2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
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Romero, Kiara
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Kiara Romero
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
Bio
2024-25 | SOPHOMORE
» Preseason Golf Channel All-America first team
» Annika Award fall watch list
2023-24 | FRESHMAN
» WGCA Co-Freshman of the Year
» WGCA All-America first team
» WGCA All-Freshman Team
» All-Pac-12 first team
» 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA
» Annika Intercollegiate individual co-medalist
» San Diego State Classic individual medalist
» Annika Award fall watch list
» 2x Pac-12 Golfer of the Week (Sept. 19 & Feb. 20)
Put together one of the greatest seasons in program history as a true freshman ... Became the first Duck ever to be named the national freshman of the year while becoming the second player in program history to be a WGCA first-team all-American ... Also one of five players named to the inaugural WGCA All-Freshman team ... Became the 11th player in Oregon history to earn all-Pac-12 first-team honors ... Shattered the Oregon single-season record with a stellar 70.84 scoring average across 31 rounds of stroke play, and also broke the program record for birdies in a season with 118 ... Became the first Duck ever to shoot under par across a 72-hole tournament while leading Oregon into match play of the NCAA Championships, tying for sixth overall in stroke play at 4-under par ... Two individual wins in first five stroke-play events, becoming just the seventh Duck and third UO freshman to win multiple tournaments in a season ... Nine top-20 finishes in 10 stroke play tournaments, including six top-10 showings ... Shot par-or-better in 24 of 31 stroke-play rounds, including eight sub-70 performances ... Produced two of the 16 lowest individual rounds in program history, with her 7-under 65 at the Pac-12 Championships tying for third-lowest and her 6-under 66 at the NCAA Championships tying for 10th-lowest ... Closed freshman season as the No. 6 ranked player in the nation while rising to No. 28 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings ... Competed at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur, shooting a 1-under 71 in the opening round ... Spring: Went 2-1 in match play at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge to open the spring, including a 3&2 win over the No. 4 ranked player in the nation, Julia Lopez-Ramirez from Mississippi State ... Claimed the second individual tournament win in just the fifth stroke-play tournament of her collegiate career, shooting a 9-under 207 with rounds of 69 (-3), 70 (-2) and 68 (-4) to win the San Diego State Classic ... Made the first hole-in-one of her collegiate career in the opening round ... Named the Pac-12 Golfer of the Week for the second time for her victory ... Tied for 16th overall at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, shooting 1-over par with a 2-under 69 in the final round ... Shot even par in the final two rounds of the Silverado Showdown, finishing at 3 over to tie for 18th overall ... Oregon's top finisher at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships in third place overall at 9-under par, shooting 2 under in the second round before matching career low in the final round with a tremendous 7-under 65 ... 9-under 207 at the Pac-12 Championships tied for the fifth-best 54-hole score in program history ... Tied for 10th overall at the NCAA Auburn Regional with a 2-over 218, headlined by a 1-under 71 in the final round ... Shined at the NCAA Championships while helping the Ducks tie for sixth in stroke play and advance to match play ... Shot 4-under par (284) in stroke play, firing a stellar 6-under 66 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 71 in round three and an even-par 72 in the final round ... Went 2-0 in match play at the NCAA Championships, defeating LSU's Aine Donegan, 1 up, in the quarterfinals before taking down UCLA's Zoe Campos, 4&3, in the semifinals ... Fall: Burst onto the scene in first fall season of her collegiate career, maintaining an incredible 70.59 scoring average while playing in all four tournaments (12 rounds) ... Shot par-or-better in each of her first 10 collegiate rounds, including three rounds in the 60s ... Dazzled in collegiate debut at the Annika Intercollegiate, shooting a stellar 5-under 67 in her first round as a Duck before closing with a 1-under 71 and a 2-under 70 to earn co-medalist honors ... Named the Pac-12 Golfer of the Week for her debut ... Posted her second top-10 finish in as many tournaments at the Molly Collegiate Invitational, shooting 6-under par with back-to-back 1-under 71s and a 4-under 68 ... Tied for 14th at the Windy City Classic at 5-under par, with a pair of 1-under 71s and a second-round 3-under 69 ... Extended streak of par-or-better rounds to 10 with an even-par 71 to open the Stanford Intercollegiate before finishing at 5-over par.
2023-24 Results (Stroke Play Only)
HIGH SCHOOL
» 2023 U.S. Girls' Junior Champion
Ranked as the No. 1 player in the class of 2023 by Golfweek ... Three-time Rolex Junior All-American ... Winner of the 74th U.S. Girls' Junior Championship ... Individual medalist at the 2021 California Junior Championship ... Placed third overall at the 2022 Girl's Junior PGA Championship ... Placed in the top 10 of every event she played during 2022.
