- 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)
Graduate student from Milan, Italy ... scoring average of 75.20 in 2018-19 was best ever for a Rutgers freshman ... Two-time Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Division I All-America Scholar ... a three-year member of the Italian National Team ... two-time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner ... two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.
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
Averaged 77.61 over six events this spring … tied for 20
th (81-74-77) at Ohio State’s Lady Buckeye Invitational … fired 74-76-75 to finish T-29
th at the Jackrabbit Invitational (3/14-15) … carded a spring-low 224 (74-77-73) to tie for 33
rd at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Collegiate (3/6-8) … won two of three matches at the Big Ten Match Play to begin the season (1/31-2/1).
Fall 2021 (Senior): Averaged 76.91 over 11 rounds and four tournaments … carded rounds of 73-73-77 to tie for 48
th at Denver’s Ron Moore Invitational (10/8-10) … posted 74-77-77 and finished T-53
rd 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
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner ... averaged 75.50 over 24 tournament rounds and eight tournaments … posted 73-76-76 to finish T-36 at the Big Ten Championship (4/23-25) … tied for 3
rd behind a 75-74-73 to lead the team to a runner-up finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (3/29-30) … carded career-low four-under par 212 (73-69-70) and finished T-6
th at the River Landing Classic (3/8-9) … opened the season with two-under 70 at the Texas State Invitational to tie for 31
st (2/8-9) ... 2021 Big Ten Player to Watch.
Spring 2020 (Sophomore)
- WGCA All-America Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
Averaged 76.67 over 9 tournament rounds … posted low total of the spring of 225 (72-75-78) and tied for 29
th at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational (3/9-10) … tied for 28
th (77-78-73) at Mercer’s Lake Oconee Invitational (2/21-23) … opened the spring T-48 (76-80-81) at the Texas State Invitational (2/10-11).
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 22
nd 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
Posted a one-over 73 in final round of Big Ten Championship (4/19-21) … finished T-51
st (76-79-81) at the Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/13-14) … carded a 226 (75-76-75) to tie for 14
th at the Jan Weaver Invitational (4/5-6) … tied for 8
th shooting a one-over par 217 (71-74-72) en route to a team victory at the Juli Inkster Meadow Club Invitational (3/18-19) … tied for 17
th after a 74 (+2) in the weather-shortened River Landing Classic (3/4) … carded a 235 (76-79-80) to finish T-54
th at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational (2/16-17).
FALL 2018 (Freshman): Started all five events for the Scarlet Knights … averaged 74.07 over 15 rounds and five tournaments … tied for 23
rd (72-76-81) at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/20-21) … finished T-19
th (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 3
rd place finish … placed T-24
th (76-72-74) at the Mary Fossum Invitational (9/15-16) … opened the fall with a 221 (74-75-72) to finish T-22
nd 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: |
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 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 |
