Farmington Native Gets Major State Golf Award

FARMINGTON, CT — For the first time in five years a new player has won the Connecticut State Golf Association's Liz Janangelo Caron Women’s Player of the Year award.

That player is Quinnipiac junior and Farmington native Mia Grzywinski.

"It means a ton to be Player of the Year," Grzywinski said. "It hasn’t exactly been a super easy last couple of years of my golf journey. Especially once I got to Quinnipiac my freshman year. My game changed a lot and not completely for the good. I had to do a lot of swing work, I had to do a lot of short game, and putting work so it took a lot to get here. It is just very rewarding to see that all the hours I have put in paid off. It was fun to have a great summer."

Grzywinski won the Hartford Women’s Open in June and then nearly won the New England Women’s Amateur a few weeks later, finishing in second place.

The 20-year-old made a run for a second consecutive year at the Connecticut Women’s Amateur earning a 4th place finish.

"I think the mindset for the most part heading into the summer was that I have done all the preparation I need and now it is time to see the payoff," Grzywinski said. "I felt like at any point things were going to click and my game was going to be exactly where I wanted it to be. And that is what happened. Perfect timing."