PRINCETON, N.J. – With both the men's and women's Ivy League Golf Championships in the books, the golf regular season came to a close in April as Columbia's
Grant Lester (men's) and Harvard's
Vanessa Zhang (women's) earned the final monthly awards of the season.
MEN'S GOLFER OF THE MONTH
Grant Lester, Columbia (Fr., Washington, D.C.)
- Carried a stroke average of 70.00 over six rounds throughout the month of April, combining to shoot six-under-par.
- Finished tied for second-place at the Princeton Spring Invitational with a score of -2.
- Finished tied for third-place at the Roar-EE Invitational with a score of -2.
- Placed tied for second at the Ivy League Men's Golf Championship with a score of -2.
WOMEN'S GOLFER OF THE MONTH
Vanessa Zhang, Harvard (Fr., Vancouver, Canada)
- Began the month with a second-place finish at the Maryland Terps Invitational, finishing just one stroke back of first-place.
- At the Ivy League Championship, Zhang went wire-to-wire to capture the tournament crown in record breaking fashion.
- Zhang's score of 11-under-par set an Ivy league Championship record.
MEN'S HONOR ROLL
Eli Kimche, Dartmouth
William Ma, Harvard
Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
Will Lodge, Yale
WOMEN'S HONOR ROLL
Christine Chang, Columbia
Caroline Ching, Dartmouth
Catherine Rao, Princeton
Mia Sessa, Yale
2024-25 MEN’S GOLF MONTHLY AWARDS
Oct. 2 –
Tyler Brand, Dartmouth (So., Richmond, Va.)
Nov. 6 –
William Huang, Princeton (Sr., Exeter, N.H.)
Mar. 5 -
Max Fonseca, Penn (So., Miami, Fla.)
Apr. 3 -
Matthew Lin, Yale (Fr., Orinda, Calif.)
May 7 -
Grant Lester, Columbia (Fr., Washington, D.C.)
2024-25 WOMEN'S GOLF MONTHLY AWARDS
Oct. 2 –
Catherine Rao, Princeton (Jr., Camarillo, Calif.)
Nov. 6 –
Olivia Duan, Princeton (Fr., Cupertino, Calif.)
Mar. 5 -
Catherine Rao, Princeton (Jr., Camarillo, Calif.)
Apr. 3 -
Olivia Duan, Princeton (Fr., Cupertino, Calif.)
May 7 -
Vanessa Zhang, Harvard (Fr., Vancouver, Canada)