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Stephanie Lau
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Valley Christian
- Hometown:
- Fullerton, Calif.
- Major:
- Undecided
Bio
***Honors & Awards***
2019 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2018 Second Team All-Big Ten
2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2016 First Team All-Big Ten
2016 WGCA Second Team All-American
2016 Golfweek Third Team All-American
Second-lowest single-season scoring average (72.13) in program history; best-ever by a rookie
2018-19: Finished in top 20 in all but one individual competition this season, including four top-12 finishes, two top-5 finishes and one tied for first-place finish. Shot a team-low 213 (E) to lead Northwestern to a third-place finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-21). Earned Big Ten Golfer of the Week after she finished tied for first-place at the PING/ASU Invitational (Mar. 29-31) … Finished the Big Ten Championships (April 19-21) tied for 11th after shooting 4-under during her final 15 holes … Tied for third in the opening round of the NCAA West Regional (May 6) after shooting a 4-under 68 to lead the ‘Cats in that round ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018-19 results: Stanford Intercollegiate 73-69-71=213 (E) (T11)
Bruin Wave Invitational 73-76-77=226 (+10) (T12)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 76-73-75-224 (+11) (T41)
PING/ASU Invitational 71-68-70=209 (-7) (T1)
Silverado Showdown 70-72-75=217 (+1) (T4)
Big Ten Championships 74-71=145 (+1) (T11)
NCAA West Regional 68-81-71=221 (+5) (T35)
NCAA Championship 76+88+82=246 (+27) (120)
2017-18: Advanced to match play at the 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship … Won 116th North & South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst … Finished runner-up at Ladies’ British Amateur Championship … 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 Second Team All-Big Ten honors … Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem … Led Northwestern to second-best 54-hole score in program history in final round of Mason Rudolph Championship
2017-18 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-71-75=219 (+3) (20th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 69-72-70=211 (-5) (14th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-72-77=223 (+10) (39th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 78-74-74=226 (+13) (39th)
East Lake Cup • 78=78 (+6) (5th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge • 73-84-80=237 (+24) (78th)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate • 69-76-78=223 (+10) (25th)
SDSU March Mayhem • 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown • 76-70-75=221 (+5) (28th)
Big Ten Championships • 71-75-75=221 (+5) (25th)
NCAA Madison Regional • 76-70-73=219 (+3) (37th)
2016-17: Finished 12th at the Mason Rudolph Championships, her second consecutive Top-12 result in Nashville … Posted a Top-5 finish at the World University Championships in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France.
2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-76-70=219 (+3) (37th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 72-74-71=217 (+1) (12th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 75-78-76=229 (+13) (64th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 70-80=150 (+8) (T34th)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge • 79-67-79=225 (+12) (T55th)
Hurricane Invitational • 71-71-73=215 (-1) (8th)
Silverado Showdown • 73-79-72=224 (+8) (T49th)
Big Ten Championship • 71-76-71=218 (+2) (T5th)
NCAA Athens Regional • 80-76-74=230 (+14) (T63rd)
NCAA Championship • 75-74-80=229 (+13) (T24th)
2015-16: Big Ten Freshman of the Year … First Team All-Big Ten … WGCA Second Team All-American … Golfweek Third Team All-American … Posted the second-best single-season scoring average (72.13) in program history, and the-best ever by a Wildcats rookie … Was Northwestern’s top finisher at the 2016 NCAA Championships, shooting three of the Wildcats four-best rounds in Eugene to card a 1-under 287 (T11) … Led the ‘Cats at the Big Ten Championships, firing a 5-under 211 for a Top-5 result … Sank a 10-foot par putt on No. 18 at The Fort Golf Resort to clinch Northwestern’s second consecutive Big Ten title … Secured one of her eight Top-15 finishes on the season at the Hurricane Invitational … Placed 18th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16) with a 71-75-77-223 (+7) ... Shot a 2-over 215 at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20), including a 2-under 69 in the middle round ... Boasted a 5-under 67 in the second round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6), which is the second-best individual round in program history ... Ended with a 2-under 214 (72-67-75) ... Shot a record-breaking 10-under 2016 (68-70-68) at the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) ... Her round broke the NU program record (since broken; previously 208 by Lauren Weaver) ... Shot a 3-under 216 at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-72-71=216 (-3) (10th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 68-70-78=206 (-10) (3rd)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 72-67-75=214 (-2) (14th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 73-69-73=215 (+2) (11th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 71-77-75=223 (+7) (18th)
