Where Were They Then: Pac 12 Women

Random facts, the moon takes about a month to orbit the Earth. The Andes Mountain ranges are the longest continental mountain range in the world. Sushi originated in Southeast Asia, not Japan. Kim Gordon, bassist, and vocalist for the band Sonic Youth is the daughter of a former Dean of Faculty at UCLA. She attended University Elementary School, a progressive elementary school affiliated with UCLA. And that's the route from the moon to Pac 12 women's golf, via alt-rock!

This week we look at Power 5 college golf program rosters and their respective junior rankings. Pac 12 women, please stand up.

The Pac 12 conference championship in women's golf is quite possibly the most competitive. Arizona and Arizona State have the most conference titles with 8. Southern Cal and UCLA each have 7. No conference has that many teams that close to each other. Six programs have captured national titles, Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington. Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, and USC all qualified for nationals at Grayhawk last spring.

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You will see below the players, their college class (which, with the Covid-19 extra year...makes this very fluid), and their hometown which I would say are self-explanatory, but perhaps I should circle back to the "Class" column. This is what the schools have listed. SR+ indicates a player who should exhaust their playing eligibility following the 2021-22 season. You could see some "SR" play next year, too...again, Covid has made this difficult to follow.

The next columns might need some more explanation. The "Jr Class" column is the player's high school graduation class year. "Rank Date" indicates (roughly) the date of each ranking used. For instance, 6/2017 is June 2017 rankings. I am showing rankings for June 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 as well as WAGR rankings from mid-November of 2021. WAGR equals World Amateur Golf Rankings. This is the ranking used by the USGA and R&A. (Note: US Junior WAGR rankings began to decline in 2020 with the Power Method changes the R&A and USGA made to their ranking). JGS is Junior Golf Scoreboard class rankings, not overall, but class. AJGA is the Rolex/AJGA class ranking. And GW are...yep, the Golfweek class rankings. Those are the 3 rankings coaches and tournaments use. (I am frequently asked my opinion on which is the best ranking system. But, in my opinion, you really have to look at all 3. They all have some positives and negatives. Although, Lance Ringler with Golfweek does make a strong case why points-based rankings are inferior...but I'm not going to go into that).
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Enjoy.

Arizona
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Caitlin Whitehead	FR	Kendal, England		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019	334
				6/2020	561
				6/2021	316
				11/2021	410
Carolina Melgrati	FR	Milan, Italy	2021	6/2017
				6/2018	2174
				6/2019	192
				6/2020	141		133
				6/2021	56
				11/2021	47
Ellinor Sudow	SR+	Lerberget, Sweden		6/2017
				6/2018	2505
				6/2019	1087
				6/2020	930
				6/2021	584
				11/2021	1332
Gile Bite Starkute	JR	Vilnius, Lithuania		6/2017
				6/2018	1821
				6/2019	759
				6/2020	237
				6/2021	267
				11/2021	280
Lilas Pinthier	FR	Paris, France		6/2017	1490
