PHILADELPHIA – Following an impressive individual performance at last weekend's Yale Fall Invitational, junior Natalie Cao was named Penn Athletics Student Athlete of the Week on Wednesday.
 
As Penn finished the event in second place as a team, Cao was the program's low scorer on Sunday, carding a 1-under-par 71 to put her tied for third in a field of 71 golfers.
 
She led the field in par 5 scoring (-3) and birdies (5) while finishing behind only Boston U's Christy Chen and Yale's Joanne Lee, both shooting a 2-under-par 70.
 
Cao, a second-team All-Ivy selection in 2022, finished sixth at last year's Ivy League Championships to help lead the Quakers to the title.
 
Penn heads to Wallingford, Conn. this weekend for the Quinnipiac Classic on Monday and Tuesday.
 
Penn Athletics Student-Athlete of the Week
Week 1 (Sept. 6): Maeve Stiles, Women's Cross Country
Week 2 (Sept. 13): Michael Hewes, Men's Soccer
Week 3 (Sept. 20): Bella Rittenberg, Volleyball­­
Week 4 (Sept. 27): Allison Kuzyk, Field Hockey
Week 5 (Oct. 4): Natalie Cao, Women's Golf