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2022-23 Women's Golf Roster

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Taylor Stewart

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Oakdale HS
  • Hometown Oakdale

Biography

Notable Awards/Distinctions/Wins
- All-CCAA (2022-23)
- CSC Academic All-District (2022-23)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23)
- SAAC President (2022-23)
- Sonoma State Spring Women's Invite Medalist (2022-23)

As a Junior (2021–22)
- Served as SAAC President
- Named All-CCAA
- Selected to the CSC Academic All-District team
- Played all 15 rounds scheduled, averaging a team-best 5-over 77.07
- Finished tied for 20th at the CCAA Championships
- Won the Sonoma State Spring Women's Invitational with a season-best score of 145
- Also scored a 145 at the Western Washington Invitational
- Lowest 18-hole score was a 77 at the Bay Area Invitational
- Only 56-hole appearance was at the CCAA Championships, scoring a 256

As a Sophomore (2021–22)
- Played in all 11 tournament events for the Wildcats in 2021–22, leading the team with a 79.2 strokes-per-round average
- Posted seven Top 30 tournament finishes and 13 sub-80 rounds
- Finished sixth (81-78-159) February 21–22, 2022 at the Bay Area Invitational
- Placed 15th in three different tournaments: September 20–21, 2021 at the Birdie Fest Invitational (78-73-151); February 28–March 1, 2022 at the East Bay Pioneer Shootout (76-74-150); and April 11–13, 2022 at the CCAA Championships (78-78-81-237)
- Earned 2021–22 CCAA All-Academic honors
- Named the 2021–22 CCAA Impact Award winner
- Received the Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
- Named to the Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team.
 
As a Freshman (2020–21)
- Did not compete due to the COVID pandemic
- Earned 2020–21 CCAA All-Academic honors
- Received the Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award. 
 
As a Freshman (2019–20)
- All-CCAA Honorable Mention as a true freshman
- Posted sub-80 scores in seven of her first eight rounds on the way to a team-best 78.9 strokes-per-round average
- Finished among the top 25 golfers in her first four tournaments of the season
- Highest finish was a 16th place showing (72-74-82-228) October 28–30, 2019 at Dennis Rose Invitational
- Earned 2019–20 CCAA All-Academic honors
- Named to the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar Team
- Member of the Chico State Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
 
Pre-Chico Highlights
- A 2019 graduate of Oakdale High School
- Earned All-Valley Oak League honors four times, and was named the league’s MVP twice
- Named All-District Girls Golfer of the Year in 2017
- Led the Mustangs to four VOL titles and three Sac-Joaquin Section Division III championships
- Three-time Oakdale Golf and Country Club Junior Girls Club champion.
 
Personal
- Born November 11, 2001, in Oakdale
- Daughter of Brian and Lucy
- Has one older brother, Spencer
- Here grandfather is her hero (“No matter his circumstances, he never complains and always perseveres”)
- The person she most admires in the sports world is Victoria Garrik (“As a former athlete herself, she understands the mental affects that playing sports has on a person. She is constantly an advocate for mental health and I look up to her for that”)
- Favorite course at Chico State is Strategic Personal Selling, taught by Bill Mcgowan
- Why she chose to attend Chico State: “My parents met here so it holds a bit of family history. I loved the college town vibe and it had just the perfect balance of everything I wanted”
- Her greatest sports moment is chipping in on 18 in extreme winds at the 2022 CCAA Championships
- The most interesting thing she’s ever done is pierce her own ears
- The most impressive thing she’s ever accomplished: “I helped raise $100,000 through a charity golf tournament called the Impact Cup to go towards mental health awareness”
- The most memorable round of gold she has ever played was this past summer at Chico’s Butte Creek Country Club, where she shot 2-under par (“I think I missed one green the whole round and everything was going right. It was an awesome feeling”)
- Has learned by playing golf to “be present, and know the outcome doesn’t define who I am as a person”
- Enjoys reading, baking, watching Netflix, and being outside when she has some free time
- Says “finding the best coffee shops” is her biggest non-sports talent
- Golfs right-handed, but is actually a lefty
- At the top of her bucket list: “Going to Europe”
- Best advice ever received came from her dad: “You can only control your own game”
- Majoring in business marketing
- Plans to pursue a career in sports marketing.
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