FRISCO, Texas – Two Mid-American Conference women’s golfers earned national recognition from the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA), as Kent State junior Veronika Kedronová was named a WGCA Second Team All-American while Eastern Michigan senior Janae Leovao earned honorable mention honors.

Kedronová continued her historic career for the Golden Flashes in 2025-26, becoming the first Kent State golfer since Pimnipa Panthong (2017, 2018) to earn back-to-back MAC Golfer of the Year honors and just the seventh player in program history to accomplish the feat.

A native of Rožnov pod Radhoštem, Czech Republic, Kedronová added MAC Championship Medalist honors this spring after firing a three-round 203 (-7) at Firestone Country Club. She posted rounds of 67-69-67 and tied the Kent State 54-hole program record.

Kedronová recorded four tournament victories during the season at the Canadian Collegiate, Landfall Tradition, Lady Luck Invitational, and MAC Championship, tying the Kent State single-season wins record. Through three collegiate seasons, she has already matched the program’s all-time career wins record with seven victories.

She finished the year averaging 71.38 strokes per round across 29 rounds, recording nine rounds in the 60s, 18 rounds at par or better, and seven top-10 finishes in 10 events.
Kedronová also recently qualified for the 81st U.S. Women’s Open after winning a 36-hole qualifier at New Albany Country Club with a 1-under 143.

Eastern Michigan's Leovao became the first women’s golfer in program history to earn All-America recognition after helping guide the Eagles to one of the most successful seasons in school history.

The senior transfer from Oceanside, Calif., averaged a program-record 71.8 strokes per round while leading Eastern Michigan to its first NCAA Regional appearance, first NCAA Championship appearance, and a berth in NCAA Match Play, where the Eagles advanced to the national semifinals.

Leovao captured individual titles in each of Eastern Michigan’s first two tournaments of the season and helped the Eagles become the first team in program history to open a year with back-to-back individual and team victories.

Ranked No. 43 nationally in the final Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, Leovao earned First Team All-MAC honors and was selected as MAC Golfer of the Week three times during the season.

In postseason play, she tied for ninth at the MAC Championships before tying for seventh at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional to help the Eagles secure a spot in the NCAA Championships. She later tied for 23rd nationally at the NCAA Championships as Eastern Michigan advanced into NCAA Match Play.

Leovao and Kedronová are two of just seven golfers from outside the “Power 4” conferences to earn WGCA All-America honors this season.
 
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.