Rachel Heck Season 2023-24

Career

• NCAA Team Champion (2022)
• Pac-12 Team Champion (2024)
• NCAA Individual Champion (2021)
• Ping/WGCA Player of the Year (2021)
• ANNIKA Award winner (2021)
• Honda Sport Award for Golf winner (2021)
• Pac-12 Golfer of the Year (2021)
• Ping/WGCA Freshman of the Year (2021)
• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (2021)
• WGCA First Team All-American (2021)
• Golfweek First Team All-American (2021)
• Two-time Golfweek Third Team All-American (2022, 2024)
• WGCA Honorable Mention All-American (2024)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Two-Time All-Pac-12 First Team (2021, 2022)
• Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2021, 2022)
• Pac-12 Golfer of the Month (April 2021)
• Became the third woman to sweep the postseason in NCAA history in 2021 (conference, regionals, nationals)
• Scoring average: 71.68
• Rounds: 77
• Total Strokes: 5,519
• Wins: 9 (tied for the second most in school history) (2021 Gunrock Invitational, 2021 Fresno State Classic, 2021 Pac-12 Championships, 2021 U.S. Open Collegiate, 2021 NCAA Stanford Regional, 2021 NCAA Championships, 2022 Lamkin Invitational, 2022 Gunrock Invitational, 2024 NCAA Cle Elum Regional)
• Top-10 Finishes: 13
• Top-20 Finishes: 15
• Rounds at Par or Better: 43/77
• Rounds in the 60s: 19/77
• Low round: -9 (Twice, Most Recently: 2022 Gunrock Invitational 1st Round, 63)
• Low tournament: -18 (2022 Gunrock Invitational, 198) *School Record*
• Best finish: 1st (Nine Times)

As A Senior (2023-24) • NCAA Team Champion, Pac-12 Team Champion

• Golfweek Third Team All-American
• WGCA Honorable Mention All-American
• Scoring average: 72.53
• Rounds: 19
• Total Strokes: 1,378
• Rounds at Par or Better: 11/19
• Rounds in the 60s: 1/19
• Low round: -7 (NCAA Cle Elum Regional 2nd Round, 65)
• Low tournament: -8 (NCAA Cle Elum Regional, 208)
• Best finish: 1st (NCAA Cle Elum Regional)
• Tied for 7th at the Pac-12 Championship (71-70-71=212, -4)
• Beat No. 8 Auburn in the NCAA Quarterfinals, 4&3
• Lost to No. 4 USC in the NCAA Semifinals, 2&1
• Beat No. 6 UCLA in the NCAA Championship Finals as the clinching point, 4&3

As A Junior (2022-23)

• Scoring average: 72.70
• Rounds: 10
• Total Strokes: 727
• Top-10 Finishes: 1
• Top-20 Finishes: 2
• Rounds at Par or Better: 5/10
• Rounds in the 60s: 1/10
• Low round: -5 (2022 Stephens Cup 3rd Round, 67)
• Low tournament: -5 (2022 Stephens Cup, 211)
• Best finish: Tied for 3rd (2022 Stephens Cup)

As A Sophomore (2021-22) • NCAA Team Champion

• Golfweek Third Team All-American 
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• WGCA All-American Scholar
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Scoring average: 72.65
• Rounds: 23
• Total Strokes: 1,671
• Wins: 2 (2022 Lamkin Invitational, 2022 Gunrock Invitational)
• Top-10 Finishes: 2
• Top-20 Finishes: 2
• Rounds at Par or Better: 7/23
• Rounds in the 60s: 2/23
• Low round: -9 (2022 Gunrock Invitational 1st Round, 63)
• Low tournament: -18 (2022 Gunrock Invitational, 198) *School Record*
• Best finish: 1st (Twice)
• Tied for 38th at the Windy City Collegiate (72-81-76=229, +13)
• Tied for 10th at the Stanford Intercollegiate (69-70-72=211, -2)
• 1st at the Lamkin Invitational (70-73-68=211, -5)
• 1st at the Gunrock Invitational (63-68-67=198, -18)
• Tied for 33rd at the Juli Inkster Invitational (76-75-73=224, +8)
• Tied for 56th at the Ping/ASU Invitational (79-73-75=227, +11)
• No score/subbed at NCAA Stanford Regional (75-x-x=75, +4)
• Tied for 31st at the NCAA Championships (76-72-70-78=296, +8)
• Won her quarterfinal match vs. No. 8 Georgia, 2up
• Lost her semifinal match vs. No. 5 Auburn, 1up
• Lost her championship match vs. No. 2 Oregon, 3&2
• Helped Team USA to victory at Spirit International with teammate Rose Zhang
• T27th at 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur
• Helped Team USA to 15.5-4.5 win in 2022 Curtis Cup (June 10-12) at Merion 
• Played for Team USA in Arnold Palmer Cup (July 1-3) in Geneva, Switzerland
• Low amateur at 2022 Evian Championship (July 21-24)
• Represented Team USA at World Amateur Team Championship (Aug. 24-27)

