Catherine Rao

Class:
Fifth Year
High School:
Oaks Christian HS
Hometown:
Camarillo, Calif.

2025-26 | SENIOR (at Princeton)
Competed in two fall tournaments for Princeton before entering the transfer portal ... Tied for 22nd overall at the Inverness Intercollegiate, shooting 15 over ... Competed as an individual at the Princeton Invitational, shooting 8-over par to tie for 14th overall.

2024-25 | JUNIOR (at Princeton)
» Ivy League Player of the Year
» All-Ivy League first team
» Golfweek All-America honorable mention
» 2x Ivy League Golfer of the Month (Feb. 2025, Sept. 2024)

The unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year and a unanimous All-Ivy first-team selection ... Led Princeton with a 70.90 scoring average ... Two individual tournament victories, winning at the Columbia Classic and the Nittany Lion Invitational ... Posted seven top-10 finishes in eight events played ... Posted a -5 at the Nittany Lion Invitational with rounds of 67, 70, 74 to win ... Won the Columbia Classic with a score of -6, posting rounds of 73, 69, 68 ... Was runner up at the Princeton Invitational at -1 with rounds of 69, 73, 70 ... Finished T4 at the Yale Intercollegiate at -4 with rounds of 73, 70, 69 ... Was T9 at the Boilermaker Spring Classic ... Finished 3rd at the Ivy League Championship at -4 with rounds of 73, 72, 67 ... Finished 9th at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional at +2 with rounds of 72, 72, 70 ... Low round of 67 happened twice, coming in the first round of the Nittany Lion Invitational and the third round of the Ivy League Championship.

2023-24 | SOPHOMORE (at Princeton)
Did not compete due to injury.

2022-23 | FRESHMAN (at Princeton)
» Ivy League Rookie of the Year
» All-Ivy League first team

The Ivy League Rookie of the Year as a true freshman while also earning all-Ivy League first-team honors ... Posted three top-two finishes, all across the final four events of the spring ... Tied for medalist honors at the Columbia Classic and finished as the runner-up at the Harvard Invitational ... Maintained a 74.60 scoring average as a freshman ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of match play at the U.S. Women's Amateur after earning the eighth seed during the two-round stroke-play portion of the event to advance to match play.

BEFORE PRINCETON
Played in the 2021 Junior Solheim Cup with Team USA ... Part of the 2020 and 2021 Wyndham Cups with Team West ... 2020 and 2021 AJGA Junior All-American ... 2021 AJGA Scholastic Junior All-American ... Ted for ninth at the 2021 PGA Girls Championship ... Placed sixth at the 2021 PING Invitational ... Placed third at the 2020 PING Invitational ... Placed fourth at the 2020 Rolex Girls Invitational ... Held top-10 rankings in all three major junior rankings, including AJGA, Golfweek and Junior Score Board, during 2021 ... Placed third individually at the 2021 California state high school tournament ... Earned Girls Golfer of the Year honors from the Ventura County Star ... Earned valedictorian honors at Oaks Christian.