2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
Career Bests
Best Finish: T-5th -- Big Ten Championships (April 18-20, 2025)
Low Round: 67 (-5) -- Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah (Oct. 7-8, 2024)
Low 54-Hole Score: 210 (-6) -- The Chevron Collegiate (Feb. 24-25, 2025)
JUNIOR 2024-25
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team
- WGCA All-American Scholar
- Played 36 rounds in 12 events with a scoring average of 73.64 in her debut season at Illinois...ranked second on the Fighting Illini.
- Finished tied for 10th in her first event as an Illini at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational from Sept. 8-10.
- Posted back-to-back top 10 finishes at the Spring Break Shootout (T-6th) and at the Florida State Match Up (T-7th).
- Finished a season-best tied for fifth at the Big Ten Championships from April 18-20...fired a 54-hole total of 214 (-2)...earned Big Ten All-Tournament Team honors.
SOPHOMORE 2023-24 (AUGUSTA)
- Southland All-Conference Second Team
- Southland Conference All-Academic Team
- Had a stroke average of 72.4.
- Finished 13-over to take 56th at the NCAA East Lansing Regional.
- Finished 8-over to take fifth at the Southland Conference Women's Golf Championship.
- Competed in the Wolfpack Match Play Invitational with one win and two losses.
- Tied for fifth after shooting even par at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
- Tied for 24th after shooting 2-over at the Clemson Invitational.
- Tied for 39th after shooting 5-over at the Valspar Augusta Invitational.
- Competed in the Match at Ohoopee.
- Tied for 51st after shooting 8-over at the Moon Golf Invitational.
- Tied for 16th after shooting 2-under at the Hurricane Invitational.
- Tied for ninth after shooting 7-over at The Southern.
- Tied for ninth after shooting 1-under at the Lady Paladin.
- Tied for 14th after shooting 3-over at the Badger Invitational.
FRESHMAN 2022-23 (AUGUSTA)
- Southland All-Conference Second Team
- Played in nine tournaments and 24 rounds.
- Recorded a 75.42 stroke average.
- Finished seventh at Florida State matchup - shot two even-par, season-low rounds in the same tournament.
- Helped the team to second consecutive Southland Conference Championship (April 17-19) and first NCAA National Championship Appearance.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Lake Marry Preparatory.
- Tied for 5th in 2021 Kathy Whitworth Invitational (72-72).
- 2018 AJGA/CJGA Champion (69-65-67).
- Tied for second in 2022 NFPGA girls championship (74-67).
- Was a 2021 U.S Junior Girls Qualifier Medalist at Bradenton CC (70).
- Finished second at 2021 DCM PGA of Canada Women’s Championship (pro event) (70-74).
- 2019 Ontario Junior Girls Champion (71-73-72-69).
- Tied for sixth in 2020 Evian Senior Showcase (74-74).
- Finished fourth at 2019 AJGA Rome Junior Classic Presented by State Mutual Insurance (68-71-72).
- Tied for eighth at 2019 KPMG Stacy Lewis Invitational at Blessings Golf Club (74-75-76).
- Was the 2019 FJT at Heritage Oaks champion (74-71).
- Finished second at 2019 Ontario Spring Classic (77-72-75).
- Finished 2nd at 2018 MJT International Team Challenge (74-73-74).
- Third in 2018 Natural Resource Partners BlueGrass Junior AJGA (74-73-74).
- Member of the 2018 ACDS Junior All-Star Team.
- Represented Canada at The Junior Open held at St. Andrews.
- Part of the Lake Mary Prep golf team in 2019 that won the state title.
- 2022 U.S Women’s Amateur participant.
- Two-time U.S Junior Girls’ participant (2021, '22).
- The Junior Open 2018 participant.
PERSONAL
- Born on Jan. 12, 2004.
- Daughter of Linda Jiang and Lawrence Zheng.
- Has one sister, Cecilia, and one brother, Edward.
- Chose Illinois because, "of the balance between academics and golf. Illinois will provide me with a quality education while also allowing me to hone my golf game. After talking with coach Renee (Slone) and coach Pina (Gentile), I knew Illinois would be the perfect place to develop as a player and a person."
- Majoring in finance.
Career Statistics
Year |
Events |
Rds. |
Strokes |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low Tour. |
2024-25 |
12 |
36 |
2,651 |
73.64 |
67 (-5) |
210 (-6) |
Totals |
12 |
36 |
2,651 |
73.64 |
67 (-5) |
210 (-6) |
Individual Results
2024-25 |
Tournament |
Score |
Finish |
Sept. 8-10 |
Bettie Lou Evans Invitational |
74-71-75 = 220 (+4) |
T-10th |
Sept. 23-24 |
Cavalier Regional Preview |
73-72-74 = 219 (+6) |
19th |
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 |
Windy City Collegiate Classic |
72-76-79 = 227 (+11) |
T-35th |
Oct. 7-8 |
Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah |
75-67-75 = 217 (+1) |
T-42nd |
Oct. 25-27 |
Landfall Tradition |
74-75-79 = 228 (+12) |
T-63rd |
Feb. 16-17 |
Spartan Suncoast Invitational |
74-75-74 = 223 (+7) |
T-42nd |
Feb. 24-25 |
The Chevron Collegiate |
72-68-70 = 210 (-6) |
T-12th |
March 17-18 |
Spring Break Shootout |
75-69-72 = 216 (+3) |
T-6th |
March 21-23 |
Florida State Match Up |
71-74-75 = 220 (+4) |
T-7th |
April 6-7 |
Boilermaker Spring Classic |
78-70-74 = 222 (+6) |
T-16th |
April 18-20 |
Big Ten Championships |
70-71-73 = 214 (-2) |
T-5th |
May 5-7 |
NCAA Columbus Regional |
77-78-80 = 235 (+19) |
59th |
Historical Player Information