Player: Kaleiya Romero
University: Pepperdine University
Graduation Year: 2024
Area of Study: Psychology
Soldier Honored: Florence B. Choe
CAREER: Has a 74.67 scoring average through three seasons ... Has appeared in 29 tournaments and 86 rounds ... Had had 10 top-10 and 13 top-20 finishes … Has shot under par 22 times.
PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Named to the All-WCC first team for the third-consecutive year … Finished first at the WCC Championships with 7-under 209 ... Ranked #111 by Golfstat and #121 by Golfweek/Sagarin … Had five top-10 finishes and seven top-20 finishes… Averaged 72.81 in 37 rounds… Finished fourth at the Silicon Valley Showcase (68-71-77=216) and the Golf Iconic Classic (69-73-71=220) ... Awarded CSC Academic All-District first team honors … Achieved WGCA Academic All-American honors … Named to the WCC All-Academic first team … Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘silver’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Named to the All-WCC first team again as a sophomore ... Finished with a 76.10 scoring average ... Appeared in all 29 rounds ... Second on the team with three top-10 finishes and five below-par rounds ... Won her first college title at the season-opening Dick McGuire Invitational with a 10-under 206 (70-67-69) ... The 10-under tied the fourth-best 54-hole score in program history ... Named the WCC Player of the Month for September after that feat ... Tied for sixth at the Chambers Bay Invitational (77-70-74=221) ... Tied for third at the WCC Championships (76-71-73=220) ... Tied for 16th at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (73-73-74=220) ... Best round was a 5-under 67 at the McGuire ... A WGCA All-American Scholar ... An Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... Made the WCC All-Academic first team ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.