				6/2018	470
				6/2019	255		138
				6/2020	84		185
				6/2021	214
				11/2021	201
Maya Benita	SO	Tucson, Ariz	2020	6/2017		239
				6/2018		123	162
				6/2019		85	171
				6/2020		84	85	79
				6/2021
				11/2021
Vivian Hou	JR	Taipei, Taiwan	2018	6/2017	186	4	31
				6/2018	189		24
				6/2019	38
				6/2020	2
				6/2021	21
				11/2021	23
Ya Chun Chang	SR	Taipei, Taiwan	2018	6/2017	52	1	3	1
				6/2018	137		18
				6/2019	120
				6/2020	127
				6/2021	61
				11/2021	66
Yu-Sang Hou	SR+	Taipei, Taiwan	2017	6/2017	110	8	5
				6/2018	66
				6/2019	39
				6/2020	37
				6/2021	33
				11/2021	30
Arizona State
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Alessandra Fanali	SR	Fiuggi, Italy	2018	6/2017	134
				6/2018	75
				6/2019	72
				6/2020	106
				6/2021	110
				11/2021	141
Alexandra Forsterling	SR	Berlin, Germany	2018	6/2017	256
				6/2018	307
				6/2019	383
				6/2020	254
				6/2021	108
				11/2021	35
Amanda Linner	JR	Onsala, Sweden	2020	6/2017	34
				6/2018	30	9
				6/2019	271
				6/2020	814
				6/2021	345
				11/2021	236
Ashley Menne	SO	Surprise, Ariz	2020	6/2017	1822	10	8	7
				6/2018	191	8	8	5
				6/2019	308	5	13	11
				6/2020	743	5	21	7
				6/2021	226
				11/2021	154
Breyana Matthews	SO	Scottsdale, Ariz	2020	6/2017		45
				6/2018		63	167
				6/2019		104	145	71
				6/2020		154	173
				6/2021
				11/2021
Calynne Rosholt	FR	Cedar Park, Texas	2021	6/2017		17	8	11
				6/2018	1081	5	7	7
				6/2019	486	15	9	9
				6/2020	367	10	21	6
				6/2021	1177	17	25	27
				11/2021	669
California
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Cristina Ochoa	SO	Bogota, Colombia	2020	6/2017
				6/2018	1474
				6/2019	796		138
				6/2020	585		98
				6/2021	629
				11/2021	1006
Elena Arias	SR	Gijon, Spain		6/2017	409
				6/2018	387
				6/2019	294
				6/2020	599
				6/2021	846
				11/2021	810
Eun Soo Jeon	SR	Seoul, South Korea		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019
				6/2020
				6/2021
				11/2021	1008
Jasmine Lew	JR	Los Angeles, Calif	2019	6/2017		66	75
				6/2018		54	139	60
				6/2019	2348	28	29	52
				6/2020	1889
				6/2021	1125
				11/2021	863
Jieming Yang	FR	Orlando, Fla	2021	6/2017
				6/2018	1903
				6/2019	722
				6/2020	860		49	32
				6/2021	841	25	26	13
				11/2021	1148
Katherine Zhu	SR	San Jose, Calif	2018	6/2017	818	74	79	44
				6/2018	631	73	7	10
				6/2019	291
				6/2020	319
				6/2021	230
				11/2021	232
Kristine Tran	JR	San Jose, Calif	2019	6/2017		182	137
				6/2018		254
				6/2019	2749	73	52	50
				6/2020	1670
				6/2021	1425
				11/2021	1482
Mika Jin	SO	Fremont, Calif	2020	6/2017	1870	54	29
				6/2018	1239	40	24	29
				6/2019	1318	31	44	26
				6/2020	1238		25	10
				6/2021	1113
				11/2021	592
Tzu-Yi Chang	JR	Taipei, Taiwan	2019	6/2017	665
				6/2018	386
				6/2019	152		22
				6/2020	203
				6/2021	141
				11/2021	164
Colorado
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Alisha Lau	SR	Richmond, BC, Canada		6/2017	1016	96
				6/2018	854
				6/2019
				6/2020	451
				6/2021	466
				11/2021	703
Diane Baillieux	SR+	Dongelberg, Belgium		6/2017	173		113
				6/2018	175
				6/2019	380
				6/2020	937
				6/2021	631
				11/2021	438
Ellie Gower	JR	Perth, Scotland	2020	6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019	641
				6/2020	681
				6/2021	786
				11/2021	570
Hailey Schalk	SO	Erie, Colo	2020	6/2017	1347	30	32	26
				6/2018	1763	49	40	48
				6/2019	1296	46	41	36
				6/2020	2043	162	161	91
				6/2021	1303
				11/2021	787
