2018-19 Women's Golf Roster

Janet Mao 2019 NCAA Championships
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Janet Mao 2019 NCAA Championships
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Janet Mao 2019 PING/ASU Invitational
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Janet Mao 2019 PING/ASU Invitational
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Teams participate in the 2018 NCAA Women's Golf Championship at Karsten Creek Golf Club on Friday, May 18, 2018 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Teams participate in the 2018 NCAA Women's Golf Championship at Karsten Creek Golf Club on Friday, May 18, 2018 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Photo by: Tim Cowie - Tim Cowie Photograph
Janet Mao 2018 NCAA Championships drive follow through
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Janet Mao 2018 NCAA Championships drive follow through
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Janet Mao Emily Fletcher high five 2018 NCAA Golf Championships
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Janet Mao drive 2018 NCAA Women's Golf Championships
2018 NCAA Women's Golf Championships team practice round group
2018 NCAA Madison Regional team photo post flag
Janet Mao drive Big Ten Championships final round
Janet Mao walk Big Ten Championships
Janet Mao putt NCAA Championships 2017
Janet Mao NCAA Championships 2017 drive
Janet Mao celebration putt 2017 NCAA Championships
Janet Mao Cold Blooded
Janet Mao 2017 NCAA Championships rain
2017 NCAA Athens Regional Team Photo Post Flag
Team Photo 2017 NCAA Athens Regional Practice Round
Janet Mao 2017 Big Ten Championships tee
Janet Mao 2016 posed
Janet Mao Kacie Komoto smile 2016 Big Ten Championships
Janet Mao 2016 Big Ten Championships smile
2016 Big Ten Women's Golf Championships team photo trophy
2016 Big Ten women's golf champions team photo trophy smile
Janet Mao Wildcat Golf Day 2015
Janet Mao headshot 2017-18

Janet Mao

  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Johns Creek
  • Hometown:
    Johns Creek, Ga.
  • Major:
    Undecided
***Honors & Awards***
2019 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2018 First Team All-Big Ten
2016 Second Team All-Big Ten
2016 WGCA All-American Scholar
2016 Shoal Creek NCAA Regional champion
 
2018-19: Contributed to a 4th place finish for the 'Cats at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct.1-2) … Boasted the field’s lowest scoring average on Par-5 holes and earned a top-15 finish at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept.10-11) ... Contributed to a third-place team finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct 19-21) and a team first place finish at the Silverado Showdown (April 7-9). She also placed tied for 13th, her best finish of the season, at the Stanford Intercollegiate ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2018-19 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 72-70-75=217 (+1) (T15th)
Annika Invitational • 76-73-72=221 (+5) (T40th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-74-77=225 (+9) (T37th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 72-70-72=214 (+1) (T13)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 75-78-71=224 (+8) (T34)
Bruin Wave Invitational • 72-81-76=229 (+13) (T23)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate • 76-76-73=225 (+12) (T46)
PING/ASU Invitational • 79-69-74=222 (+6) (T38)
Silverado Showdown • 79-75-71=225 (+9) (T29)
Big Ten Championships • 76-75=151 (+7) (T42)
NCAA West Regional • 78-78-71=227 (+11) (T64)
NCAA Championship • 79-74-79=232 (+13) (T54)

2017-2018: Advanced to match play at the 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship … Named WGCA All-American Scholar for third-straight year … Helped lead team to a fourth-straight Top-10 finish in NCAA Championships … Helped lead team to No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year … Received First Team All-Big Ten honors … Finished top-4 at Big Ten Championships … Led team to a 12th place finish at the NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge … Finished tied for individual championship of 2018 East Lake Cup … Secured Top-5 finish at UNM Championship Course
 
2017-2018 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 75-69-70=214 (-2) (5th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 72-71-70=213 (-3) (22nd)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 76-69-78=223 (+10) (39th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 80-68-75=223 (+10) (28th)
East Lake Cup • 71=71 (-1) (2nd)
NorthropGrumman Challenge • 74-73-75=222 (+9) (23rd)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate • 79-74-74=227 (+14) (46th)
SDSU March Mayhem • 82 (+10) (55th)
Silverado Showdown • 78-74-69=221 (+5) (28th)
Big Ten Championships • 74-72-66=212 (-4) (4th)
NCAA Madison Regional • 77-74-79=230 (+14) (73rd)

2016-17: Contributed to a Top-3 result for the Wildcats at the Mason Rudolph Championship …  Advanced to match play at 2016 United States Women’s Amateur Championship at Rolling Green (PA) Golf Club.
 
2016-17 Results:
*Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 77-73-74=224 (+8) (59th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 70-79-73=222 (+6) (30th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-76-78=228 (+12) (61st)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 72-75=147 (+5) (T18th)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge • 77-71-76=224 (+11) (T50th)
Hurricane Invitational • 74-69-70=213 (-3) (T3rd)
Silverado Showdown • 79-73-74=226 (+10) (T57th)
Big Ten Championship • 73-70-80=223 (+7) (16th)
NCAA Athens Regional • 75-79-78=232 (+16) (T73rd)
NCAA Championship • 73-77-74=224 (+8) (13th)
 
2015-16: Second Team All-Big Ten … WGCA All-American Scholar … Earned her first collegiate win with medalist honors at the Shoal Creek NCAA Regional, firing a 4-over 220 to lead Northwestern to its first-ever Regional victory … Finished 12th at the Big Ten Championships, carding a 2-under 214 that included a final-round 69, her best round of the season … Helped the 'Cats to a fifth-place finish at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16) ... Participated in the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20) as an individual ... Shot an even 71 twice in the tournament ... Shot a 1-over 217 (73-70-74) in the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) as an individual.

2015-16 Results:
*Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-70-74=217 (+1) (28th)
*Stanford Intercollegiate • 77-71-71=219 (+6) (30th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 79-79-78=236 (+20) (73rd)
*Hurricane Invitational • 75-77-75=227 (+14) (66th)
*PING/ASU Invitational • 71-73-77=221 (+5) (22nd)
2016 Big Ten Championships • 71-74-69=214 (-2) (12th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional • 74-74-72=220 (+4) (1st)
NCAA Championships • 73-73-75-73=294 (+6) (49th)
*denotes played as individual

Junior Career: One of 12 girls named an American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) HP Scholastic All-American in 2014 ... With a breakout summer of 2014, jumped into a top-100 ranking among all junior players and is 44th in her class according to Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Finished in the top-20 in each of her final four tournaments in 2014 against strong fields, beginning with a fifth-place effort at the E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Championship presented by TaylorMade-Adidas Golf ... Was 17th at the USGA Girls Junior Championship, 16th at the Junior PGA Championship and ended the summer with a 13th-place finish at the AJGA Girls Championship ... Qualified for the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship ... Had five top-20 results in the summer of 2013 including a third-place result at the AJGA Junior at Tedesco and a T20 at the AJGA Girls Championship.
 
Personal: Born Janet Jia-ning Mao ... Majoring in neuroscience, minoring in business institutions and certificate in integrated marketing.
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