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Beca Vestman

Beca Vestman

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Madrid, Spain
  • High School:
    Colegio Base
  • Letters:
    4

Summary

Biography

2023-24:  Earned CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District honors ... 2023-24 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... selected First Team All-GLIAC ... one of three Warriors to play all 26 of the team's rounds (Imesch, Laffitte) and did so with the best scoring average on the squad at 76.4 ... that mark of 76.42 is the best in program history as Vestman holds the top two marks, three of the best five and four of the top seven ... also paced the squad in top-10 finishes with four, top-25 placings with nine and rounds below par with two ... those two sub-par cards came with a 70 in round two of the UIndy Fall Invitational on Sept. 11 and a 71 in round one of the Davenport Panther Invitational on Oct. 14 ... that 70 on Sept. 11 was tied with Inja Fric's 70 in round one of the Lady Bulldog Fall Invite on Sept. 24 for the program's best 18 holes of the season ... aside from winning at Davenport, her three other top-10 performances were fourth of 69 at the Lady Bulldog Fall Invite (+4, 148, 75-73), fourth of 45 at the Cavalier Classic (+8, 152, 75-77) and a tie-for-eighth of 43 at the GLIAC Championships (+9, 153, 78-75) ... competed in her fourth straight NCAA East Regional tying-for-11th of 81 with a 15-over 231 (81-72-78) ... tied-for-12th of 95 at the Emerald Coast Collegiate and carded a 222 (+9, 76-74-72), which is tied with herself (Sept. 12-13, 2022) for the third-best 54-hole score in school history ... received third career GLIAC Golfer of the Week distinction on March 20 ... garnered GLIAC Golfer of the Week honors for the second time in her career on Oct. 18 ... won the Davenport Panther Invitational three days before after defeating DU's Lauren Gervais on the second playoff hole ... shot a five-over 149 (71-78) for that tournament while becoming the fourth individual medalist in program history ... was two strokes better in round two (75.5) than she was in round one (77.5) ... was able to lower her season scoring average for the third campaign in a row.

2022-23:  Earned WGCA All-American Scholar honors ... 2022-23 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... became the first women's golfer in school history to earn Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Region honors ... selected to the All-GLIAC First Team ... received Academic At-Large All-District honors by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) ... one of three Warriors to play in all 27 of the team's rounds and did so with the best scoring average at 76.59 ... holds the top two single-season scoring averages in program history (76.59 and 77.32) and three of the top four marks (78.3) ... also paced the team in rounds in the 60s with two and rounds under par with five ... shot the lowest round of her career by five strokes, a 68, and she did it twice including round three of the UIndy Fall Invitational on Sept. 13 and round two of the GLIAC Championship on April 21 ... also shot a 70 in round one of the NCAA East Regional on May 8 ... her lowest 36-hole total was a 140 at the GLIAC Championship (April 21), which is second-best in school history, and best 54-hole mark was a 214 at the NCAA East Regional (May 8-10) ... tied for the team lead with Avery Howard for top-10 finishes (four) and with Sabel Imesch for top-25 finishes (seven) ... tied-for-first of 81 golfers at the NCAA East Regional before losing in a playoff ... also finished among the top 10 at the Davenport Panther Invitational on Oct. 15-16 (tied-for-eighth), the SVSU Spring Invite on March 18-19 (tied-for-second) and the GLIAC Championship (third) ... that 214 on May 8-10 is the best 54-hole card in program history ... Vestman carries the top three marks in that category for the school record book (214, 222 and 224) and four of the top six (227) ... shot a 227 (72, 81, 74) in the school's first ever NCAA Championships appearance and tied for 38th in the 98-golfer field ... named GLIAC Golfer of the Week on March 23.

2021-22:  Selected to the All-GLIAC Second Team ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... 2021-22 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... earned WGCA All-American Scholar honors ... played in all 10 events and 25 rounds ... posted an average round of 77.32, which led the roster ... had a team-best nine top-25 finishes and a pair of top-10 results ... had a low round of 73, which came at the Findlay Spring Invitational (4/21-22) where she shot a 228 (79, 73, 76) and tied-for-14th ... best finish was at the Gilda's Club Laker Fall Invitational (9/25) where she tied-for-third with a 151 (76, 75) ... shot a 228 (79, 73, 76) at the Findlay Spring Invitational (3/21-22) and tied-for-14th ... tied-for-15th at the Walsh Cav Classic (4/11-12) with a 155 (80, 75) ... carded a 156 (77, 79) at the GLIAC Championships (4/22-24) and placed 17th ... collected WSU's best ever finish at the NCAA East Regional (5/2-4) by shooting a 224 (73, 77, 74) and finished in 11th place.

2020-21:  Selected as a Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar ... golfed in all five events and posted an average round of 78.3 to lead the team ... had a low round of 73 and collected two top-25 finishes ... best finish came to conclude the season at the NCAA East Super Regional (5/3-5) where she shot a 237 (76, 82, 79) to finish 19th ... tied-for-20th at the Cavalier Classic (4/11-12) with a 158 (80, 78) ... started the season by shooting a 161 (82, 79) at the SVSU Spring Invitational (3/20-21).

High School:  A 2020 graduate of Colegio Base in Madrid, Spain ... played for two clubs programs, the Madrid Golf Federation Team - CTG Madrid in the Madrid Regional Interclub League and La Moraleja Golf Club in the Madrid Prestigious League ... won the Madrid Prestigious Interclub League in 2018 for La Moraleja Golf Club ... was the medalist at the Miguel Angel Jimenez Final Match Play against Austria in 2018 ... was a finalist at the Spanish Championship sub-16 in 2018, the Miguel Angel Jimenez Circuit and Winner ranking in 2017 and 2018, and the Miguel Angel Jimenez Circuit and shared Winner ranking in 2019.

Personal:  Full name -- Rebeca A. Vestman ...  born on September 18, 2002, in Brussels, Belgium ... daughter of Victor Maldonado and Ann Vestman ... is majoring in Economics ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2020, Winter 2021 (4.00), Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Fall 2022 (4.00), Winter 2023, Fall 2023 (4.00) and Winter 2024 ... is a member of the WSU Student-Athlete Leadership Council.
 
Beca Vestman's Career Statistics
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2020-21 13 1,018 78.30 73
2021-22 25 1,933 77.32 73
2022-23 27 2,068 76.59 68
2023-24 26 1,987 76.42 70
Total 91 7,006 76.99 68

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'7"

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'7"

  • 2022-23Junior

    5'6"

  • 2023-24Senior

    5'6"