Issy Simpson	JR	London, England		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019	1362
				6/2020	1392
				6/2021	1083
				11/2021	1299
Lauren Gooding	R-FR	London, England	2020	6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019	1757
				6/2020	1459
				6/2021	2281
				11/2021	977
Malak Bouraeda	SR	Southlake, Texas	2018	6/2017		84	88
				6/2018		78	63	56
				6/2019	750
				6/2020	569
				6/2021	325
				11/2021	413
Natalie Vo	FR	San Jose, Calif	2021	6/2017		168	45
				6/2018		174
				6/2019		133	209
				6/2020		93	73	64
				6/2021		84	109
				11/2021
Oregon
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Baylee Hammericksen	FR	Medford, Ore	2021	6/2017		76
				6/2018
				6/2019
				6/2020		91
				6/2021
				11/2021
Briana Chacon	JR	Whittier, Calif	2019	6/2017		12	22	16
				6/2018	404	12	16	10
				6/2019	376	5	6	9
				6/2020	347
				6/2021	105
				11/2021	114
Brittany Shin	JR	Cape Coral, Fla	2019	6/2017		24	25	20
				6/2018		25	79
				6/2019	2337	37	61
				6/2020	631
				6/2021	241
				11/2021	239
Ching-Tzu Chen	JR	Hsinchu, Taiwan	2019	6/2017	293	11	9	10
				6/2018	397	8	20	3
				6/2019	718		28
				6/2020	804
				6/2021	312
				11/2021	158
Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu	SO	Taipei, Taiwan	2020	6/2017	729	25
				6/2018	456	11	62	7
				6/2019	217		17
				6/2020	77		9
				6/2021	46
				11/2021	43
Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen	JR	Nykoebing Mors, Denmark		6/2017	319
				6/2018	179		124
				6/2019	190
				6/2020	186
				6/2021	145
				11/2021	163
Tze-Han (Heather) Lin	SR	Hsinchu, Taiwan	2018	6/2017	375		46
				6/2018	233	3	33
				6/2019	258
				6/2020	384
				6/2021	217
				11/2021	112
Oregon State
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Amanda Minni	SR	Delta, BC		6/2017		112
				6/2018	2396
				6/2019	1304
				6/2020	1089
				6/2021	442
				11/2021	340
Chayse Gomez	JR	Yorba Linda, Calif	2019	6/2017		37	33	33
				6/2018		34	43	35
				6/2019	2114	55	71	41
				6/2020	1148
				6/2021	668
				11/2021	553
Danique Stokmans	R-FR	Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019
				6/2020	2279
				6/2021	2175
				11/2021	394
Ellie Slama	SR	Salem, Ore	2017	6/2017	378	25	38	10
				6/2018	238
				6/2019	110
				6/2020	95
				6/2021	93
				11/2021	95
Issy Taylor	JR	Gold Coast, Australia		6/2017	526
				6/2018	658
				6/2019	578
				6/2020	207
				6/2021	223
				11/2021	488
Kelsey Webster	SR	Boulder, Colo	2018	6/2017		348	102
				6/2018		394
				6/2019
				6/2020
				6/2021	1433
				11/2021	597
Lauren Murphy	SR	Carbondale, Colo		6/2017		474
				6/2018		402
				6/2019
				6/2020
				6/2021
				11/2021
Madde Sund	R-FR	Skollersta, Sweden		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019	1794
				6/2020	892
				6/2021	1466
				11/2021	2055
Southern Cal
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Alexa Melton	JR	Covina, Calif	2019	6/2017	2216	9	14	10
				6/2018	303	8	18	9
				6/2019	127	1	1	1
				6/2020	138
				6/2021	172
				11/2021	299
Brianna Navarrosa	SO	San Diego, Calif	2020	6/2017	602	6	6	4
				6/2018	345	4	6	3
				6/2019	227	9	6	5
				6/2020	121		5
				6/2021	220
				11/2021	230
Christine Wang	SO	Houston, Texas	2020	6/2017	1570	21	30	32
				6/2018	1307	18	7	19
				6/2019	632	16	10	14
				6/2020	164	13	4	6
				6/2021	372
				11/2021	760
Jiarui (Joyce) Jin	FR	Beijing, China	2021	6/2017
				6/2018	800	6	4	4
				6/2019	712	5	6	6
				6/2020	402	16	10	5
				6/2021	2067
