ELON – Elon senior Ashley Lafontaine was named to the 2026 All-CAA First Team on Friday, as the Coastal Athletic Association unveiled its postseason women's golf awards and all-conference teams.
 
Lafontaine was one of five women's golfers across the nine-team league to earn a spot on the first team, marking her first career all-conference selection. The full list of postseason honorees are listed below and can be viewed on CAASports.com.
 
Lafontaine rounded out an impressive collegiate career with a senior season that included seven top-10 finishes in 11 events played, including a tie for ninth place with at the CAA Championship in Southport earlier this month. She led Elon with a career-best 74.22 stroke average and played all possible 31 rounds during the 2025-26 campaign, finishing 22nd or better in all 11 tournaments.
 
The Ottawa, Ontario, native, amassed 38 total events played in her four-year career with the Phoenix and owned a career stroke average of 74.88. She was an individual medalist once as a freshman in 2022 and earned a spot on the 2025 CAA All-Tournament Team after tying for fifth as a junior.
 
Lafontaine is the first Phoenix to earn all-conference honors since teammate Annie Wu was tabbed to the second team in 2024, and the first to be selected to the first team since Annabelle Ackroyd in 2023.
 
2026 CAA WOMEN'S GOLF POSTSEASON AWARDS
CAA Golfer of the Year: Molly Hardwick, Charleston
CAA Rookie of the Year: Carys Fennessy, Charleston^
CAA Coach of the Year: Jamie Futrell, Charleston
^ unanimous selection
 
All-CAA First Team
Molly Hardwick, Charleston
Ashley Lafontaine, Elon
Carys Fennessy, Charleston
Victoria Levy, UNCW
Ekaterina Prokhorova, North Carolina A&T
 
All-CAA Second Team
Adrian Anderson, Charleston
Hannah Altman, UNCW
Minouche Rooijmans, UNCW
Fanni Grönlund, Campbell
Emilie von Finckenstein, Charleston
 
STAY POSTED
For further coverage of Elon women's golf, follow the Phoenix on X (@ElonGolf) and Instagram (ElonWGolf).