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

Individual Results