2024-25 Women's Golf Roster
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Fiorellini, Francesca
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Francesca Fiorellini
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Seraphicum
- Hometown:
- Rome, Italy
Bio
Career Highlights
• All-Big Ten Second Team (2024-2025)
ANWA Finishes
• 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur (+9, t-30th)
2024-25
Fiorellini was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team in her freshman season … competed in 10 tournaments (nine starts) and played 24 stroke play rounds … registered a 73.9 scoring average … UCLA’s top finisher in two tournaments … secured her first career win at the Bruin Wave Invitational by 10 strokes with a score of -9, 207 (69-68-70) from Feb. 24-25 … recorded two top 20s … totaled six rounds under par and two in the 60s … was UCLA’s top finisher in her first collegiate tournament at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, tying for 13th at +5, 221 (72-72-77) from Sept. 30-Oct. 1 … finished under par at the Illini Women’ Invitational, shooting -1, 215 (73-71-71) for a T-34th finish … shot 78 and 77 in the first and third rounds of the NCAA Championships … went an undefeated 3-0-0 in match play competition … defeated USC’s Bailey Shoemaker, 2&1, and Oregon’s Karen Tsuru, 1UP, at the East Lake Cup from Oct. 28-30 … defeated USC’s Xin (Cindy) Kou, 3&2, at the Battle for the Bell on March 17 … 20/24 counting scores … entered her debut year as a Golfweek Preseason Second Team All-American and Golf Channel Preseason Third Team All-American ... was listed as one of 25 student-athletes across the country on the ANNIKA Award Preseason/Fall Watch List.
2024-25 low round score: 68, round two at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 24)
2024-25 low 54-hole tournament score: 207, at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 24-25)
2024-25 best finish: 1st, at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 24-25)
Prior to UCLA
Fiorellini arrives to UCLA as the top-ranked Italian, fifth-ranked European and 19th-ranked amateur on the globe, according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings as of Sept. 5, 2024 … her amateur career prior to UCLA was headlined by three major team victories in 2023 at the Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup and Patsy Hankins Trophy … at the Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, she came back from 2 DN with two holes to play, holing a putt from 25 feet to tie the final match in front of a raucous home crowd … also won a foursome match and fourball match to help Europe to its first victory over the United States in seven years … at the Junior Solheim Cup at La Zagaleta Golf Club in Benahavís, Spain, she won all three matches, including a 5&3 victory in her final singles match … two years earlier in 2021, brought home Team Europe's first-ever Junior Solheim Cup on American soil at Sylvania Country Club in Ohio, where she won two of her three matches, including a 4&3 victory in the final singles match … helped Team Italy finished runner-up at the 2023 European Girls' Team Championship at Hossegor Golf Club in France … secured individual victories at the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship in 2021, the 92nd Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship (-9; 70-69-68-72) and the ANNIKA Invitational Europe (-5; 69-71-74) in 2022 … a five-time champion in her home country the last two years … back-to-back winner of the Giuseppe Silva Trophy at the Italian National Ladies Amateur Match Play Championships in 2024 and 2023 … won the 2023 Italian International Ladies Amateur Championships (67-70-77-71) … in 2022, Fiorellini captured the Isa Goldschmid Trophy at the Italian Ladies Stroke Play, winning by eight strokes (71-68-67-71), and the Silvio Marazza Trophy at the Italian U18 National Championship, winning by 10 strokes (68-74-70-66) ... prepped at Seraphicum, otherwise known as Serpahicum Scholastic Complex (CSS), a private school in Rome.
Personal
Born Francesca Fiorellini in Rome, Italy … parents are Federico Fiorellini and Luisa Mazzucca … hobbies include skiing and playing tennis … favorite course she’s played is Evian Resort Golf Club, located in the French Alps … chose UCLA because it it’s the best mix between sports and academics, and offers a great opportunity for growth both as a student and athlete … undeclared major.
