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Maeve Rossi
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Milan, Italy
- High School:
- Institute Zacharias Milan
- Major:
- Economics and Environmental Studies
- Four-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022)
- Three-time Acadmic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Two-time Big Ten Sportmanship Award winner (2020, 2021)
Spring 2023 (Graduate): Collected 13th top-20 finish of career with t-17 result at Tulane Classic (2/12-14).
Fall 2022 (Graduate): Picked up third-career top-5 finish and seventh top-10 by finishing 3rd at the Rocket Classic, shooting a 226 (77-75-74) to help Rutgers win the team title (10/10-11) ... Carded a 227 (75-78-74) to finish t-60 at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (9/26-28) ... Second on the team with a t-24 finish at the Badger Invitational, shooting a 221 (73-75-73) in the debut event of the season (9/18-20).
Spring 2022 (Senior)
- WGCA All-America Scholar
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
Fall 2021 (Senior): Averaged 76.91 over 11 rounds and four tournaments … carded rounds of 73-73-77 to tie for 48th at Denver’s Ron Moore Invitational (10/8-10) … posted 74-77-77 and finished T-53rd at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/4-5).
Spring 2021 (Junior)
- WGCA All-America Scholar
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
Spring 2020 (Sophomore)
- WGCA All-America Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
Fall 2019 (Sophomore): Averaged 76 over 14 tournament rounds … finished T-25 (76-75-78) at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/19-20) … notched highest finish of the season, T-9, shooting 75-76 at Washington’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/8-9) … totaled 224 (76-71-77) to tie for 22nd at Kentucky’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational (9/27-29) … carded a 234 (78-75-81) at the Nittany Lion Invitational and placed T-46 (9/21-22) … opened the season with a 226 (76-72-78) to finish T-19 at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational (9/15-16).
Spring 2019 (Freshman)
- WGCA All-American Scholar
FALL 2018 (Freshman): Started all five events for the Scarlet Knights … averaged 74.07 over 15 rounds and five tournaments … tied for 23rd (72-76-81) at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/20-21) … finished T-19th (74-74-78) at Washington’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/9-10) … finished runner-up after carding a three-under 213 (71-70-72) at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/22-23) and led the team to a 3rd place finish … placed T-24th (76-72-74) at the Mary Fossum Invitational (9/15-16) … opened the fall with a 221 (74-75-72) to finish T-22nd at the Minnesota Invitational (9/10-11).
SCHOLASTIC: A 2018 graduate of Institute Zacharias Milan … competed under coaches Roberto Recchione and Enrico Trentin … semifinalist at the 2018 Italian U18 Matchplay Championship … won the Targa D’Oro Villa D’Este, was runner up at the Trofeo Glauco Lolli Ghetti and placed third at the U18 Belgium Internationals in 2017 … won the Italian U18 team championship in 2015 and 2017, was second in 2016 and third in 2014 … first in qualifying rounds at 2017 Italian Ladies Match Play and 2015 Italian U18 Match Play … won the 2015 Gran Premio Monticello ... competed for Club Ambrosiano.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Emilio Rossi and Deirdre Ernest … major is Economics and Environmental Studies.
Career Statistics
| Year | Avg. Score | Rounds | Tournaments | Low Rd. | Nat'l Rank | WAGR | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 |
| 2018-19 | 75.20 | 30 | 11 | 70 | 402 | 597 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019-20 | 76.26 | 23 | 8 | 71 | 684 | 837 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | 75.50 | 24 | 8 | 69 | 391 | 935 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021-22 | 77.34 | 29 | 10 | 72 | 875 | 1453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | 75.34 | 29 | 10 | 68 | 503 | 1905 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Career | 75.93 | 135 | 47 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
Know Your Knights: Maeve Rossi
| Nickname: | Maevie |
| One word to describe Coach Williams: | Caring |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | Ana Cortes |
| Best player ever competed against: | Linn Grant |
| Major: | Financial Analysis |
| I chose my major because: | I like numbers |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | Gary and Barbara Rodkin Academic Success Center |
| The person I most admire is and why: | My mother because she is incredibly patient with me. |
| If I wasn’t playing golf, I’d be: | On Vacation |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Matteo Berrettini |
| One word to describe myself on the course: | Determined |
| One word to describe myself off the course: | Positive |
| Few people know that: | I am half-Canadian |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | My swing coach Bob back home |
| I started playing golf because: | My parents played when I was a kid |
| I chose Rutgers because: | it was a perfect fit to succeed in both academics and athletics |
| Favorite cereal: | Chocolate Mini Weetabix |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| The best actress to play me in a movie is: | Anna Zak |
| Favorite musician/group: | Alicia Keys |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | Napping |
| Famous people I have met include: | Matthew Fitzpatrick, Francesco Molinari, Martin Kaymer, Mariano di Vaio |
| Rituals I have before, during or after a tournament are: | Listening to music |
| Favorite all-time gift received: | Bracelet |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | Ghost |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Bali |
| The website I visit most often is: | Canvas |
| My favorite teacher was/is: | Fabrizio Fassini, Italian class, fourth and fifth year of high school |
| If my life was a book, the title would be: | How to Nap 101 |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Black |
| My spirit animal is: | Panda |
| One thing on my bucket list is: | Safari |
| Phone app I cannot live without: | |
| What I would like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for my scholarship and/or facility resources? | I am forever grateful for the opportunity |
| How has Rutgers and donor support changed my life? | Thank you so much for giving me and many others the opportunity to learn and do what we love |
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