Northwestern's Lee, Rutgers' Ryu Earn Women's Golf Honors

ROSEMONT, lll. – Northwestern senior Dianna Lee has been named Big Ten Golfer of the Week, and Rutgers rookie Elizabeth Ryu earned Freshman of the Week honors, for tournaments from October 24-30.

Golfer of the Week
Dianna Lee, Northwestern
Senior – San Diego, California – Westview – Communication Studies

• Finished atop the stroke play leaderboard and went 2-0 in match play at the East Lake Cup hosted at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta
• Carded three birdies and finished 2-under in a weather-shortened nine-hole stroke competition
• Defeated USC’s Catherine Park 2&1 to help the ‘Cats take down No. 2 USC
• Defeated Oregon’s Shyla Singh 5&4 to put a point on the board for NU in the final

Freshman of the Week
Elizabeth Ryu, Rutgers
Freshman – Dublin, Ohio – Dublin Jerome

• Finished T3 in the Lehigh Invitational hosted at Trump National Golf Club at Bedminster in New Jersey
• Shot 75-73 to finish just one stroke behind the co-champions
• Finished second in the 93-player field with six birdies to earn the first Top-5 of her career

2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Golf Weekly Awards

Sept. 11 - G: Elise Lee, USC | F: Arianna Lau, Northwestern

Sept. 18 – G: Alexis Myers, Illinois | F: Alexis Myers, Illinois

Sept. 25 – G: Kylie Chong, USC & Jasmine Koo, USC | F: Sarah Hammett, USC

Oct. 2 – G: Jenny Lee, UCLA | F: Arianna Lau, Northwestern

Oct. 9 – G: Maddie May, Indiana | F: N/A

Oct. 16  – G: Taylor Kehoe, Michigan State | F: Lucia Valderrama, Michigan State

Oct. 23 - G: Surapa Janthamunee, Maryland | F: Luana Valero, Purdue

Oct. 30 - G: Dianna Lee, Northwestern | F: Elizabeth Ryu, Rutgers

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