				11/2021	3309
Katherine Muzi	SR	Newport Beach, Calif	2018	6/2017	1063	40	68	45
				6/2018	1109	22	8	31
				6/2019	1329
				6/2020	377
				6/2021	377
				11/2021	133
Malia Nam	SR	Kailua, Hawaii	2018	6/2017	893	19	58
				6/2018	1263	11	151
				6/2019	104
				6/2020	81
				6/2021	130
				11/2021	183
Michaela Morard	SO	Huntsville, Ala	2020	6/2017	281	5	5	6
				6/2018	199	3	3	4
				6/2019	169	7	2	15
				6/2020	111	1	6
				6/2021	126
				11/2021	375
Olivia Yun	SO	Carlsbad, Calif	2020	6/2017		51	105	55
				6/2018		58	142
				6/2019		66	51
				6/2020		97	73
				6/2021
				11/2021
Xin (Cindy) Kou	FR	Beijing, China	2021	6/2017	240	2	2
				6/2018	262	3	3
				6/2019	238		2
				6/2020	143		2
				6/2021	158	1	2	1
				11/2021	64
Stanford
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Aline Krauter	SR	Stuttgart, Germany	2018	6/2017	292		97
				6/2018	220
				6/2019	134
				6/2020	74
				6/2021	47
				11/2021	25
Angelina Ye	JR	Shanghai, China	2019	6/2017	365	10	13	6
				6/2018	148	6	3	4
				6/2019	73		8
				6/2020	26
				6/2021	17
				11/2021	21
Brooke Seay	JR	San Diego, Calif	2019	6/2017	246	8	2	4
				6/2018	267		6
				6/2019	146	6	18	3
				6/2020	288
				6/2021	194
				11/2021	86
Calista Reyes	SR	San Diego, Calif	2018	6/2017	415	16	22	9
				6/2018	687	7	2	2
				6/2019	439
				6/2020	532
				6/2021	659
				11/2021	858
Caroline Sturdza	FR	Geneva, Switzerland		6/2017
				6/2018	1082
				6/2019	1203
				6/2020	535
				6/2021	87
				11/2021	49
Rachel Heck	SO	Memphis, Tenn	2020	6/2017	56	2	2	2
				6/2018	23	2	2	2
				6/2019	11	4	1	4
				6/2020	94		7
				6/2021	2
				11/2021	3
Rebecca Becht	SO	Brussels, Belgium	2020	6/2017	989
				6/2018	1051
				6/2019	1125
				6/2020	800
				6/2021	275
				11/2021	453
Rose Zhang	FR	Irvine, Calif	2021	6/2017	307	1	1	1
				6/2018	49	1	1	1
				6/2019	20	1	1	1
				6/2020	8	1	1	1
				6/2021	1		1
				11/2021	1
Sadie Englemann	SO	Austin, Texas	2020	6/2017	343	3	3	5
				6/2018	282	6	4	6
				6/2019	265	12	5	8
				6/2020	159		1
				6/2021	113
				11/2021	185
Yu Wen Lu	FR	Shanghai, China		6/2017	1456	5	5	2
				6/2018	1172	7	8	6
				6/2019	892	9	8	4
				6/2020	895	49	51	16
				6/2021	1005
				11/2021	1075
UCLA
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Alessia Nobilio	R-FR	Rozzano, Italy	2020	6/2017	69		50
				6/2018	35		31
				6/2019	10		122
				6/2020	3
				6/2021	24
				11/2021	45
Annabel Wilson	JR	Lurgan, Northern Ireland		6/2017	498
				6/2018	106
				6/2019	82
				6/2020	119
				6/2021	104
				11/2021	81
Caroline Canales	FR	Calabasas, Calif	2021	6/2017		104	44
				6/2018		39	70	45
				6/2019	2655	76	38	30
				6/2020	922	46	227
				6/2021	660	15	164
				11/2021	480
Emilie Paltrinieri	JR	Milan, Italy	2020	6/2017	120		14
				6/2018	130
				6/2019	51
				6/2020	13
				6/2021	70
				11/2021	106
Emma Spitz	JR	Vienna, Austria	2018	6/2017	91		131
				6/2018	71
				6/2019	19
				6/2020	17
				6/2021	10
				11/2021	7
Phoebe Yue	SR	West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	2018	6/2017		133	156	89
				6/2018	2268	184	177	91
				6/2019	1274
				6/2020	1469
				6/2021	1092
				11/2021	1165
Simar Singh	SR	Los Altos, Calif	2018	6/2017	1650	45	76	48
				6/2018	1639	91	27	41
				6/2019	1631
				6/2020	696	384
				6/2021	821	471
				11/2021	846
Ty Akabane	R-SO	Danville, Calif	2019	6/2017	2142	19	27	11
				6/2018	953	19	34	28
				6/2019	306	15	4	6
				6/2020	124
				6/2021	298
				11/2021	252
Yuki Yoshihara	JR	Irvine, Calif	2019	6/2017	2426	40	40	26
