2023-24 Women's Golf Roster
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Villegas, Kate
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Kate Villegas
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Arcadia HS
- Hometown:
- Arcadia, Calif.
- Previous School:
- UC Riverside
Bio
Career Highlights
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2023-2024)
• 2-time All-Big West honoree (2020-2021, 2021-2022)
2023-24
Villegas was awarded All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention in her one season in Westwood after registering a 72.8 scoring average over 35 rounds … was the only golfer to appear in the starting lineup for all 12 stroke play tournaments and two match play competitions … tied for second on the team with 12 rounds under par … notched three top 10s and five top 20s … finished under par in four of 12 stroke play tournaments … best finish of the season was t-4th, -4 (73-73-72) in UCLA’s win at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview on Feb. 19-21 … placed in the top 20 in UCLA’s four wins with every round counting toward the team score … tied for sixth at The Match in the Desert on Jan. 22 with a score of -3, 69 … tied for 10th and was UCLA’s top counting score at the Silicon Valley Showcase on March 11-12 with a score of +8, 221 (75-68-78) … tied for ninth at the PING/ASU Invitational on March 28-30 with a score of -3, 213 (71-69-73) … tied for 14th at the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 2-3 with a season-low 54-hole score of -5, 211 (68-71-72) to lead UCLA to its first win of the season … tied for 14th (+2, 218) in UCLA’s win at The Show on March 4-5 … tied for 24th at the Pac-12 Championships on April 21-23 with a score of +1, 217 (79-69-70) … shot a season-low 18-hole score of 68 on three occasions … went 3-2-0 in match play competition … defeated USC’s Xin Kou, 3&1, to help UCLA to its second-straight Battle for the Bell title … defeated Baylor’s Yoonjeong Huh, 5&4, and USC’s Amari Avery, 3&2, at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge … 29/35 counting rounds.
2023-24 low round score: 68 (3x), last in round two at the Pac-12 Championships (April 22)
2023-24 low 54-hole tournament score: 211 (68-71-72) at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 2-3)
2023-24 best finish: T-4th, at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview (Feb. 19-21)
Summer 2023
Villegas was named SCGA Player of the Year on Oct. 26 after winning three titles over Summer 2023 ... most recently won the 27th Southern California Women's Championship in Ojai, Calif. on Aug. 10 after sinking a birdie on the first hole of a four-way playoff which included teammate Tiffany Le ... finished the tournament -4 (65-73-71) ... also won the 57th California Women's Amateur on July 29 at La Cumbre Country Club in Santa Barbara, Calif. as the 11th seed ... has won 17 of her last 18 SCGA/USGA-sanctioned matches ... became the first to repeat as champion in the SCGA Match Play Women's Division on July 12 ... finished runner-up in the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship with teammate Tiffany Le on May 17 at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash.
Read more on Kate's sophomore season:
- "Kate Villegas Continues Stellar Summer with State Am Crown" by SCGA | (YouTube Interview)
UC Riverside (2020-22)
Villegas was a two-time All-Big West selection in her three seasons for the Highlanders … recorded a 71.64 stroke average with three top-20 finishes over four tournaments in her Fall 2022 season prior to transferring UCLA … crowned as the 2022 SCGA Match Play Champion on July 12 at Journey at Pachanga … earned the first stroke play medal of her career with a T-1st, 4-under finish at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 20, 2022 (69-70-70) … placed runner-up, 4-over at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic on Sept. 13, 2022 (75-73-69) … ranked second on the squad with a 73.83 stroke play average in the 2021-22 campaign … placed runner-up, 3-over at the 2022 Big West Championship (74-69-76) … led the Highlanders in the 2020-21 season with a 74.58 stroke average her freshman season … placed T-8th, 2-over in her collegiate debut at the Grand Canyon Women's Spring Invite on March 2, 2020 (77-74-67) ... reached the final of the 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur Four Ball Championship with UC Riverside/UCLA teammate Tiffany Le.
Arcadia High School
Villegas was a three-time Pacific League MVP at Arcadia High School.
Personal
Born Kate Olivia Villegas in Baldwin Park, Calif. … parents are Angelica and Frank Villegas … chose to attend UCLA because “it has always been my dream of mine to be a Bruin and represent my hometown of Los Angeles” … states her greatest athletic thrill was her first collegiate win at the 2022 Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational … athletic inspirations are Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods … hobbies include thrifting and traveling … favorite course she’s played is Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif. … other favorites include the movie Love, Rosie and the show “Gilmore Girls” … sociology major.
