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Sacramento State

2021-22 Women's Golf

Sydney Smith

  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Las Vegas, Nev.
  • High School Faith Lutheran HS
  • Previous School Faith Lutheran HS
  • Experience 2V

Biography

2020-22 Season

  • Named third team all-Big Sky to become just the fourth player in school history to earn four all-conference accolades during her career.
  • Averaged 76.45 in 29 rounds.
  • Had three top 20 finishes, including a tie for ninth place at the Big Sky Championship.
  • Shot 71-70-72-213 at the Evie Odom Invitational for her career 54-hole low.
  • Also shot 70 in the final round of the Coeur d'Alene Classic to tie for her season best.
  • Had three rounds of par of better during the season.
  • Finished her career ranked ninth in career scoring average of 76.51.

2020-21 Season

  • Named honorable mention all-Big Sky for the third consecutive year.
  • Averaged 76.43 in 21 rounds while competing in the lineup in all seven tournaments.
  • Tied for fifth at the Big Sky Championship after shooting 73-74-77-224.
  • Best 54-hole total was 223 at the Gunrock Invitational.
  • Shot 72 in the second round of the Fresno State Classic for her lowest round of the year and had four rounds of 73.
  • Closed the year by averaging 74.89 in her final nine rounds.

2019-20 Season

  • Named honorable mention all-Big Sky.
  • Was in the lineup for all seven tournaments and averaged 77.05 in 20 rounds.
  • Shot 71 in the final round of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational for her best round as a Hornet.
  • Had an even-par round of 72 in the third round of the UCF Challenge.
  • Best 54-hole score was 224 at both the Rainbow Wahine Invitational and the UCF Challenge.
  • Tied for 31st at The Gunrock Invitational for her best finish.

2018-19 Season

  • Named honorable mention all-Big Sky.
  • Transferred to Sacramento State prior to the spring semester after playing the fall at Colorado State.
  • Was in the in all seven events during the spring.
  • Averaged 76.11 in 18 rounds with a low of 73 in the first round of The Gold Rush and the Big Sky Championship.
  • Shot 75-75-75-225 at the Juli Inkster Meadow Club Collegiate and 73-77-75-225 at the Big Sky Championship for her best 54-hole total.

Prior to Sacramento State

  • Began her collegiate career at Colorado State.
  • Appeared in three tournaments for the Rams in the fall of 2018.
  • Shot 73-77-77-227 at the Coeur d’Alene Collegiate for her lowest 54-hole total as well as her lowest round.
  • Added a 74 in the second round of the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate.
  • Graduated from Faith Lutheran HS in 2018.
  • Was a high school teammate of fellow Hornet Julia Becker.
  • Won the regional and state championship in 2015 and added a second state title in 2017.
  • Shot 65 to set the girls school record at Faith Lutheran HS.
  • Recorded a 9-hole score of 30 to set the low for both boys and girls at the school.
  • Was a member of the varsity team all four years where she was named all-state, all-region and all-city each season.
  • Paired with BYU’s Annic Hackiewicz to win the stroke play portion of the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Tarzana, Calif.
  • The pair shot 66 in the first round and followed with a 68 to win the event by two strokes.
  • The year before, they advanced to the quarterfinals of the event in match play.

Personal

  • Majoring in criminal justice.
  • Parents are Al and Kimberly Smith.

Top Five Finishes
t5th - Big Sky Championship (Apr. 19-21, 2021)

Lowest Rounds
70 - Coeur d'Alene Collegiate (Sept. 21, 2021, 3rd Round)
70 - Evie Odom Invitational (Oct. 4, 2021, 2nd Round)
71 - Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 30, 2019, 1st Round)

Lowest 36-Hole Scores
171 - UW Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (Oct. 8-9, 2019)

Lowest 54-Hole Scores
213 - Evie Odom Invitational (Oct. 3-5, 2021)
219 - Coeur d'Alene Collegiate (Sept. 19-20, 2021)
223 - The Gunrock Invitational (Mar. 1-2, 2021)

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

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