				6/2018	1008	48	46	39
				6/2019	1285	33	62
				6/2020	1054
				6/2021	379
				11/2021	298
Zoe Antoinette Campos	FR	Valencia, Calif	2021	6/2017	2197	7	3	20
				6/2018	128	5	2	7
				6/2019	109	2	5	5
				6/2020	59	4	4
				6/2021	177	9	14
				11/2021	275
Washington
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Adithi Anand	R-FR	Redmond, Wash	2020	6/2017		106
				6/2018		70	63
				6/2019	2677	60	124
				6/2020	2225	30	109
				6/2021	2751
				11/2021	2345
Brittany Kwon	JR	Bremerton, Wash	2019	6/2017	1706	52	166
				6/2018	1335	29	59	26
				6/2019	992	43	51	30
				6/2020	809
				6/2021	666
				11/2021	668
Camille Boyd	SO	Shanghai, China	2020	6/2017		101	70
				6/2018		51	38	40
				6/2019	1037	29	11	17
				6/2020	717	25	35	28
				6/2021	596
				11/2021	244
Hannah Elaimy	FR	Seattle, Wash	2021	6/2017		172
				6/2018		225
				6/2019		261
				6/2020		309
				6/2021		133	150
				11/2021
Jamie Hsieh	FR	New Taipei City, Taiwan	2021	6/2017
				6/2018	1286
				6/2019	1352
				6/2020	1133
				6/2021	793
				11/2021	295
Jenny Chang	FR	Taipei, Taiwan	2021	6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019
				6/2020	2915
				6/2021	1276
				11/2021	1657
Kennedy Knox	FR	Normandy Park, Wash	2021	6/2017		132
				6/2018		94
				6/2019		107
				6/2020	3067	85	208
				6/2021	2290	58	54	69
				11/2021	722
Manhua Chen	JR	Dongguan, China	2019	6/2017		96	120	66
				6/2018		84	64	58
				6/2019		70	38	33
				6/2020
				6/2021	3067
				11/2021	3284
Martha Lewis	SR	Weybridge, Surrey, England		6/2017	1030
				6/2018	855
				6/2019	760
				6/2020	752
				6/2021	651
				11/2021	764
Stefanie Deng	SO	Shanghai, China		6/2017
				6/2018	1508
				6/2019	890
				6/2020	969
				6/2021	853
				11/2021	564
Winnie Ng	JR	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019
				6/2020
				6/2021
				11/2021
Washington State
Player	Class	Hometown	Jr Grad	Rank Date	WAGR	JGS	AJGA	GW
Amy Chu	SR	Sydney, Australia		6/2017	1053
				6/2018	740
				6/2019	751
				6/2020	770
				6/2021	589
				11/2021	769
Cameron March	SR	Los Angeles, Calif		6/2017		413	233
				6/2018		271
				6/2019
				6/2020
				6/2021
				11/2021
Darcy Habgood	SR	Nambucca Heads, Australia		6/2017	767
				6/2018	837
				6/2019	1128
				6/2020	801
				6/2021	557
				11/2021	855
Emily Cadwell	FR	Boise, Idaho	2021	6/2017		210
				6/2018		184
				6/2019		200	205
				6/2020		228
				6/2021		172	149
				11/2021
Jessie Lin	SR	Kaohsiung, Taiwan		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019
				6/2020
				6/2021
				11/2021
Jinyu Wu	R-FR	Shanghai, China		6/2017		41	36
				6/2018	1961	39	18	27
				6/2019	1439	37	39	42
				6/2020	1810	120	46	48
				6/2021	1532
				11/2021	1985
Jiye Ham	JR	Bangkok, Thailand		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019
				6/2020	1211
				6/2021	990
				11/2021	899
Madelyn Gamble	FR	Pleasant Hill, Calif	2021	6/2017		40
				6/2018		45
				6/2019	700	58	80
				6/2020	1096	36	96	29
				6/2021	886	32	24	14
				11/2021	911
Sarah Skovgaard Bils	FR	Virum, Denmark		6/2017
				6/2018
				6/2019	2446
				6/2020	1495
				6/2021	1522
				11/2021	1538

WAGR overall rankings: 07/26/17, 05/30/18, 05/29/19, 05/27/20, 06/02/21, 11/17/21
JGS class rankings: 05/27/17, 05/30/18, 05/29/19, 06/04/20, 06/02/21, 11/17/21
AJGA class rankings: 05/23/17, 05/29/18, 05/28/19, 06/16/20, 06/02/21, 11/02/21
GW class rankings: 05/26/17, 05/26/18, 05/24/19, 05/24/20, 06/02/21, 11/15/21