2022-23 Women's Golf Roster
Caetano, Laura
Laura Caetano
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- High School:
- Colegio Santo Antonio
- Hometown:
- Brasília, Brazil
- Prev School:
- Universidade de Brasilia
Bio
• 2019-20 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• 2019-20, 2020-21 WGCA All-American Scholar
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
• Purdue Fort Wayne Top 50 Student (2023)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023)
2022-23:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 24 rounds in 10 tournaments ... Finished her career with the third-best career scoring average in program history (79.83) ... Shot a season average of 81.00 ... Finished 21st at the Bright's Creek Women's Intercollegiate (Feb. 25-26) with an 85-83-83-251 (+35) ... Tied for 17th at the Nevel Meade Collegiate (March 20-21) with an 81-75-156 (+12) ... Shot 77-79-84-240 (+24) at the Horizon League Championship (April 23-25) to tie for 24th.
2021-22:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 25 rounds in 10 tournaments ... Shot a season average of 80.64 ... Finished 16th in the first weekend of the season at the A-Ga-Ming Invitational (Sept. 5-6) with a 78-80-81-239 (+23) ... Had her best finish of the season at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational (Sept. 26-27) with a 13th-place finish behind a 79-75-154 (+10) ... Tied for 15th at the Dayton Flyer Invitational (Oct. 18-19) with a 74-77-151 (+11).
2020-21:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 13 rounds in five tournaments ... Fired a season average of 78.77 ... Finished 10th at the Benbow Invitational (March 8-9) with an 80-83-163 (+21) ... Finished in a tie for 14th at the Nevel Meade Collegiate (March 22-23) with a 76-76-78-230 (+14) ... Did the same at the Lady Jag Invite with an 83-74-157 (+13) ... Helped lead the Mastodons to their best season average in program history at 311.8.
2019-20:
Season Stats/Results
Competed in 10 rounds with a season average of 76.40, the lowest average for any Mastodon in program history ... Shot 72 in the opening round of the Golfweek Program Championship (Sept. 9-10) which ties for the third-best individual round in program history ... Finished tied for 18th after shooting a three-round total of 222 (72-74-76), which is the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Played for Universidade de Brasilia with her sister Luiza ... Played for the Brazilian National Team, helping them finish third in team play at the Sudamericano Pre-Juvenil in 2015 .. 2017 Faldo Series South America Champion ... Brazilian Junior Champion in 2017 ... Helped lead her team to the World Amateur Team Championship in Ireland in 2018 and the II Juegos Sudamericanos de La Juventud in Chile in 2017.
Personal: Daughter of Zenildo Caetano and Elizabeth Araujo ... Majoring in Construction Engineering Technology and General Studies.
• 2019-20, 2020-21 WGCA All-American Scholar
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
• Purdue Fort Wayne Top 50 Student (2023)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023)
2022-23:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 24 rounds in 10 tournaments ... Finished her career with the third-best career scoring average in program history (79.83) ... Shot a season average of 81.00 ... Finished 21st at the Bright's Creek Women's Intercollegiate (Feb. 25-26) with an 85-83-83-251 (+35) ... Tied for 17th at the Nevel Meade Collegiate (March 20-21) with an 81-75-156 (+12) ... Shot 77-79-84-240 (+24) at the Horizon League Championship (April 23-25) to tie for 24th.
2021-22:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 25 rounds in 10 tournaments ... Shot a season average of 80.64 ... Finished 16th in the first weekend of the season at the A-Ga-Ming Invitational (Sept. 5-6) with a 78-80-81-239 (+23) ... Had her best finish of the season at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational (Sept. 26-27) with a 13th-place finish behind a 79-75-154 (+10) ... Tied for 15th at the Dayton Flyer Invitational (Oct. 18-19) with a 74-77-151 (+11).
2020-21:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 13 rounds in five tournaments ... Fired a season average of 78.77 ... Finished 10th at the Benbow Invitational (March 8-9) with an 80-83-163 (+21) ... Finished in a tie for 14th at the Nevel Meade Collegiate (March 22-23) with a 76-76-78-230 (+14) ... Did the same at the Lady Jag Invite with an 83-74-157 (+13) ... Helped lead the Mastodons to their best season average in program history at 311.8.
2019-20:
Season Stats/Results
Competed in 10 rounds with a season average of 76.40, the lowest average for any Mastodon in program history ... Shot 72 in the opening round of the Golfweek Program Championship (Sept. 9-10) which ties for the third-best individual round in program history ... Finished tied for 18th after shooting a three-round total of 222 (72-74-76), which is the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Played for Universidade de Brasilia with her sister Luiza ... Played for the Brazilian National Team, helping them finish third in team play at the Sudamericano Pre-Juvenil in 2015 .. 2017 Faldo Series South America Champion ... Brazilian Junior Champion in 2017 ... Helped lead her team to the World Amateur Team Championship in Ireland in 2018 and the II Juegos Sudamericanos de La Juventud in Chile in 2017.
Personal: Daughter of Zenildo Caetano and Elizabeth Araujo ... Majoring in Construction Engineering Technology and General Studies.
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