1995-96 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Higashio, Riko
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
Riko Higashio
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Teiko
- Hometown:
- Tokyo, Japan
Bio
Two-time All-American
Eligible to play three years of collegiate golf due to NCAA rules
COLLEGIATE QUICK FACTS
Rounds: 99
Strokes: 7,464
Average: 75.39
Low Round: 67 (1996 SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational)
Low Tournament: 211 (1996 SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational)
Best Finish: 1st (four times)
AS A SENIOR (1997-98) - All-America first team selection by the National Golf Coaches Association...also named recipient of the Dinah Shore Trophy, given annually to the top collegiate golfer considering athletics, academics and community service...also a member of the All-America Scholar Golf team for the second consecutive year...posted top NCAA Championships of collegiate career by tying for 10th overall...All-Southeastern Conference First Team selection for the third consecutive year...led UF with six top-10 individual finishes in 1997-98, including runner-up finishes at GolfWorld and Ryder/Florida Collegiate tournaments...led the team with a stroke per round average of 74.57...shot season-low round of three-under par 70 in final round of NCAA East Regional to finish fourth overall...also posted a two-under par 68 in the final day of the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational to advance up the standings to third...carded a two-under par 70 during third day of NCAA Championships...preseason All-America selection by GolfWeek magazine...member of the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll for second consecutive year..in final season reports, No. 2 on the SEC Individual Golf Rankings and No. 10 on the Rolex National Individual rankings.
AS A JUNIOR (1996-97) - Won two individual tournament titles...collected third collegiate individual title at the Lady Paladin Invitational, posting a season-low 54-hole total of 220...successfully defended individual crown at the Ryder/Florida Collegiate by defeating Florida State’s Aguri Okura in a one-hole playoff for medalist honors...tied for third on Florida’s career individual wins list with four titles...earned four top-10 finishes...low Gator at the NCAA Championships, tying for 11th overall...also shot season-low round of three-under par 69 in the NCAA Championships' final day...All-SEC first team selection for the second consecutive year...second on the team with a season stroke average of 76.44...finished the season ranked 14th on the Rolex Women's Individual list...tied
for fifth in the final SEC standings...member of the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll plus the All-American Scholar Golf Team...medalist at the 1996 U.S. Women's Open qualifier held at the DeBary Golf & Country Club with a two-under par round of 70...shot an even-par 70 in the first round of the 1996 U.S. Open to tie for third overall, but missed the cut by one stroke after a second round of 79...advanced to match play at the 1996 U.S. Amateur, reaching the second round.
AS A SOPHOMORE (1995-96) - All-America honorable mention selection by the National Golf Coaches Association...SEC Freshman of the Year and selected to the All-SEC first team...finished tied for 16th in the NCAA Championships' individual competition...claimed the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational and Ryder/Florida State Collegiate Invitational titles, becoming the first Florida freshman to win two tournaments in premiere campaign since Beverly Davis won two titles in 1976...shot career-low round of five-under par 67 in middle round of SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational, which matches the Florida all-time lowest round...tournament total of 211 at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational is third on Florida's Low Tournament Total list...moved from 10th to first in the final round of the Ryder/Florida Collegiate after firing a four-under par round of 68...earned six top-10 individual finishers as a freshman...in final season reports, No. 3 on the 1996 SEC Individual Golf Rankings and No. 17 on the Rolex/Nicklaus Women's Individual National Rankings.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA - 1992 Japan Women's Match Play champion...reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship...won 1993 Japan Junior Tournament...captured 1992 Kyosera Junior Cup (San Diego, Calif.)...owns several top performances at the Japan Women's Amateur Championship, including top finish of third in 1993...member of runner-up team at the 17th Queen Sirikit Cup Amateur Ladies' Asian Invitational in 1995...led Japanese team to 11th place finish at the 1994 World Women's Amateur Tournament in Paris, France...placed sixth at the 1993 Optimist International Junior Golf Championships...represented Japan in 1994 Espirito Santo Trophy Tournament...earned an exempt position to the 1995 U.S. Women's Amateur based on reaching quarterfinals of 1994 tournament, but did not advance to match play...shot low competitive round of 69 in final round of 1995 Queen Sirikit Cup Amateur Ladies' Asian Invitational.
Major: Psychology.