As A Freshman (2021) • NCAA Individual Champion

• NCAA Individual Champion, the first in school history
• WGCA Player of the Year
• ANNIKA Award winner
• Honda Sport Award for Golf winner
• Pac-12 Golfer of the Year
• WGCA Freshman of the Year
• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year
• WGCA First Team All-American 
• Golfweek First Team All-American
• All-Pac-12 First Team 
• WGCA All-American Scholar
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Pac-12 Golfer of the Month (April)
• Became the third woman to sweep the postseason in NCAA history (conference, regionals, nationals)
• Scoring average: 69.72
• Rounds: 25
• Total Strokes: 1,743
• Wins: 6 (school record for single season)
• Top-10 Finishes: 8
• Top-20 Finishes: 9
• Rounds at Par or Better: 20/25
• Rounds in the 60s: 15/25
• Low round: -9 (2021 Fresno State Classic 3rd Round, 63)
• Low tournament: -16 (2021 Fresno State Classic, 200)
• Best finish: 1st (Six Times; Most Recently: 2021 NCAA Championships)
• Tied for 6th at the Stanford Dual (79-71=150, +8)
• 1st at the Gunrock Invitational (67-68-70=205, -11)
• Tied for 11th at the Juli Inkster Invitational (72-73-77=222, +6)
• Tied for 2nd at the Ping/ASU Invitational (67-73-72=212, -4)
• 1st at the Fresno State Classic (69-68-63=200, -16)
• 1st at the Pac-12 Championships (68-69-69=206, -7)
• 1st at the U.S. Open Collegiate Invitational (67, -5)
• 1st at the NCAA Stanford Regional (68-67-67=202, -11)
• 1st at NCAA Championships (69-67-70-74=280, -8)
• Won, 3&2, vs. Arizona's Therese Warner in the NCAA Championships Quarterfinal
• Tied for 3rd at the Augusta National Women's Amateur
• Competed in the U.S. Women's Open, making the cut and finishing tied for 35th
• Competed in the LPGA's MEDIHEAL Championship, June 10-13
• Earned an exemption into the 2021 Marathon Classic, July 8-11
• Represented Team USA at the 2021 Curtis Cup

Prior To Stanford

• Graduate of St. Agnes Academy in Memphis, Tenn.
• Five-time AJGA Rolex All-American
• Two-time USA Today high school Golfer of the Year
• 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur medalist
• 2019 LPGA ANA Inspiration competitor
• 2019 Junior Solheim Cup champion with Team USA
• 2018 LPGA Evian Championship's youngest competitor at age 16; made the cut and finished T44, lowest amateur
• 2018 Junior Ryder Cup champion with Team USA
• 2018 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic champion
• 2018 Kathy Whitworth Invitational champion
• 2017 Rolex Junior Player of the Year
• 2017 U.S. Women's Open's youngest competitor at age 15; made the cut and finished T33
• 2017 AJGA Rolex Junior Girls champion
• 2017 Junior Solheim Cup champion with Team USA
• 2016 Bubba Conlee Invitational champion
• Has played multiple events with fellow classmate Sadie Engelman, winning the 2018 Greenwood Cup as partners and making it to the semifinals of the 2019 USGA Women's Four-Ball Championship
• Thirteen Top-5 finishes in AJGA Invitationals
• Five-year varsity golfer who played on the team from eighth grade on
• Five-time state champions as a team
• Four-time state champion as an individual
• Four-time individual regional champion
• Memphis Commercial Appeal's Female Golfer of the Year (2017-19)
• Memphis Commercial Appeal's Female Athlete of the Year (2019)

Personal

• Daughter of Robert and Stacy Heck
• Has two sisters - Abby and Anna
• Father played football at Rhodes College
• Sister, Abby, was a golfer at Notre Dame