University of Georgia Athletics
2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Maria Garcia
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Queretaro, Mexico
Fall 2025 Highlights:
• In Georgia’s playing five for all four fall events, recording a 72.08 stroke average with a quartet of par-or-better efforts of 12 rounds.
• Wrapped up the fall with by winning medalist honors at The Robbie, where she shot 6-under 210 to capture a four-shot victory over the field.
• Led Georgia to a sweep at The Robbie, with the Bulldogs shooting 3-under 861 to top the team field by nine shots.
• Posted bogey-free loops of 69 and 68 in the first and second rounds on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Hampton Cove, with the second tally coming on her 20th birthday.
• Named SEC Golfer of the Week on Nov. 5 after her individual victory at The Robbie.
New Mexico Highlights:
• A unanimous selection as the 2025 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year in balloting of league coaches.
• Also voted second-team All-Mountain West.
• Received a quartet of in-season MWC Awards – September Freshman of the Month, October Freshman of the Month, October Player of the Month and April 7 Freshman of the Week.
• Recorded a stroke average of 74.04 and led the Lobos in par-or-better rounds (10), top-10 finishes (three) and top-20 outings (five).
• Competed in all nine events and the Lobos’ top individual finisher in five tournaments – the Ron Moore Intercollegiate (t-5th), Jim West Challenge (t-2nd), the Bruin Wave Invitational (t-13th), the PING/ASU Invitational (t-27th) and the Mountain West Championships (t-17th).
• Christened her collegiate career by tying for 10th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, becoming the first Lobo with a top-10 effort in their debut since 2008.
• Named MWC Golfer and Freshman of the Month in October after covering six rounds at a combined 11-under, which produced a runner-up finish at the Jim West Challenge and a fifth-place showing at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate.
• Became the first golfer in four years to earn MWC Golfer and Freshman of the Month honors for the same month.
• Carded the lowest round ever by a Lobo freshman – a 5-under 67 – and tied the fourth-best overall score in program history in the second round of the Ron Moore Intercollegiate.
• Tied the fourth-best relation-to-par 54-hole score in UNM history by shooting 9-under 207 at the Jim West Challenge.
Pre-Collegiate Highlights:
• Competed in 32 WAGR events from 2022-24 prior to her collegiate career, recording five wins and 22 top-10 finishes.
• Notched a pair of individual victories during the 2022 calendar at the IJGT National Championship and the I Copa Surest – XV Copa Yucatán.
• A three-time winner in 2021, capturing titles at the III Copa Norte, the Campeonato Juvenil de Chile and the Campeonato Nacional Infantil – Mexico.
• Competed in the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky.
Personal:
• Born November 1, 2005, Maria is the daughter of Alejandro Garcia and Maria Elena Arroyo and intends to major in Business (Marketing).
• In Georgia’s playing five for all four fall events, recording a 72.08 stroke average with a quartet of par-or-better efforts of 12 rounds.
• Wrapped up the fall with by winning medalist honors at The Robbie, where she shot 6-under 210 to capture a four-shot victory over the field.
• Led Georgia to a sweep at The Robbie, with the Bulldogs shooting 3-under 861 to top the team field by nine shots.
• Posted bogey-free loops of 69 and 68 in the first and second rounds on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Hampton Cove, with the second tally coming on her 20th birthday.
• Named SEC Golfer of the Week on Nov. 5 after her individual victory at The Robbie.
New Mexico Highlights:
• A unanimous selection as the 2025 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year in balloting of league coaches.
• Also voted second-team All-Mountain West.
• Received a quartet of in-season MWC Awards – September Freshman of the Month, October Freshman of the Month, October Player of the Month and April 7 Freshman of the Week.
• Recorded a stroke average of 74.04 and led the Lobos in par-or-better rounds (10), top-10 finishes (three) and top-20 outings (five).
• Competed in all nine events and the Lobos’ top individual finisher in five tournaments – the Ron Moore Intercollegiate (t-5th), Jim West Challenge (t-2nd), the Bruin Wave Invitational (t-13th), the PING/ASU Invitational (t-27th) and the Mountain West Championships (t-17th).
• Christened her collegiate career by tying for 10th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, becoming the first Lobo with a top-10 effort in their debut since 2008.
• Named MWC Golfer and Freshman of the Month in October after covering six rounds at a combined 11-under, which produced a runner-up finish at the Jim West Challenge and a fifth-place showing at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate.
• Became the first golfer in four years to earn MWC Golfer and Freshman of the Month honors for the same month.
• Carded the lowest round ever by a Lobo freshman – a 5-under 67 – and tied the fourth-best overall score in program history in the second round of the Ron Moore Intercollegiate.
• Tied the fourth-best relation-to-par 54-hole score in UNM history by shooting 9-under 207 at the Jim West Challenge.
Pre-Collegiate Highlights:
• Competed in 32 WAGR events from 2022-24 prior to her collegiate career, recording five wins and 22 top-10 finishes.
• Notched a pair of individual victories during the 2022 calendar at the IJGT National Championship and the I Copa Surest – XV Copa Yucatán.
• A three-time winner in 2021, capturing titles at the III Copa Norte, the Campeonato Juvenil de Chile and the Campeonato Nacional Infantil – Mexico.
• Competed in the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky.
Personal:
• Born November 1, 2005, Maria is the daughter of Alejandro Garcia and Maria Elena Arroyo and intends to major in Business (Marketing).
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