Eligible to play three years of collegiate golf due to NCAA rules
COLLEGIATE QUICK FACTS
Rounds: 99
Strokes: 7,464
Average: 75.39
Low Round: 67 (1996 SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational)
Low Tournament: 211 (1996 SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational)
Best Finish: 1st (four times)
AS A SENIOR (1997-98) - All-America first team selection by the National Golf Coaches Association...also named recipient of the Dinah Shore Trophy, given annually to the top collegiate golfer considering athletics, academics and community service...also a member of the All-America Scholar Golf team for the second consecutive year...posted top NCAA Championships of collegiate career by tying for 10th overall...All-Southeastern Conference First Team selection for the third consecutive year...led UF with six top-10 individual finishes in 1997-98, including runner-up finishes at GolfWorld and Ryder/Florida Collegiate tournaments...led the team with a stroke per round average of 74.57...shot season-low round of three-under par 70 in final round of NCAA East Regional to finish fourth overall...also posted a two-under par 68 in the final day of the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational to advance up the standings to third...carded a two-under par 70 during third day of NCAA Championships...preseason All-America selection by GolfWeek magazine...member of the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll for second consecutive year..in final season reports, No. 2 on the SEC Individual Golf Rankings and No. 10 on the Rolex National Individual rankings.
AS A JUNIOR (1996-97) - Won two individual tournament titles...collected third collegiate individual title at the Lady Paladin Invitational, posting a season-low 54-hole total of 220...successfully defended individual crown at the Ryder/Florida Collegiate by defeating Florida State’s Aguri Okura in a one-hole playoff for medalist honors...tied for third on Florida’s career individual wins list with four titles...earned four top-10 finishes...low Gator at the NCAA Championships, tying for 11th overall...also shot season-low round of three-under par 69 in the NCAA Championships' final day...All-SEC first team selection for the second consecutive year...second on the team with a season stroke average of 76.44...finished the season ranked 14th on the Rolex Women's Individual list...tied
for fifth in the final SEC standings...member of the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll plus the All-American Scholar Golf Team...medalist at the 1996 U.S. Women's Open qualifier held at the DeBary Golf & Country Club with a two-under par round of 70...shot an even-par 70 in the first round of the 1996 U.S. Open to tie for third overall, but missed the cut by one stroke after a second round of 79...advanced to match play at the 1996 U.S. Amateur, reaching the second round.
AS A SOPHOMORE (1995-96) - All-America honorable mention selection by the National Golf Coaches Association...SEC Freshman of the Year and selected to the All-SEC first team...finished tied for 16th in the NCAA Championships' individual competition...claimed the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational and Ryder/Florida State Collegiate Invitational titles, becoming the first Florida freshman to win two tournaments in premiere campaign since Beverly Davis won two titles in 1976...shot career-low round of five-under par 67 in middle round of SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational, which matches the Florida all-time lowest round...tournament total of 211 at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational is third on Florida's Low Tournament Total list...moved from 10th to first in the final round of the Ryder/Florida Collegiate after firing a four-under par round of 68...earned six top-10 individual finishers as a freshman...in final season reports, No. 3 on the 1996 SEC Individual Golf Rankings and No. 17 on the Rolex/Nicklaus Women's Individual National Rankings.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA - 1992 Japan Women's Match Play champion...reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship...won 1993 Japan Junior Tournament...captured 1992 Kyosera Junior Cup (San Diego, Calif.)...owns several top performances at the Japan Women's Amateur Championship, including top finish of third in 1993...member of runner-up team at the 17th Queen Sirikit Cup Amateur Ladies' Asian Invitational in 1995...led Japanese team to 11th place finish at the 1994 World Women's Amateur Tournament in Paris, France...placed sixth at the 1993 Optimist International Junior Golf Championships...represented Japan in 1994 Espirito Santo Trophy Tournament...earned an exempt position to the 1995 U.S. Women's Amateur based on reaching quarterfinals of 1994 tournament, but did not advance to match play...shot low competitive round of 69 in final round of 1995 Queen Sirikit Cup Amateur Ladies' Asian Invitational.
Major: Psychology.
Emily Glaser: NCAA Charlottesville Regional Post Round Interview
Wednesday, May 07
NCAA Women's Golf Preview
Monday, May 05
Maisie Filler Golf Channel ANWA Interview 4-5-24
Friday, April 05
Maisie Filler ANWA Press Conference 4-5-24
Friday, April 05
