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2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

Keith Lucas
Northern Arizona Athletics

Mara Hirtle

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-4
  • High School Pinecrest
  • Hometown Pinehurst, N.C.

Biography

Career Honors
- 2023-24 Patriot League Women’s Golfer of the Week (Oct. 4)
- 2023-24 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 All-Patriot League Second Team
- 2022-23 Patriot League Women’s Golfer of the Week (Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 26)
- 2022-23 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 All-Patriot League Second Team
- Earned Amateur Ranking by the World Amateur Golf Rankings (Sept. 27, 2021)
- 2021 Patriot League Women's Golfer of the Week (Sept. 29, Oct. 27)
- 2021 All-Patriot League First Team

2023-24 – Senior: Team Captain … Named the Patriot League Golfer of the Week on Oct. 4 … Finished in the top-10 four times, posting a 76.72 scoring average over 25 rounds to rank third on the team … Posted a runner-up score of 10-over par 220 at the season-opening Bucknell Invitational … Paced Navy with an 18th-place finish at the Nittany Lion Invitational, shooting 10-over par 226 … Claimed the individual medal at the Navy Fall Invitational with  a tournament-best 2-over par 146 score, including a season-low 1-under par 71 in the opening round … Tied for 10th in the JEL Intercollegiate at Prospect Bay, registering a 17-over par 233 … Shot a weekend score of 12-over par 156 at the Navy Spring Invitational, tying for 10th place … Posted a 25-over par 235 in the Patriot League Championship to finish 21st … Tallied program records with two career wins, nine career top-5 finishes and 15 top-10 placings … Finished with the second-lowest career scoring average in program history (76.82) and the second-most round at or under par (nine) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 – Junior: Second Team All-Patriot League … Named the Patriot League Golfer of the Week three times for second-straight season, winning the award on Oct. 5, Oct. 12 and Oct. 26 … Became the first player in program history to win Patriot League Golfer of the Week five-or-more times in their career … Led the team with a 75.46 scoring average over 26 rounds, the second-lowest single-season scoring average in program history … Tied for sixth overall at the Navy Fall Invitational with teammate Stephanie Lee, finishing tied as the Mids’ top golfer at 8-over par 152 … Took home individual medalist honors at the JEL Outer Banks Intercollegiate, placing first with a 15-over par 231 performance … Shot a then-school record of 1-under par 143 at the Lehigh Invitational, finishing tied for first place before falling to Quinnipiac's Kaylee Sakoda on the fifth hole of a playoff round … Was Navy’s top golfer at the spring-opening Sea Best Intercollegiate, finished tied for 37th at 14-over par 230 … Finished just outside the top-10 at the Red Rocks Invitational with a 4-over par 220, tying for 11th and shooting a career-low 2-under 70 in the final round of the event … Tied for ninth at the Navy Spring Invitational, scoring a two-round total of 6-over par 150 … Finished in the top-10 for the third-straight Patriot League Championship, placing ninth at 5-over par 221 to close the tournament as Navy’s top golfer … Her five top-10 finishes were the second-most in a single season by a Midshipman, as were her five rounds at or below par … Lowered her career scoring average to 76.86, the second lowest mark in team history … Her win at the JEL Outer Banks Intercollegiate gave her a program-best two career victories … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22 - Sophomore: Second Team All-Patriot League … Led Navy in scoring average after posting a 77.1 mark over 24 rounds played which ranks as the fifth-best average for a season in team history … Finished tied for first at the Bucknell Invitational (9/25-26/2021) with a three-round score of 8-over par 218 … Added a third-place finish at the Lehigh Invitational (10/25-26/2021) with a 4-over par 76 … Record a top-10 finish at the Patriot League Championship by shooting a 22-over par 238 … Ranked in the World Amateur Golf Rankings on Sept. 27 … Named the Patriot League Golfer of the Week on Sept. 29, Oct. 27 and March 23 … Became just the second player in team history to be named the Patriot League Women’s Golfer of the Week three times in their career … Posted a season-low score of 72 three times, most recently in the second round of the Navy Fall Invitational (10/2-3/2021)

2020-21 - Freshman: First Team All-Patriot League … Competed in all 13 of Navy’s rounds this season over five events and finished with an average of 79.2 … She posted three top-five finishes, which included a third-place finish at The Dual at Prospect Bay … Hirtle also finished fourth at the Patriot League Championship with a 14-over par 230 … Her two lowest rounds of the season were matching 4-over par 76s during the first two rounds of the league championship, where she held the lead after the opening day of competition … Hirtle was also in Navy’s lineup at the NCAA Stanford Regional

Personal: Four-year varsity letter winner on the women’s golf team at Pinecrest and was team captain in 2019 … Was on the 2016 and 2019 4A State Championship team during her time at Pinecrest while also finishing as the state runners-up in 2017 and 2018 … Hirtle helped her team win the 4A Central Regional Championship and 4A Conference Championship in each of her four seasons … Four-time All-Conference honoree while being selected as the Conference Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 … 2016 Rookie of the Year and was selected as MVP and All-State in 2018 and 2019 … Two-time NCHSAA 4A North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Sportsmanship Award … Finished as the NCHSAA 4A State Individual Runner-up in 2018 and was the NCHSAA 4A Central Regional Individual Champion … Selected to the All-Star 910 Preps, 2018 Player of the Year and finished third at the 2019 NCHSAA state tournament … Member of the National Honor Society, 2019 Honor Marshall, AP Scholar and won the Voit Gilmore Outstanding Senior Student Book Award by Phi Beta Kappa Society … Was also a member of the track & field team in high school where she was teammates with Mary-Margaret West USNA Class of ’21 … Daughter of Jared Hirtle and Jennifer Hirtle … Named to the Naval Academy's Commandant's List once.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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    2023-24Senior

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