Francesca Fiorellini's Career Statistics
• All-Big Ten Second Team (2024-2025)
ANWA Finishes
• 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur (+9, t-30th)
2024-25
Fiorellini was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team in her freshman season … competed in 10 tournaments (nine starts) and played 24 stroke play rounds … registered a 73.9 scoring average … UCLA’s top finisher in two tournaments … secured her first career win at the Bruin Wave Invitational by 10 strokes with a score of -9, 207 (69-68-70) from Feb. 24-25 … recorded two top 20s … totaled six rounds under par and two in the 60s … was UCLA’s top finisher in her first collegiate tournament at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, tying for 13th at +5, 221 (72-72-77) from Sept. 30-Oct. 1 … finished under par at the Illini Women’ Invitational, shooting -1, 215 (73-71-71) for a T-34th finish … shot 78 and 77 in the first and third rounds of the NCAA Championships … went an undefeated 3-0-0 in match play competition … defeated USC’s Bailey Shoemaker, 2&1, and Oregon’s Karen Tsuru, 1UP, at the East Lake Cup from Oct. 28-30 … defeated USC’s Xin (Cindy) Kou, 3&2, at the Battle for the Bell on March 17 … 20/24 counting scores … entered her debut year as a Golfweek Preseason Second Team All-American and Golf Channel Preseason Third Team All-American ... was listed as one of 25 student-athletes across the country on the ANNIKA Award Preseason/Fall Watch List.
2024-25 low round score: 68, round two at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 24)
2024-25 low 54-hole tournament score: 207, at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 24-25)
2024-25 best finish: 1st, at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 24-25)
Prior to UCLA
Fiorellini arrives to UCLA as the top-ranked Italian, fifth-ranked European and 19th-ranked amateur on the globe, according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings as of Sept. 5, 2024 … her amateur career prior to UCLA was headlined by three major team victories in 2023 at the Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup and Patsy Hankins Trophy … at the Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, she came back from 2 DN with two holes to play, holing a putt from 25 feet to tie the final match in front of a raucous home crowd … also won a foursome match and fourball match to help Europe to its first victory over the United States in seven years … at the Junior Solheim Cup at La Zagaleta Golf Club in Benahavís, Spain, she won all three matches, including a 5&3 victory in her final singles match … two years earlier in 2021, brought home Team Europe's first-ever Junior Solheim Cup on American soil at Sylvania Country Club in Ohio, where she won two of her three matches, including a 4&3 victory in the final singles match … helped Team Italy finished runner-up at the 2023 European Girls' Team Championship at Hossegor Golf Club in France … secured individual victories at the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship in 2021, the 92nd Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship (-9; 70-69-68-72) and the ANNIKA Invitational Europe (-5; 69-71-74) in 2022 … a five-time champion in her home country the last two years … back-to-back winner of the Giuseppe Silva Trophy at the Italian National Ladies Amateur Match Play Championships in 2024 and 2023 … won the 2023 Italian International Ladies Amateur Championships (67-70-77-71) … in 2022, Fiorellini captured the Isa Goldschmid Trophy at the Italian Ladies Stroke Play, winning by eight strokes (71-68-67-71), and the Silvio Marazza Trophy at the Italian U18 National Championship, winning by 10 strokes (68-74-70-66) ... prepped at Seraphicum, otherwise known as Serpahicum Scholastic Complex (CSS), a private school in Rome.
Personal
Born Francesca Fiorellini in Rome, Italy … parents are Federico Fiorellini and Luisa Mazzucca … hobbies include skiing and playing tennis … favorite course she’s played is Evian Resort Golf Club, located in the French Alps … chose UCLA because it it’s the best mix between sports and academics, and offers a great opportunity for growth both as a student and athlete … undeclared major.
Francesca Fiorellini's Career Statistics
| Season | Starts | Rounds | Strokes | Scoring Average | Low Score | Wins | Under Par | Under 70 | Top 10 | Top 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9 | 24 | 1774 | 73.92 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 9 | 24 | 1774 | 73.92 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
UCLA Women's Golf NCAA Championship Recap
Tuesday, May 28
Post Round Press Conference – Francesca Fiorellini (April 3, 2024)
Wednesday, April 03
Media Availability – Zoe Antoinette Campos (April 2, 2024)
Tuesday, April 02
Zoe Antoinette Campos Previews Major Appearance at the U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach
Tuesday, June 27
