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Rachel Niskanen

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Negaunee, Mich.
High School:
Negaunee

Career Bests
18 Holes: 72 (A-Ga-Ming Inv., Sept. 4, 2023, Kewadin, Mich.)
36 Holes: 151 (77-74, Rio Verde Collegiate, Feb. 21-22, 2025, Rio Verde, Ariz.)
54 Holes: 226 (75-77-74, Nittany Lion Inv., Sept. 16-17, 2023, University Park, Pa.)

2024-25:
WGLF Niskanen stats

2023-24:
• Ranked third on the team with a 79.2 scoring average
• Shot a career-best 72 in the final round of the A-Ga-Ming Invitational (9/4), her first collegiate tournament
• Posted two top-20 finishes in five fall events, a T18 at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/16-17) and a T14 at the Chippewa Invitational (10/16-17)
• T14 tied for team best (with Ashley Goh and Rachel Kauflin) at Chippewa Invitational (10/16-17)
• Posted CMU's second-best finish (T21) at the MAC Championship (April 21-23), shooting 80-82-78 -- 240
• Named to Scholar All-America Team by the Women's Golf Coaches Association

High School/Junior: Two-time Upper Peninsula Division 1 state champion …. finished as runner-up in UP state tournament as a sophomore … won all but three tournaments she entered as a student-athlete at Negaunee High School … finished T11 at the American Junior Golf Association Legend at Merrill Hills in 2023 … three-time Player of the Year in the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference in golf … earned three letters in golf and two in volleyball at Negaunee High School … two-time team captain in volleyball and golf team captain as a senior … holds school volleyball records for career aces and assists in a match … two-time all-conference, all-region and Academic All-State in volleyball … earned the Sportsmanship Award on the Callaway Meijer Tour and was runner-up for Player of the Year Award in 2022 … three-time Excellence in Education Outstanding Academic Achievement … Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar Athlete Award finalist … member of the National Honor Society … Key Club senior leader … two-time Upper Peninsula Golf Association champion.