The Bears are currently ranked eleventh in the nation and hope to be awarded a place to compete in the NCAA National Championship.

Swanson has accepted a position as the program director at First Tee, a golf nonprofit in the St. Louis area, and the athletic department is looking for an interim coach to fill her position ahead of the team’s first tournament on Sept. 4.

The Washington University golf team has gotten off to a great start, and freshman Annie Mascot has been a major player in that success.