» Preseason Golf Channel All-America first team
» Annika Award fall watch list
2023-24 | FRESHMAN
» WGCA Co-Freshman of the Year
» WGCA All-America first team
» WGCA All-Freshman Team
» All-Pac-12 first team
» 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA
» Annika Intercollegiate individual co-medalist
» San Diego State Classic individual medalist
» Annika Award fall watch list
» 2x Pac-12 Golfer of the Week (Sept. 19 & Feb. 20)
Put together one of the greatest seasons in program history as a true freshman ... Became the first Duck ever to be named the national freshman of the year while becoming the second player in program history to be a WGCA first-team all-American ... Also one of five players named to the inaugural WGCA All-Freshman team ... Became the 11th player in Oregon history to earn all-Pac-12 first-team honors ... Shattered the Oregon single-season record with a stellar 70.84 scoring average across 31 rounds of stroke play, and also broke the program record for birdies in a season with 118 ... Became the first Duck ever to shoot under par across a 72-hole tournament while leading Oregon into match play of the NCAA Championships, tying for sixth overall in stroke play at 4-under par ... Two individual wins in first five stroke-play events, becoming just the seventh Duck and third UO freshman to win multiple tournaments in a season ... Nine top-20 finishes in 10 stroke play tournaments, including six top-10 showings ... Shot par-or-better in 24 of 31 stroke-play rounds, including eight sub-70 performances ... Produced two of the 16 lowest individual rounds in program history, with her 7-under 65 at the Pac-12 Championships tying for third-lowest and her 6-under 66 at the NCAA Championships tying for 10th-lowest ... Closed freshman season as the No. 6 ranked player in the nation while rising to No. 28 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings ... Competed at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur, shooting a 1-under 71 in the opening round ... Spring: Went 2-1 in match play at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge to open the spring, including a 3&2 win over the No. 4 ranked player in the nation, Julia Lopez-Ramirez from Mississippi State ... Claimed the second individual tournament win in just the fifth stroke-play tournament of her collegiate career, shooting a 9-under 207 with rounds of 69 (-3), 70 (-2) and 68 (-4) to win the San Diego State Classic ... Made the first hole-in-one of her collegiate career in the opening round ... Named the Pac-12 Golfer of the Week for the second time for her victory ... Tied for 16th overall at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, shooting 1-over par with a 2-under 69 in the final round ... Shot even par in the final two rounds of the Silverado Showdown, finishing at 3 over to tie for 18th overall ... Oregon's top finisher at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships in third place overall at 9-under par, shooting 2 under in the second round before matching career low in the final round with a tremendous 7-under 65 ... 9-under 207 at the Pac-12 Championships tied for the fifth-best 54-hole score in program history ... Tied for 10th overall at the NCAA Auburn Regional with a 2-over 218, headlined by a 1-under 71 in the final round ... Shined at the NCAA Championships while helping the Ducks tie for sixth in stroke play and advance to match play ... Shot 4-under par (284) in stroke play, firing a stellar 6-under 66 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 71 in round three and an even-par 72 in the final round ... Went 2-0 in match play at the NCAA Championships, defeating LSU's Aine Donegan, 1 up, in the quarterfinals before taking down UCLA's Zoe Campos, 4&3, in the semifinals ... Fall: Burst onto the scene in first fall season of her collegiate career, maintaining an incredible 70.59 scoring average while playing in all four tournaments (12 rounds) ... Shot par-or-better in each of her first 10 collegiate rounds, including three rounds in the 60s ... Dazzled in collegiate debut at the Annika Intercollegiate, shooting a stellar 5-under 67 in her first round as a Duck before closing with a 1-under 71 and a 2-under 70 to earn co-medalist honors ... Named the Pac-12 Golfer of the Week for her debut ... Posted her second top-10 finish in as many tournaments at the Molly Collegiate Invitational, shooting 6-under par with back-to-back 1-under 71s and a 4-under 68 ... Tied for 14th at the Windy City Classic at 5-under par, with a pair of 1-under 71s and a second-round 3-under 69 ... Extended streak of par-or-better rounds to 10 with an even-par 71 to open the Stanford Intercollegiate before finishing at 5-over par.
2023-24 Results (Stroke Play Only)
| Fall | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Place |
| Annika Intercollegiate | 67 (-5) | 71 (-1) | 70 (-2) | -- | 208 (-8) | T-1st |
| The Molly Collegiate Invitational | 71 (-1) | 71 (-1) | 68 (-4) | -- | 210 (-6) | 10th |
| Windy City Classic | 71 (-1) | 69 (-3) | 71 (-1) | -- | 211 (-5) | T-14th |
| Stanford Intercollegiate | 71 (E) | 75 (+4) | 72 (+1) | -- | 218 (+5) | T-42nd |
| Spring | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | -- | Total | Place |
| San Diego State Classic | 69 (-3) | 70 (-2) | 68 (-4) | -- | 207 (-9) | 1st |
| Darius Rucker Intercollegiate | 74 (+3) | 71 (E) | 69 (-2) | -- | 214 (+1) | T-16th |
| Silverado Showdown | 75 (+3) | 72 (E) | 72 (E) | -- | 219 (+3) | T-18th |
| Pac-12 Championships | 72 (E) | 70 (-2) | 65 (-7) | -- | 207 (-9) | 3rd |
| NCAA Auburn Regional | 73 (+1) | 74 (+2) | 71 (-1) | -- | 218 (+2) | T-10th |
| NCAA Championships | 75 (+3) | 66 (-6) | 71 (-1) | 72 (E) | 284 (-4) | T-6th |
HIGH SCHOOL
» 2023 U.S. Girls' Junior Champion
Ranked as the No. 1 player in the class of 2023 by Golfweek ... Three-time Rolex Junior All-American ... Winner of the 74th U.S. Girls' Junior Championship ... Individual medalist at the 2021 California Junior Championship ... Placed third overall at the 2022 Girl's Junior PGA Championship ... Placed in the top 10 of every event she played during 2022.
Kiara Romero | NCAA Regional Preview
Tuesday, April 29
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Tuesday, April 29
Derek Radley | NCAA Regional Preview
Tuesday, April 29
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Tuesday, May 14
