2021-22 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
2020–21 Highlights:
Earned CCAA All-Academic honors for the 2020–21 academic year…Received the Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award.
2019–20 Highlights:
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 dad is her hero (“He has been through so many tough things in his life but never complains about a thing. It’s a characteristic that I admire and don’t see very often”)…The person she most admires in the sports world is Simone Biles (“The fact that she stepped down in front of the whole world to prioritize her mental well-being shows extreme strength and says a lot for athletes struggling with mental health”)…Favorite courses at Chico State are Survey of Marketing and Consumer Behavior, both taught by Professor Timothy Heinze…Why she chose to attend Chico State: “Chico State felt like home. My parents met here and my cousin attended the university as well. Everyone I meet is welcoming and the community is really involved with the athletics program!”…Her greatest sports moment was “coming in after shooting a 75 in my first collegiate round, proving to myself that I was meant to be there”…The most interesting thing she’s ever done is compete in an international golf tournament…The most impressive thing she’s ever accomplished is sinking a hole-in-one as a 15-year-old while attending Nike golf camp…Has learned by playing golf that “if you stay patient and positive, good things will follow”…Enjoys reading, creating playlists, watching Netflix, cooking, and going outside when she has some free time…Ranks baking as her biggest non-golf talent…Golfs right-handed, but is actually a lefty…At the top of her bucket list: traveling out of the country…Best advice ever received came from her dad: “Let your clubs do the talking”…Majoring in business marketing…Plans to earn a master’s degree before working in sports marketing or as part of Gallo’s marketing team.
