Internationally-ranked junior from Germany ... current WAGR ranking of 905 ... named Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Week on March 24 ... ... 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Spring 2022 (Junior): Averaged 74.88 over eight tournament rounds … posted 76-81-78 and tied for 71
st at the Big Ten Championship (4/22-24) …secured a win behind a seven-under 209 (72-66-71) at the Jackrabbit Invitational (3/14-15).
Fall 2021 (Junior): Did not compete.
Spring 2021: 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten selection ... averaged a 75.54 over eight events and 24 tournament rounds … shot 76-74-76 to tie for 41
st at the Big Ten Championship (4/23-25) … tied for 11
th (78-77-72) at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate … fired 74-73-74 to tie for 11
th at the Pinetree Invitational (3/22-23) … posted lowest total of the year, 219 (73-75-71), to finish T-21
st at the River Landing Classic (3/8-9) … carded 74-77-74 and tied for 11
th at Mercer’s Lake Oconee Invitational (2/19-21) ... 2021 Big Ten Player to Watch.
Spring 2020: 2020 WGCA All-America Scholar ... averaged 77.17 over six tournament rounds … carded two rounds at one-over par (73-78-73) to finish T-23 at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational (3/9-10) … tied for 55
th (78-80-81) at the Texas State Invitational (2/10-11).
Fall 2019: Posted a scoring average of 75.43 over 14 rounds … recorded best finish of the season and finished 3
rd (72-72-75) at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/19-20) … tied for 4
th (75-74) at Washington’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/8-9) … totaled a 234 (76-77-81) at Kentucky’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational (9/27-29) … finished T-24 after shooting 72-77-78 at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/21-22) … opened the season with a 227 (78-79-70) to tie for 21
st at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational (9/15-16).
Scholastic: Attended Lessing Gymnasium in Düsseldorf … in 2019, placed second at the Faldo Series Germany Championship, third at both the Luxembourg International Amateur Championship and Polish Ladies' Open Amateur Championship and eighth at the Czech International Amateur Championship … in 2018, was 3rd at the GVNRW-Ranglistenturnier 1, 12th at the Berlin Open Championship and 13th at the German National Girls Championship … competed in the 2018 Girls' British Open Amateur Championship at Ardglass Golf Club in Northern Ireland … carded 73-69-69 to win the Germany Golf Association's Wilkendorf Qualifier in July of 2017… coached by Gregor Tilch … home club is Berliner Golfclub Stolper Heide … holds the course record at National league with a 69 carded in 2019.
Personal: Daughter of Melanie and Frank Diederichs … journalism and media studies major ... has an older brother named Johannes.
Career Statistics
| Year |
Scoring
Average |
Rounds |
Tournaments |
National
Rank |
WAGR |
Wins |
Top 5
Finishes |
Top 10
Finishes |
Top 20
Finishes |
| 2019-20 |
75.95 |
20 |
7 |
583 |
1075 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| 2020-21 |
75.54 |
24 |
8 |
494 |
905 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 2021-22 |
74.88 |
8 |
3 |
NR |
1029 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Career |
75.58 |
52 |
18 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
Know Your Knights: Anna-Maria Diedrichs
| Nickname: |
Anna, Didi |
| One word to describe Coach Williams: |
Competitive |
| Best player ever competed against: |
Annabel Dimmock |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: |
Henry’s Diner |
| If I wasn’t playing golf, I’d be: |
Making movies |
| Favorite professional athlete: |
Tiger Woods |
| One word to describe myself on the course: |
Focused |
| One word to describe myself off the course: |
Positive |
| People who had greatest influence on my athletics career: |
My parents |
| I started playing golf because: |
My older brother played golf and he bought me my first plastic golf clubs. |
| I chose Rutgers because: |
Because of the great combination of the golf program and academics. |
| Favorite cereal: |
Oreo O’s |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: |
The alphabet song |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: |
Creating content |
| Famous people I have met include: |
Martin Kaimer, Mario Götze |
| Pets I had growing up were: |
Three dogs (Kyra, Scooter and Chico) |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: |
Ghost |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: |
Australia, New Zealand |
| The website I visit most often is: |
Rutgers Canvas |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: |
Red |
| My spirit animal is: |
Tiger |
| Phone app I cannot live without: |
Instagram |
| 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 this huge opportunity. |