Hurricane Invitational • 72-71-71=214 (+1) (14th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 74 (+2) (22nd)
~First Round: Lost to Gabriella Then (USC), 4 and 3
~Second Round: Def. Wad Phaewchimplee (Kent), 3 and 2
~5th-Place Match: Halved w/ August Kim (PUR)
PING/ASU Invitational • 75-66-80=221 (+5) (22nd)
2016 Big Ten Championships • 69-70-72=211 (-5) (4th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional • 80-75-72=227 (+11) (14th)
NCAA Championships • 71-71-74-71=287 (-1) (11th)
Junior Career: Ranked 13th in the nation among her signing class and 26th overall among all junior players by Junior Golf Scoreboard ... 2014 American Junior Golf Association Rolex Junior All-American ... Two-time AJGA champion ... Won the 2014 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic, opening that tournament a 6-under 65 and closing with a 3-under 68 for the victory ... Medalist at the 2013 AJGA Junior at Ruby Hill ... Qualified for the 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions where she finished 18th among a field of 132 ... Also had top-15 finishes during the summer of 2014 at the Scott Robertson Memorial (13th) and Yani Tseng Invitational presented by Swinging Skirts (14th) ... Qualified for the field at the 2014 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship ... Had 11-career top 10 finishes in junior events and 19 top-20 results.
Personal: Born Stephanie Wei-man Lau ... Major is Communication Studies and minor is Business Institutions.
2019 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2018 Second Team All-Big Ten
2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2016 First Team All-Big Ten
2016 WGCA Second Team All-American
2016 Golfweek Third Team All-American
Second-lowest single-season scoring average (72.13) in program history; best-ever by a rookie
2018-19: Finished in top 20 in all but one individual competition this season, including four top-12 finishes, two top-5 finishes and one tied for first-place finish. Shot a team-low 213 (E) to lead Northwestern to a third-place finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-21). Earned Big Ten Golfer of the Week after she finished tied for first-place at the PING/ASU Invitational (Mar. 29-31) … Finished the Big Ten Championships (April 19-21) tied for 11th after shooting 4-under during her final 15 holes … Tied for third in the opening round of the NCAA West Regional (May 6) after shooting a 4-under 68 to lead the ‘Cats in that round ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018-19 results: Stanford Intercollegiate 73-69-71=213 (E) (T11)
Bruin Wave Invitational 73-76-77=226 (+10) (T12)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 76-73-75-224 (+11) (T41)
PING/ASU Invitational 71-68-70=209 (-7) (T1)
Silverado Showdown 70-72-75=217 (+1) (T4)
Big Ten Championships 74-71=145 (+1) (T11)
NCAA West Regional 68-81-71=221 (+5) (T35)
NCAA Championship 76+88+82=246 (+27) (120)
2017-18: Advanced to match play at the 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship … Won 116th North & South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst … Finished runner-up at Ladies’ British Amateur Championship … 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 Second Team All-Big Ten honors … Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem … Led Northwestern to second-best 54-hole score in program history in final round of Mason Rudolph Championship
2017-18 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-71-75=219 (+3) (20th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 69-72-70=211 (-5) (14th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-72-77=223 (+10) (39th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 78-74-74=226 (+13) (39th)
East Lake Cup • 78=78 (+6) (5th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge • 73-84-80=237 (+24) (78th)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate • 69-76-78=223 (+10) (25th)
SDSU March Mayhem • 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown • 76-70-75=221 (+5) (28th)
Big Ten Championships • 71-75-75=221 (+5) (25th)
NCAA Madison Regional • 76-70-73=219 (+3) (37th)
2016-17: Finished 12th at the Mason Rudolph Championships, her second consecutive Top-12 result in Nashville … Posted a Top-5 finish at the World University Championships in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France.
