was the eighth Hornet to be named Big Sky Freshman of the Year and the fifth since 2020. 
 
Sharan and fellow senior Caitlin Maurice currently account for the top two single-season scoring averages in school history. Sharan is averaging 71.67 strokes per round while Maurice is at 71.87. The record had been held by Tess Blair who averaged 72.80 during the 2019-20 season.
 
The Hornets claimed their third straight Big Sky title at The Wigwam a few weeks back, shooting an 853 as a team, and are headed to the Gold Canyon Regional in Arizona next week to play for a spot in the National Championship. Competition will run from May 5-7. 
 
Sacramento State enters the NCAA postseason ranked No. 53 spot in all of NCAA Div. I women's golf, putting the team ahead of the likes of Miami (Fla.), BYU and Georgia. Individually, Sharan is currently ranked as the No. 143 ranked golfer in all of Division I women's golf.