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2023-2024)
• 2-time All-Big West honoree (2020-2021, 2021-2022)
2023-24
Villegas was awarded All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention in her one season in Westwood after registering a 72.8 scoring average over 35 rounds … was the only golfer to appear in the starting lineup for all 12 stroke play tournaments and two match play competitions … tied for second on the team with 12 rounds under par … notched three top 10s and five top 20s … finished under par in four of 12 stroke play tournaments … best finish of the season was t-4th, -4 (73-73-72) in UCLA’s win at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview on Feb. 19-21 … placed in the top 20 in UCLA’s four wins with every round counting toward the team score … tied for sixth at The Match in the Desert on Jan. 22 with a score of -3, 69 … tied for 10th and was UCLA’s top counting score at the Silicon Valley Showcase on March 11-12 with a score of +8, 221 (75-68-78) … tied for ninth at the PING/ASU Invitational on March 28-30 with a score of -3, 213 (71-69-73) … tied for 14th at the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 2-3 with a season-low 54-hole score of -5, 211 (68-71-72) to lead UCLA to its first win of the season … tied for 14th (+2, 218) in UCLA’s win at The Show on March 4-5 … tied for 24th at the Pac-12 Championships on April 21-23 with a score of +1, 217 (79-69-70) … shot a season-low 18-hole score of 68 on three occasions … went 3-2-0 in match play competition … defeated USC’s Xin Kou, 3&1, to help UCLA to its second-straight Battle for the Bell title … defeated Baylor’s Yoonjeong Huh, 5&4, and USC’s Amari Avery, 3&2, at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge … 29/35 counting rounds.
2023-24 low round score: 68 (3x), last in round two at the Pac-12 Championships (April 22)
2023-24 low 54-hole tournament score: 211 (68-71-72) at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 2-3)
2023-24 best finish: T-4th, at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview (Feb. 19-21)
Summer 2023
Villegas was named SCGA Player of the Year on Oct. 26 after winning three titles over Summer 2023 ... most recently won the 27th Southern California Women's Championship in Ojai, Calif. on Aug. 10 after sinking a birdie on the first hole of a four-way playoff which included teammate Tiffany Le ... finished the tournament -4 (65-73-71) ... also won the 57th California Women's Amateur on July 29 at La Cumbre Country Club in Santa Barbara, Calif. as the 11th seed ... has won 17 of her last 18 SCGA/USGA-sanctioned matches ... became the first to repeat as champion in the SCGA Match Play Women's Division on July 12 ... finished runner-up in the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship with teammate Tiffany Le on May 17 at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash.
Read more on Kate's sophomore season:
- "Kate Villegas Continues Stellar Summer with State Am Crown" by SCGA | (YouTube Interview)
UC Riverside (2020-22)
Villegas was a two-time All-Big West selection in her three seasons for the Highlanders … recorded a 71.64 stroke average with three top-20 finishes over four tournaments in her Fall 2022 season prior to transferring UCLA … crowned as the 2022 SCGA Match Play Champion on July 12 at Journey at Pachanga … earned the first stroke play medal of her career with a T-1st, 4-under finish at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 20, 2022 (69-70-70) … placed runner-up, 4-over at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic on Sept. 13, 2022 (75-73-69) … ranked second on the squad with a 73.83 stroke play average in the 2021-22 campaign … placed runner-up, 3-over at the 2022 Big West Championship (74-69-76) … led the Highlanders in the 2020-21 season with a 74.58 stroke average her freshman season … placed T-8th, 2-over in her collegiate debut at the Grand Canyon Women's Spring Invite on March 2, 2020 (77-74-67) ... reached the final of the 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur Four Ball Championship with UC Riverside/UCLA teammate Tiffany Le.
Arcadia High School
Villegas was a three-time Pacific League MVP at Arcadia High School.
Personal
Born Kate Olivia Villegas in Baldwin Park, Calif. … parents are Angelica and Frank Villegas … chose to attend UCLA because “it has always been my dream of mine to be a Bruin and represent my hometown of Los Angeles” … states her greatest athletic thrill was her first collegiate win at the 2022 Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational … athletic inspirations are Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods … hobbies include thrifting and traveling … favorite course she’s played is Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif. … other favorites include the movie Love, Rosie and the show “Gilmore Girls” … sociology major.
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