Carissa Wu

Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Carondelet HS
Hometown:
Dublin, CA

2023-24 -- Played in six tournaments this season ... averaged a score of 76.9 over 17 rounds ... season round lows in the Ptarmigan Ram Classic ... first round low of 70 ... second round low of 146 ... third round low of 223 ... tied for 34th place in Ptarmigan Ram Classic.

2022-23 -- Competed in five tournaments in junior season ... averaged 77.1 strokes over 13 rounds with one top-10 finish -- a tie for eighth place in single-round Causeway Invitational hosted by UC Davis ... carded a 73 in opening round as an individual before tournament was called due to rain and winds ... notched a 74 in final round of Charlotte Invitational ... enters senior season with 78.32 career scoring average over 25 rounds.

2021-22 -- Competed in two tournaments as a sophomore ... averaged 78.5 strokes over six rounds ... best finish was a tie for 36th place in Hobble Creek Fall Classic with rounds of 77, 76 and 76 ... enters junior season with 79.67 career scoring average over 12 rounds.

2020-21 -- Competed in a pair of spring tournaments as an individual ... finished tied for 33rd place in Valley Invitational and was 54th in The Gold Rush ... best round was a 78 in opening round of Valley Invitational ... averaged 80.8 strokes over six rounds.

Carondelet High School -- Wu was team captain at Carondelet High School in Concord as a senior and led the Cougars to the state championships as a junior in 2018 ... carded a 71, including a hole-in-one, to claim medalist honors in the NorCal Regional Championship ... earned first-team All-East Bay Athletic League honors in 2018 ... was a quarterfinalist in the California Women's Amateur Championship's girls division and also participated in the 2019 USGA Girls Amateur ... also landed on the 2019 Americas Cup Team, has earned multiple wins in national tour events and carded a 68 for low-round honors at the American Junior Golf Association's 2017 Cameron McCormick.

Personal -- Daughter of Jason and Judy Wu ... one brother, Anderson, and one sister, Madison, who plays golf at Santa Clara ... wants to become a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant ... hobbies include reading, embroidering, baking, watching movies and TV shows and hanging out with her dog ... has a succulent collection and an Instagram account "dedicated to cute succulents I come across" ... born in Mountain View, Calif. ... majoring in kinesiology.