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2018-19 Women's Golf Roster

Sara Riso

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mt. Mercy Academy
  • Hometown Hamburg, NY

Biography

2018-19 (SENIOR):
FALL 2018
  • MAAC Female Golfer of the Month for September 2018
  • Competed in all five events, earning top-10 finishes in four
  • Shot a program record -6, 66 in round one of the Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 15, helping the team to score a program-low round of 298
  • Earned individual medalist honors at the Hartford Hawk Invitational Sept. 29-30
  • Concluded the fall with a 73.90 stroke average through 10 rounds
2017-18 (JUNIOR):
SPRING 2018
  • Named a WCGA All-American Scholar for the third straight year
  • Named to the All-MAAC Team for the top-10 finish at the Conference Championships
  • MAAC All-Academic Team selection
  • MAAC Academic Honor Roll Member
  • MAAC Women's Golfer of the Week on April, 11, 2017
  • Member of Siena's 4.0 club
  • Competed in all four events, earning top-10 finishes in three
  • Placed second at the Sacred Heart Invitational on April 8-9
  • Placed T-4 at the 2018 MAAC Championships
  • Finished the year with a 76.53 stroke average through 19 rounds
FALL 2017
  • Competed in all five events, earning top-10 individual finishes at three
  • Earned her first-ever individual medalist honors at the Dartmouth Invitational Sept. 23-24, shooting rounds of -2, 70 and -3, 69
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE):
SPRING 2017
  • Named a WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Earned MAAC All-Academic Team Honors
  • MAAC Academic Honor Roll member
  • Named Siena's Leo Dufort Student-Athlete of the Month for April 2017
  • Member of Siena's 4.0 club
  • Finished tied for fifth at the MAAC Championship (4/21)
  • Carded a 75 on the final day of the MAAC Championship for a season best score
  • Played in four tournaments
  • Finished in the Top-15 in three of the four
FALL 2016
  • Played in five tournaments
  • Finished in the top-10 in two tournaments
  • Carded a 156 (77-79) to finish fifth at the Bucknell Invitational (9/18)

2015-16 (FRESHMAN):
SPRING 2016

  • Named a WGCA All-American Scholar
  • MAAC Academic Honor Roll member
  • Finished 29th at the MAAC Championship (4/24)
  • Competed in five tournaments
  • Saw action at the Sacred Heart Women's Invitational T-14 (4/17)
FALL 2015
  • Took part in four tournaments
  • Competed in the Dartmouth Invitational T-16 (9/26)

BEFORE SIENA:
  • Four-year letter winner on the golf team at Mount Mercy Academy
  • Four-time varsity golf MVP
  • Won multiple WNY Junior PGA Player of the Year awards
  • Also participated in basketball, bowling and track & field in high school
PERSONAL:
  • Born on 2/17/1997
  • Daughter of Charles and Joanne Riso
  • Has a sister - Victoria
  • Herself, her mother & her sister were all valedictorians of their respective classes at the same high school
  • Majoring in actuarial science
  • Chose Siena because it immediately felt like home and comfortable
Riso Action

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2017-18Junior

    5'7"
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'7"