Rachel Heck Season 2022-23
Height5-8
Academic YearJunior
HometownMemphis, Tenn.
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
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