2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-76-70=219 (+3) (37th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 72-74-71=217 (+1) (12th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 75-78-76=229 (+13) (64th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 70-80=150 (+8) (T34th)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge • 79-67-79=225 (+12) (T55th)
Hurricane Invitational • 71-71-73=215 (-1) (8th)
Silverado Showdown • 73-79-72=224 (+8) (T49th)
Big Ten Championship • 71-76-71=218 (+2) (T5th)
NCAA Athens Regional • 80-76-74=230 (+14) (T63rd)
NCAA Championship • 75-74-80=229 (+13) (T24th)
2015-16: Big Ten Freshman of the Year … First Team All-Big Ten … WGCA Second Team All-American … Golfweek Third Team All-American … Posted the second-best single-season scoring average (72.13) in program history, and the-best ever by a Wildcats rookie … Was Northwestern’s top finisher at the 2016 NCAA Championships, shooting three of the Wildcats four-best rounds in Eugene to card a 1-under 287 (T11) … Led the ‘Cats at the Big Ten Championships, firing a 5-under 211 for a Top-5 result … Sank a 10-foot par putt on No. 18 at The Fort Golf Resort to clinch Northwestern’s second consecutive Big Ten title … Secured one of her eight Top-15 finishes on the season at the Hurricane Invitational … Placed 18th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16) with a 71-75-77-223 (+7) ... Shot a 2-over 215 at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20), including a 2-under 69 in the middle round ... Boasted a 5-under 67 in the second round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6), which is the second-best individual round in program history ... Ended with a 2-under 214 (72-67-75) ... Shot a record-breaking 10-under 2016 (68-70-68) at the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) ... Her round broke the NU program record (since broken; previously 208 by Lauren Weaver) ... Shot a 3-under 216 at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 73-72-71=216 (-3) (10th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 68-70-78=206 (-10) (3rd)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 72-67-75=214 (-2) (14th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 73-69-73=215 (+2) (11th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 71-77-75=223 (+7) (18th)
Hurricane Invitational • 72-71-71=214 (+1) (14th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 74 (+2) (22nd)
~First Round: Lost to Gabriella Then (USC), 4 and 3
~Second Round: Def. Wad Phaewchimplee (Kent), 3 and 2
~5th-Place Match: Halved w/ August Kim (PUR)
PING/ASU Invitational • 75-66-80=221 (+5) (22nd)
2016 Big Ten Championships • 69-70-72=211 (-5) (4th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional • 80-75-72=227 (+11) (14th)
NCAA Championships • 71-71-74-71=287 (-1) (11th)
Junior Career: Ranked 13th in the nation among her signing class and 26th overall among all junior players by Junior Golf Scoreboard ... 2014 American Junior Golf Association Rolex Junior All-American ... Two-time AJGA champion ... Won the 2014 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic, opening that tournament a 6-under 65 and closing with a 3-under 68 for the victory ... Medalist at the 2013 AJGA Junior at Ruby Hill ... Qualified for the 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions where she finished 18th among a field of 132 ... Also had top-15 finishes during the summer of 2014 at the Scott Robertson Memorial (13th) and Yani Tseng Invitational presented by Swinging Skirts (14th) ... Qualified for the field at the 2014 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship ... Had 11-career top 10 finishes in junior events and 19 top-20 results.
Personal: Born Stephanie Wei-man Lau ... Major is Communication Studies and minor is Business Institutions.
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