2020-21 Women's Golf
Vanessa Wang
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- La Serna HS
- Hometown:
- Rowland Heights, CA
2021-22 -- In fourth season at Cal Poly, averaged 74.8 strokes over 18 rounds with one top-20 finish and three rounds of par or better ... taking advantage of NCAA's COVID rule allowing players competing in 2019-20 season an extra year of eligibility ... finished tied for 18th place in Valley Invitational ... posted a pair of 71s -- second round of The Show and second round of NCAA Stanford Regional ... enters final season as a Mustang with a 75.39 scoring average over 86 rounds with 13 top-20 finishes and 17 rounds of par or better.
2020-21 -- Cal Poly's top scorer with a 75.3 average over 24 rounds ... posted four top-10 finishes and seven rounds of par or better, including a personal-best 67 in final round of Fresno State Classic for a fifth-place tie, climbing 10 spots on the leaderboard ... also earned fifth-place tie in season-opening Valley Invitational and was seventh in The Gold Rush and 10th in the Big West Conference Championship ... named to Big West Conference All-Academic Team.
2019-20 -- Played in all seven tournaments as a sophomore before season was cut short by COVID-19 pandemic ... averaged 75,2 strokes over 20 rounds, second-best on team, with five top-20 finishes and three rounds of par or better ... best finish was eighth place in both the Battle at Old Works hosted by Montana and Montana State and in The Gunrock Invitational hosted by UC Davis ... also was ninth in Rainbow Wahine Invitational hosted by Hawai'i ... best round of sophomore season was a 70 in second round of Rainbow Wahine Invitational and added 71s in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational and The Gunrock Invitational.
2018-19 -- Competed in all eight tournaments as a true freshman, averaging 75.4 strokes over 24 rounds with three top-20 finishes and four rounds of par or better ... carded a 68 in second round of UC Irvine Invitational en route to a fifth-place finish with a career-best 213 total for 54 holes ... also placed eighth in Wyoming Cowgirl Classic and ninth in Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invitational ... recorded a pair of 71s, one in the Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invitational and the other in the UC Irvine Invitational.
High School -- Wang led La Serna High School of Whittier to four San Gabriel Valley League championships and back-to-back CIF-Southern Section Southern Division team titles in 2015 and 2016 ... Lancers qualified for the CIF State Championships in 2016 and placed fifth ... team captain as a senior ... 75.17 scpromg average ... served on the Senior Class Council ... twice served as vice president of the Key Club ... was a Tutorial Academic Mentor for two years ... member of the National Honors Society ... Key Club vice president and publicist ... Thirst Project president ... competing in her final American Junior Golf Association tournament before becoming a Mustang, won the Lizette Salas Junior Championship at Palos Verdes, her first AJGA victory, by two strokes with a three-over-par 216 total ... carded rounds of 67, 75 and 74 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. ... carded 10 birdies in the three-day tournament at Palos Verdes ... averaged 76.23 strokes per round on the Southern California PGA's Toyota Tour Cup in 2017, earning nine top-10 finishes ... was ranked 36th overall in California and 11th in the state and 61st in the nation among Class of 2018 golfers ... in 2015, was the U.S. Girls Qualifier first alternate at South Hills Country Club and U.S. Women's Amateur Qualifier second alternate at the Hacienda Golf Club ... earned 11 wins on the PGA Southern California Junior Tour ... 2018 Long Beach City champion ... competed in 2018 USGA Fourball Championship, reaching the first round of match play ... compiled 4.0 grade-point average ... chose to attend Cal Poly because of "its great golf program and academics ... a great fit.".
Personal -- Daughter of Vicky Ma ... no siblings ... enjoys music and photography ... taught a golf camp at Stanford in the summer of 2019 ... born in Monterey Park, Calif. ... majoring in kinesiology.
