ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Rising senior Keira Howard and rising juniors Vivian Cressman and Megan Kirkpatrick of the Navy women's golf team were named to the 2025-26 Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team on Monday.
 
A total of 1,551 women's collegiate golfers were recognized with the prestigious honor by the WGCA, with Howard, Cressman and Kirkpatrick each earning the honor for the second-straight season.
 
Earning Patriot League All-Academic honors in back-to-back years, Howard finished her junior season with a 77.93 scoring average and a top-10 finish, picking up All-Patriot League First Team distinction for the first time.
 
For Cressman, the Patriot League Championship runner-up capped off her second collegiate season with a 77.61 scoring average and two top-10 placements, earning All-Patriot League First Team selection and being named to her first academic all-league team.
 
An All-Patriot League Second Team pick, Kirkpatrick posted a 78.16 scoring average over 19 rounds and helped Navy capture the Patriot League Championship for the third-consecutive season.
 
To be selected, a student-athlete must have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher, be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season and have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.