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2024-25 Women's Golf Roster

Carlisle Stockton
Ivy League
Ryan Samson
Ryan Samson

Natalie Cao

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Clements
  • Hometown Sugar Land, Texas

Biography

2024-25
  Played in seven of eight tournaments, five in the lineup and two as an individual
  20 tournament rounds, 75.7 stroke average (+4.15 to par)
  Low rounds 71, -1 (3rd round at Lady Blue Hen); 71, E (3rd round at Princeton Invitational)
  WGCA All-American Scholar
SPRING
  *3rd among Penn players, t-16th overall at Ivy League Championship (73-77-76—226, +10)
  *Individual, t-10th overall at Navy Spring Invitational (74-79—153, +9)
  *2nd among Penn players, t-16th overall at Columbia Classic (74-77-73—224, +8)
FALL
  *Individual, 25th overall at Delaware’s Lady Blue Hen Invitational (78-79-71—228, +12)
  *5th among Penn players, 35th overall at the Quinnipiac Classic (81-81-82—244, +28)
  *Low Penn player, t-5th overall at the Princeton Invitational (72-75-71—218, +5)
  *4th among Penn players, 6th overall at the Bucknell Invitational (75-73-73—221, +11)
 
2023-24
  In the lineup for all eight tournaments, four in the fall and four in the spring
  20 tournament rounds, 76.2 stroke average
  Low rounds 70, -1 (2nd round at Princeton Invitational); 71, -1 (Yale Invitational)
  Academic All-Ivy
  WGCA All-American Scholar
SPRING
  *4th among Penn players, t-17th overall at Ivy League Championship (82-76-74—232, +16)
  *2nd among Penn players, t-6th overall at the Navy Spring Invitational (79-75—154, +10)
  *t-3rd among Penn players, t-9th overall at BGSU’s Dolores Black Falcon Invitational (74-74—148, +4)
  *Tied as low Penn player, t-6th overall at W&M’s Kingsmill Intercollegiate (78-77-76—231, +15)
FALL
  *t-4th among Penn players, t-19th overall at Delaware’s Lady Blue Hen Classic (74-81-72—227, +11)
  *5th among Penn players, t-24th overall at Quinnipiac Classic (85-78-75—238, +22)
  *Low Penn player, t-3rd overall at Yale Fall Intercollegiate (71, -1)
  *3rd among Penn players, t-17th overall at Princeton Invitational (78-70-74—222, +9)
 
2022-23:
  Second-team All-Ivy (6th at Ivy League Championships)
  In the lineup for eight of nine tournaments, missed one due to illness
  22.5 tournament rounds, 76.2 stroke average
  Low round 71, -1 (2nd round at Harvard Invitational)
  WGCA All-American Scholar
SPRING
  *T-4th among Penn players, t-53rd overall at NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional (81-78-74—233, +17)
  *2nd among Penn players, 6th overall at Ivy League Championships (75-75-79—229, +13)
  *Low Penn player, t-4th overall at Harvard Invitational (73-71-35—179, -1)
  *Tied as low Penn player, t-2nd overall at W&M’s Kingsmill Intercollegiate (74-76-73—223, +7)
FALL
  *5th among Penn players, 62nd overall at Delaware’s Lady Blue Hen Invitational (77-83-83—243, +27)
  *IVY INTERCOLLEGIATE MATCH PLAY: lost to Natalie Ambruester (NCSU), 3 & 2
  *3rd among Penn players, t-38th overall at Ivy Intercollegiate Stroke Play (75-81—156, +12)
  *4th among Penn players, t-38th overall at Princeton Invitational (78-76-78—232, +19)
  *2nd among Penn players, t-16th overall at the Yale Fall Intercollegiate (74-74-71—219, +6)

2021-22:
  In the lineup for seven tournaments
  20 tournament rounds, team-best 76.0 stroke average
  Low round 71 (1st round at Yale Fall Intercollegiate/1st round at Lady Blue Hen Invitational)
  WGCA All-American Scholar
SPRING
  *Low Penn player, 13th overall at Ivy League Championships (75-77-74—226, +10)
  *2nd among Penn players, t-5th overall at Hartford’s Gillette Ridge Invitational (78-79—157, +13)
  *Low Penn player, t-11th overall at Georgetown’s Hoya Invitational (74-77-80—231, +15)
  *3rd among Penn players, t-6th overall at the Women’s Intercollegiate at Prospect Bay (74-77-81—232, +16)
FALL
  *3rd among Penn players, t-16th overall at Delaware’s Lady Blue Hen Invitational (71-78-78—227, +11)
  *Low Penn player, 10th overall at the Yale Fall Intercollegiate (71-75-75—221, +8)
  *Tied as low scorer for Penn, t-44th overall at Penn State’s Nittany Lion Invitational (75-72-79—226, +10)

High School: Letter winner and captain for her high school team at Clements … Helped the Rangers win the University Interscholastic League (UIL) District championship in 2018 and won the individual UIL District title as a senior … Two-time Houston Area Golf Coaches Association (HAGCA) All-Area First Team … First-team all-district in 2018 … Won the Circle K Junior championship and had three other AJGA top-3 finishes … Graduated Magna Cum Laude … National Merit Scholarship finalist … AP Scholar with Distinction … 2019 AJGA Scholastic Honor Roll … 2020 AJGA Scholastic Junior All-America … 2021 AJGA Scholarship Award … First Tee Scholar Scholarship Award … Fort Bend Independent School District Academic Excellence Award … Clements HS Academic All-District honors … Junior Mentor at the First Tee of Greater Houston.

Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'6"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'6"