Ella Zanatta

Photo by: Joe Grogan '25 - @leazier.media

Photo by: Jack Reeber '23,M'25 - @jackreeber.raw

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hamilton, Ont.
High School:
Westmount Secondary

Career Bests
18 Holes: 71 (A-Ga-Ming Inv., Sept. 2, 2024, Kewadin, Mich.; Nittany Lion Inv., Sept. 14, 2024, University Park, Pa.; Bowling Green Dolores Black Falcon Inviational, April 5, 2025, Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green Dolores Black Falcon Inviational, April 6, 2025, Bowling Green, Ohio; )
36 Holes: 142 (71-71, Bowling Green Dolores Black Falcon Inviational, April 5, 2025, Bowling Green, Ohio)
54 Holes: 219 (73-73-73, Rio Verde Collegiate, Feb. 21-23, 2025, Rio Verde, Ariz.)

2024-25:

• Top CMU finisher in five of team's nine stroke-play tournaments heading into MAC Championship.
• Tied for first in 84-player field with a 222 total at the Central Michigan A-Ga-Ming Invitational in first collegiate event. Closed with a career-best 1-under par 71 to tie for first with Bradley’s Caroline McConnell in A-Ga-Ming Invitational. Lost on fifth playoff hole to McConnell.
• Became first Chippewa to place first in a tournament since Casilda Allendesalazar at the Nevel Meade Collegiate on March 21, 2023.
• Earned the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week Award after her performance in the A-Ga-Ming Invitational.
• Shot 71-71 -- 142 to win Bowling Green Dolores Black Invitational. Her twin 71s tied her career-best aggregate score and her 142 was a career-low for 36 holes and ranks as the second-best two-round total in program history.
• With her win at Dolores Black, became the sixth player in program history to earn medalist honors in a tournament; her win marked the ninth time a CMU golfer has medaled in a stroke-play event.
• Earned MAC Women's Golfer of the Week Award for her performance at the Dolores Black.