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Kiara Romero
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
NOTABLE (updated as of Dec. 29, 2025)
The No. 1 ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and recipient of the 2025 McCormack Medal … The first two-time, first-team all-American in Oregon women’s golf history (2024 & 2025) … Enters the spring of junior season having shot par-or-better in 59 of 73 career rounds with 30 sub-70 rounds … Tied for the UO all-time record with four career wins in 25 tournaments … Also owns seven runner-up finishes, 19 top-10 finishes and 24 top-20 showings … Set the UO single-season records for scoring average and birdies in back-to-back seasons to open collegiate career … Owns the lowest individual round in program history with a 10-under 62 in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Gold Canyon Regional … First Duck ever to win both a conference individual title and a NCAA Regional individual title, going back-to-back at the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional as a sophomore in 2024-25.
2025-26 | JUNIOR
» 2025 McCormack Medal winner
» Preseason Golf Channel All-America first team
» Preseason Golfweek All-America first team
» Preseason Big Ten Golfer to Watch
» Annika Award fall watch list
Fall: Led Oregon throughout the fall season with a stellar 68.95 scoring average in 10 rounds of stroke play across four tournaments … Placed in the top three in all four tournaments with three runner-up showings … Shot in the 60s in six of the first nine rounds of 2025-26 … Par-or-better in each of the final nine rounds of the fall … Earned third runner-up showing of the fall at the East Lake Cup, placing second with a 1-under 35 after stroke play was shortened to nine holes … Went 2-0 in match play to help lead the Ducks to the East Lake Cup team championship, winning 6&5 in the semifinals against Northwestern and 3&2 in the championship match against Northwestern … Second straight runner-up finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate, recording a 6-under 65 in the final round to finish with a 9-under 204 … Fired a 4-under 206 to tie for second at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup, including a 3-under 67 in the opening round … Opened junior season with a third-place showing at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with a 6-under 210, shooting 9 under across the final two rounds with a 6-under 66 in last round.
2025-26 Results (Stroke Play Only)
2024-25 | SOPHOMORE
» WGCA All-America first team
» Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Year
» All-Big Ten first team
» Annika Award finalist
» Big Ten individual champion
» NCAA Gold Canyon Regional individual champion
Followed up her sensational freshman season with an even better sophomore campaign … Became the first Duck ever to be a two-time, first-team all-American … The 2025 Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Year while winning the Big Ten individual title … Also won the NCAA Golf Canyon Regional individual title … First Duck to win a conference title and a NCAA Regional title in the same year … Carded the lowest individual round in program history en route to winning the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional, firing an astounding 10-under 62 in the second round … Finished 2024-25 at No. 2 in the individual national rankings and No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings … Broke her own Oregon single-season records for scoring average (69.91) and birdies (138) … In 11 tournaments, recorded two wins, four runner-up finishes, nine top-10 showings and 11 top-20 finishes … Shot par-or-better in 26 of 32 rounds as a sophomore with 14 sub-70 performances … Spring: Combined to shoot 57-under par in stroke play across even stroke-play tournaments in the spring, shooting par-or-better in 20 of 22 rounds with 14 sub-70 showings … Placed in the top 10 in all seven spring tournaments with two wins and four runner-up finishes … Led Oregon to the NCAA match play semifinals for the second year in a row, tying for seventh overall with a 5-under 283 to break her own UO record for the lowest individual score in a 72-hold tournament … Closed stroke play at the NCAA Championships with a 5-under 67 … Helped Oregon advance to the NCAA semifinals with a 3&1 win over Texas’ Bohyun Park … Put together a dominant performance en route to winning the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional individual title and leading Oregon to the team title … Posted the second-lowest 54-hole total in program history with a 16-under 200 to win the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional … Carded the lowest individual round in Oregon history with a stellar 10-under 62 in the second round of the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional … Became the third Duck to win an individual conference championship, firing a 7-under 209 (71-70-68) to win the Big Ten individual title while leading Oregon to the team championship … 4-under 68 in the final round of the Big Ten Championship to win the individual title by three strokes … Placed sixth at the Juli Inkster Invitational (5-under 211) before wrapping her regular season with her third runner-up finish of the spring at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate Invitational (8-under 202) … Opened the spring with back-to-back runner-up finishes, placing second at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge (6-under 207) and tying for second at the Alice & John Wallace Classic (10-under 203) … Fall: Placed in the top 20 in all four fall tournaments with two top-five finishes … Went 1-1 in match play at the East Lake Cup with a 5&3 win over LSU’s Taylor Riley … Placed second in stroke play at the Jackson T. Stephen’s Cup, shooting even par across three rounds to help Oregon reach the championship match … Tied for fifth place at the Windy City Classic (77-71-71) … Opened sophomore season with a 15th-place finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, closing the tournament with a 4-under 68 to finish at even par.
