Meet the 2023 All-Gainesville Area Girls Golf Team and Golfer, Coach of the Year

One mantra motivated Katelyn Huber this campaign on the course.

Continue the dominance.

As a freshman, Huber finished second at states and was the Sun’s Girls Golfer of the Year. Last season, a similar dominance followed.

This season, with colleges watching, she hoped to not suffer a setback.

She did not.

Huber finished sixth at states, with the lowest overall score locally. She won districts, finished in second on the boys side at the Alachua County Tournament and the Girls County Tournament for the fifth year in a row.

All that was more than enough to claim the prize.

Huber is the 2023 Gainesville Sun’s All-Area Girls Golfer of the Year for the second time in three years.

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The rising senior finished just four strokes behind the top at states.

She’ll likely play college golf, and for now will continue her junior run.

Currently she’s the 50^th-ranked junior golfer in the world and sixth in Florida.

The entire team of nine golfers, along with the coach of the year:

All-Gainesville Area Girls Golf Team

Alison O’Brien (Columbia): Finished 32^nd in Class 2A States (159 overall score); 16^th in 2A-Region 1 (78); second on Columbia in both; 11^th place team finish at states; in regionals

Allyn Khemtong (PK Yonge): 92 overall score at regionals; third at districts (99)

Ava Van Vorst (Oak Hall): 110 overall score at regionals; fourth at districts (113); first-place team finish at districts; 10^th place team finish at regionals

Braydn Smith (Buchholz): North Florida commit; Finished second in the Class 3A States (144 overall score); third at 3A-Region 1 (68); seventh place team finish at regionals

Ella Haas (Buchholz): 100 overall score at regionals; seventh place team finish at regionals; sixth at districts; first team finish at districts

Halle Spiwak (Buchholz): 94 overall score at regionals; seventh place team finish at regionals; third at districts; first team finish at districts

Karlee Gainey (Columbia): Finished 22^nd at Class 2A States (157 overall score); first at regionals (69); first on Columbia in both; 11^th place team finish at states; fourth in regionals

Katelyn Huber (PK Yonge): Finished sixth in Class 1A States (140 overall score); fourth at regionals (73); first in districts (69)

Rayna Hardin (Columbia): Qualified for states; 97 overall score at regionals; ninth at districts (100); 11^th place team finish at states; fourth in regionals

Coach of the Year: Chet Carter (Columbia)

The Columbia coach takes home the crown after solid team finishes at districts, regionals and states. The Tigers finished 11^th in states, fourth in regionals, first in districts and features three golfers on the All-Area Team.

Noah Ram covers Gainesville-area high school sports and University of Florida athletics for The Gainesville Sun. Contact him at Nram@gannett.com and follow him @Noah_ram1 on Twitter.

This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: PK Yonge's Katelyn Huber is the Gainesville Sun's Girls Golfer of the Year