2021-22 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Valentina Rossi
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Rosario, Argentina
2023-24 – Senior
A Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar ... Big-Ten Distinguished Scholar … An Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Appeared in eight tournaments and played 21 rounds ... Finished the year with a 75.71 scoring average ... Had 70.0 percent (10.5-of-15) of her rounds count toward the team total ... Posted her lowest 18-hole score of the year in the second round of the Tar Heel Invitational (10/9) with a 3-under par 69 ... Her best 54-hole tournament score was a 1-over par 217 when she tied for 17th place at the Big Ten Championships ... Completed her Michigan State career with a 74.33 scoring average that ranked No. 6 all-time.
Summer 2023
Earned an exemption into two majors during the summer months after winning the Women’s Amateur Latin America in November 2022 … Played in the LPGA Amundi Evian Championship in France… Competed in the AIG Women’s Open in England.
2022-23 – Junior
A Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar ... Helped team post the third-best grade-point average (3.897) in Division I women's golf ... Academic All-Big Ten and Big-Ten Distinguished Scholar…Finished 2nd on the team in scoring average at 72.70 over 10 events … Best finish was a tie for 9th place at the NCAA Palm Beach Regional where she shot a three-day total of 218 (71-74-73) …Posted one top-10 finish and four top-20 finishes … Was tied for MSU’s best finisher in the ASU Invitational with a three-day total of 218 (78-66-74) … Posted a low round of 66 at the ASU Invitational (3/24/23).
2021
Summer 2022
One of three MSU golfers to play in the World Amateur Team Championships in Paris … Rossi played for Argentina, joined by Valery Plata (Brazil) and Nina Rissi (Brazil) … Qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay in Washington.
2021-22 - Sophomore
Finished third on the team in scoring average at 74.55 ... Played in 33 rounds over 11 events ... Tied for the team lead in rounds played ... Had three top-20 finishes ... Best finish was a tie for 12th place in two events ... Fired a 1-under par 215 (70-73-72) at the Landfall Tradition to tie for 12th place ... Posted a 4-over par 217 (71-74-72) to tied for 12th place at the Big Ten Championships ... Closed out the year with a tie for 19th place at the NCAA Stillwater Regional, carding a 7-over par 223 (75-72-76) ... A Women's Golf Coaches Association Scholar All-American selection ... An Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Recognized as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Summer 2021
Advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Westchester Country Club … Finished 12th in stroke play at the U.S. Am, then won in extra holes in the round of 64, 16 and the quarterfinal … Became the second Spartan in as many years to advance to the semifinals at the U.S. Women’s Amateur as Valery Plata did so in 2020 … Tied for 15th at the Michigan Women’s Open.
2021 - Freshman
WGCA Scholar All-American … Appeared in eight tournaments in her freshman campaign with the Spartans … Posted a 74.87 season scoring average … Helped Michigan State to the Big Ten title by placing 14th individually at 1-over-par 217 … Finished in a tie for 12th at the IU Spring Challenge, shooting a 7-over-par 223 in playing as an individual … Tied for 80th at the NCAA Regional at 16-over-par 232 … Her lowest round of the season was a 2-under-par 70 in the second round of the Big Ten Championships.
Prior to MSU
Took fourth in the 2019 South American Amateur Championship … Has significant international team experience as she represented Argentina in the World Amateur Teach Championships and South America Junior team Championships both on two occasions, and played in the South America Championship three times … Helped Argentina to second place at the 2019 South American Junior Team Championship … Ranked second in the Argentina Amateur rankings two consecutive years … Placed seventh at the 2020 Junior Orange Bowl International at The Biltmore in Coral Gables, Fla. … Won the 2020 Provincial Junior and Youth Championship in Argentina in March 2020 … Highest ranked player in the 2019 Argentina Junior Rankings … Played in both the U.S. Girls Championship and IMG Academy Junior World Championship in 2019 … Has played in The Annika Invitational USA six times.
Personal
Born in Rosario, Argentina … Daughter of Luis and Elisabet.
GETTING TO KNOW VALENTINA ROSSI
Favorite Quote
Once you choose hope, everything’s possible.
What is your favorite golf course?
Grayhawks Golf Club, Arizona
If you could share a meal with four individuals living or dead, whom would you choose?
Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Lexi Thompson
What is your favorite spot on campus?
Lasch Family Center
What is your dream job?
Design golf courses
If you could eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?
Asado (Barbecue)