2024-25 Results (Stroke Play Only)
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: 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 ... Tied for 10th overall at the NCAA Auburn Regional with a 2-over 218, headlined by a 1-under 71 in the final round ... 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 ...Closed the regular season with consecutive top-20 finishes at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (T-16th) and the Silverado Showdown (T-18th) … Claimed her 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 ... 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 ... Fall: Shot par-or-better in each of her first 10 rounds to kick off collegiate career, including three rounds in the 60s … 5-under 211 to tie for 14th at the Windy City Classic, including a 3-under 69 in round two … 4-under 68 in the final round of the Molly Collegiate Invitational to move up and place 10th with a 6-under 210 … Dazzled in collegiate debut at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, firing a 5-under 67 in first round as a Duck before going on to claim first individual win in a tie for first with an 8-under 208 (67-21-70).
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.
The No. 1 ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and recipient of the 2025 McCormack Medal … The first two-time, first-team all-American in Oregon women’s golf history (2024 & 2025) … Enters the spring of junior season having shot par-or-better in 59 of 73 career rounds with 30 sub-70 rounds … Tied for the UO all-time record with four career wins in 25 tournaments … Also owns seven runner-up finishes, 19 top-10 finishes and 24 top-20 showings … Set the UO single-season records for scoring average and birdies in back-to-back seasons to open collegiate career … Owns the lowest individual round in program history with a 10-under 62 in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Gold Canyon Regional … First Duck ever to win both a conference individual title and a NCAA Regional individual title, going back-to-back at the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional as a sophomore in 2024-25.
2025-26 | JUNIOR
» 2025 McCormack Medal winner
» Preseason Golf Channel All-America first team
» Preseason Golfweek All-America first team
» Preseason Big Ten Golfer to Watch
» Annika Award fall watch list
Fall: Led Oregon throughout the fall season with a stellar 68.95 scoring average in 10 rounds of stroke play across four tournaments … Placed in the top three in all four tournaments with three runner-up showings … Shot in the 60s in six of the first nine rounds of 2025-26 … Par-or-better in each of the final nine rounds of the fall … Earned third runner-up showing of the fall at the East Lake Cup, placing second with a 1-under 35 after stroke play was shortened to nine holes … Went 2-0 in match play to help lead the Ducks to the East Lake Cup team championship, winning 6&5 in the semifinals against Northwestern and 3&2 in the championship match against Northwestern … Second straight runner-up finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate, recording a 6-under 65 in the final round to finish with a 9-under 204 … Fired a 4-under 206 to tie for second at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup, including a 3-under 67 in the opening round … Opened junior season with a third-place showing at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with a 6-under 210, shooting 9 under across the final two rounds with a 6-under 66 in last round.
