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2025-2026 Women's Golf Roster

Varnika S. Achanta

  • Class:
    Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    San Jose, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Valley Christian HS

Summary

Biography

2024-25 (R-Freshman):
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Academic All-Big West
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Competed in all nine tournaments
  • Selected to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team
  • Finished second on the team with a 76.11 scoring average
  • Recorded six rounds of par or better including two in the 60s
  • Best finish was a tie for seventh place at the Fresno State Classic
  • Three Top 20 finishes
  • Low round was 3-under 69 twice at the Fresno State Classic and MountainView Collegiate
  • Low 54-hole score of 3-over 219 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational, where she tied for 32nd place
  • Averaged 75.07 strokes per round during the spring season
  • Team leader in two tournaments
  • Named academic all-Big West
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2023-24:
  • Transferred to UH during the spring season
  • Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Prior To UH:
  • Attended the University of Cincinnati during the Fall 2023
 
Prep: 
  • A 2023 graduate of Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif.
  • Four-year varsity letterwinner
  • Named Rookie of the Year her freshman year
  • Served as team captain her senior year
  • Four-time first-team all-league honoree
  • Played in the No. 1 seed spot all four years
  • As a senior, won the league championship as an individual by five strokes
  • Guided team to the league, sectional and regional championships as a senior
  • Led her team to two consecutive state championship appearances, clinching third both times
  • Finished in the top 10 in AJGA tournaments on 15 different occasions, including three Top 5 finishes
  • Participated in the IMG World Championships four times
  • Recognized as the Junior Golf Association of Northern California Girls’ Player of the Year in 2018
  • Member of South Asian Student Union all years of high school
  • Was the president and founder of Women in Business Club
     
Personal: 
  • Began golfing at the age of 5 and started competitive play at age 7
  • Competed in the U.S. Kids World Championships at the age of 9
  • Volunteer worker for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • Has one brother, Aashish, who played golf at the University of Texas at Dallas
  • Parents are Srinivas and Madhavi Achanta

2024-25
Place Tournament Score
76 Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite 79-79-80=238 (+22)
45 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 74-76-72=222 (+6)
T-32 Rainbow Wahine Invitational 71-78-70=219 (+3)
59 Nanea Invitational 88-79-83=250 (+31)
T-55 Alice & John Wallace Classic 76-75-75=226 (+13)
T-11 MountainView Collegiate 69-78-74=221 (+5)
T-88 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 78-80-76=234 (+18)
T-7 Fresno State Classic 75-69-76=220 (+4)
T-19 Big West Championship 77-72-76=225 (+9)

Career Statistics
Year TP Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Round Best Finish
2024-25 9 27 2,055 76.11 69 T-7
TOTAL 9 27 2,055 76.11 69 T-7

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