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2026-27 Women's Golf Roster

Sophia Lu

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Palos Verdes Peninsula
  • Hometown Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Biography

High School: Four-year letterwinner … Team captain her senior year … Three-time team MVP … 2025 Rolex Scholastic Junior All-America honoree … 2025 Rolex Junior All-America Honorable Mention … Four-time league champion … First at 2025 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) FM Junior Championship … Second at 2025 AJGA SERI PAK Desert Junior …  T-3rd, 2025 AJGA Patrick Reed Junior Championship … T-4th, 2025 AJGA Kevin Harvick Foundation Junior Championship … Seventh, 2025 AJGA Super Lychee Junior Open … First, 2024 FCG - National Tour Spring Series Opener … First, 2023 AJGA Mercy Health Foundation/TaylorMade Preview … First, 2023 16th Annual FCG National Championship … Six SCPGA Tournament Wins from 2022-2024 … Set a school-record nine-hole score of five-under-par at Rolling Hills Country Club and five-under-par at Palos Verdes Golf Club … Class valedictorian … Assisteens (Assistance League of San Pedro) Chairman (2025-26) … National Merit Commended Scholar … Recipient of President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award … City of Irvine Certificate of Recognition for exemplary service as a UniMent tutor … National Honor Society member … AP Scholar of Distinction … Held an internship with CodeWizards.
 
Personal: Enrolled in Wharton.
 
Why Penn?: “Throughout my recruiting process, I had never met a coach as easygoing as Coach Anderson or teammates as down-to-earth as those on the Penn team. I chose Penn for the ultimate blend of top-tier academics, Division I golf, and its location as the warmest Ivy.”