2025-26 Results (Stroke Play Only)
| Fall | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Place |
| Annika Intercollegiate | 75 (+3) | 69 (-3) | 66 (-6) | -- | 210 (-6) | 3rd |
| Stephens Cup | 67 (-3) | 69 (-1) | 70 (E) | -- | 206 (-4) | T-2nd |
| Stanford Intercollegiate | 69 (-2) | 70 (-1) | 65 (-6) | -- | 204 (-9) | T-2nd |
| East Lake Cup | 35 (-1) | -- | -- | -- | 35 (-1) | 2nd |
2024-25 | SOPHOMORE
» WGCA All-America first team
» Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Year
» All-Big Ten first team
» Annika Award finalist
» Big Ten individual champion
» NCAA Gold Canyon Regional individual champion
Followed up her sensational freshman season with an even better sophomore campaign … Became the first Duck ever to be a two-time, first-team all-American … The 2025 Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Year while winning the Big Ten individual title … Also won the NCAA Golf Canyon Regional individual title … First Duck to win a conference title and a NCAA Regional title in the same year … Carded the lowest individual round in program history en route to winning the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional, firing an astounding 10-under 62 in the second round … Finished 2024-25 at No. 2 in the individual national rankings and No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings … Broke her own Oregon single-season records for scoring average (69.91) and birdies (138) … In 11 tournaments, recorded two wins, four runner-up finishes, nine top-10 showings and 11 top-20 finishes … Shot par-or-better in 26 of 32 rounds as a sophomore with 14 sub-70 performances … Spring: Combined to shoot 57-under par in stroke play across even stroke-play tournaments in the spring, shooting par-or-better in 20 of 22 rounds with 14 sub-70 showings … Placed in the top 10 in all seven spring tournaments with two wins and four runner-up finishes … Led Oregon to the NCAA match play semifinals for the second year in a row, tying for seventh overall with a 5-under 283 to break her own UO record for the lowest individual score in a 72-hold tournament … Closed stroke play at the NCAA Championships with a 5-under 67 … Helped Oregon advance to the NCAA semifinals with a 3&1 win over Texas’ Bohyun Park … Put together a dominant performance en route to winning the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional individual title and leading Oregon to the team title … Posted the second-lowest 54-hole total in program history with a 16-under 200 to win the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional … Carded the lowest individual round in Oregon history with a stellar 10-under 62 in the second round of the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional … Became the third Duck to win an individual conference championship, firing a 7-under 209 (71-70-68) to win the Big Ten individual title while leading Oregon to the team championship … 4-under 68 in the final round of the Big Ten Championship to win the individual title by three strokes … Placed sixth at the Juli Inkster Invitational (5-under 211) before wrapping her regular season with her third runner-up finish of the spring at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate Invitational (8-under 202) … Opened the spring with back-to-back runner-up finishes, placing second at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge (6-under 207) and tying for second at the Alice & John Wallace Classic (10-under 203) … Fall: Placed in the top 20 in all four fall tournaments with two top-five finishes … Went 1-1 in match play at the East Lake Cup with a 5&3 win over LSU’s Taylor Riley … Placed second in stroke play at the Jackson T. Stephen’s Cup, shooting even par across three rounds to help Oregon reach the championship match … Tied for fifth place at the Windy City Classic (77-71-71) … Opened sophomore season with a 15th-place finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, closing the tournament with a 4-under 68 to finish at even par.
2024-25 Results (Stroke Play Only)
| Fall | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Place |
| Annika Intercollegiate | 71 (-1) | 77 (+5) | 68 (-4) | -- | 216 (E) | 15th |
| Windy City Classic | 77 (+5) | 71 (-1) | 71 (-1) | -- | 219 (+3) | T-5th |
| Stephens Cup | 71 (+1) | 69 (-1) | 70 (E) | -- | 210 (E) | 2nd |
| East Lake Cup | 77 (+5) | -- | -- | -- | 77 (+5) | T-16th |
| Spring | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Place |
| T. Hession Regional Challenge | 70 (-1) | 69 (-2) | 68 (-3) | -- | 207 (-6) | 2nd |
| Alice & John Wallace Classic | 69 (-3) | 68 (-3) | 67 (-4) | -- | 203 (-10) | T-2nd |
| Juli Inkster Invitational | 68 (-4) | 74 (+2) | 69 (-3) | -- | 211 (-5) | 6th |
| Charles Schwab WCI | 68 (-2) | 67 (-3) | 67 (-3) | -- | 202 (-8) | 2nd |
| Big Ten Championship | 71 (-1) | 70 (-2) | 68 (-4) | -- | 209 (-7) | 1st |
| NCAA Gold Canyon Regional | 70 (-2) | 62 (-10) | 68 (-4) | -- | 200 (-16) | 1st |
| NCAA Championships | 72 (E) | 74 (+2) | 72 (E) | 65 (-7) | 283 (-5) | T-7th |
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: 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 ... Tied for 10th overall at the NCAA Auburn Regional with a 2-over 218, headlined by a 1-under 71 in the final round ... 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 ...Closed the regular season with consecutive top-20 finishes at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (T-16th) and the Silverado Showdown (T-18th) … Claimed her 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 ... 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 ... Fall: Shot par-or-better in each of her first 10 rounds to kick off collegiate career, including three rounds in the 60s … 5-under 211 to tie for 14th at the Windy City Classic, including a 3-under 69 in round two … 4-under 68 in the final round of the Molly Collegiate Invitational to move up and place 10th with a 6-under 210 … Dazzled in collegiate debut at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, firing a 5-under 67 in first round as a Duck before going on to claim first individual win in a tie for first with an 8-under 208 (67-21-70).
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.
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