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2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

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Anna Ritter

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Albany, Ohio
  • High School New Albany
  • Instagram aritter.11

Biography

Career Bests

Best Finish: 4th -- Boilermaker Spring Classic (April 6-7, 2025)
Low Round: 67 (-5) -- The Chevron Collegiate (Feb. 24-25, 2025)
Low 54-Hole Score: 214 (-2) -- The Chevron Collegiate (Feb. 24-25, 2025)

Junior 2024-25

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played 33 rounds in 11 events with a 74.03 scoring average, a career-best mark.
  • Opened the season with a tied for sixth finish at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational from Sept. 8-10...was at the time the best finish of her career and her first-career top 10 finish...posted a 54-hole score of 219 (+3)
  • Placed tied for ninth at the Spartan Suncoast Invitational from Feb. 16-17 with a 54-hole score of 215 (-1)...was at the time the lowest 54-hole total of her career.
  • Posted a 54-hole total of 214 (-2) at The Chevron Collegiate from Feb. 24-25, setting a new career-low mark...fired a career-low 67 (-5) in the third round of the event.
  • Recorded a career-best fourth place finish at the Boilermaker Spring Classic, leading the Illini to the team title in the event.

Sophomore 2023-24

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played 33 rounds in 11 events with a 75.55 scoring average.
  • Carded a season-low 68 (-2) in the third round of the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 25.
  • Recorded a career-best tied-for-19th finish at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (April 13-14).
  • Posted a season-low 54 hole total of 218 (+8) at the Schooner Fall Classic (Sept. 23-25).

Freshman 2022-23

  • Played 13 rounds in five events with a 77.54 scoring average.
  • Carded a season-low 70 (-2) in the second round of the ICON Invitational on Feb. 27.
  • Recorded a season-best tied-for-55th finish at the ICON Invitational (Feb. 27-28).
  • Posted a season-low 54 hole total (220, +4) at the ICON Invitational (Feb. 27-28).

High School

  • Coached by father Richard Ritter at New Albany High School
  • 2021 Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Girls Golf Second-Team All-State as a senior
  • Two-time OHSAA Girls Golf First-Team All-State (2019-20)
  • Two-time Ohio Girls Golfer of the Year presented by the Columbus Dispatch (2019-20)
  • Two-time Female Athlete of the Year presented by the Columbus Dispatch (2019-20)
  • Three-time First-Team All-Central District and First-Team All-Ohio Capital Conference (2019-21)
  • 2020 OHSAA Girls Golf Sectional Champion
  • Two-time OHSAA Girls Golf Central District Champion (2019-20)
  • 2019 OHSAA Division I Girls Golf State Champion
  • Led NAHS to four-straight OHSAA Girls Golf Division I State Championships
  • Registered 18 high school individual medalist wins and four post-season individual wins
  • Holds the OHSAA Sectional Tournament record with a single round personal-best score of 66 as well as sharing a state tournament record with a single round score of 67
  • Two-time USGA Women's Amateur Four Ball qualifier (2019, 2021)
  • 2021 PGA Junior Girl's Championship qualifier
  • Earned Runner-Up finishes at the 2021 AJGA Spinnaker Foundation Jr Open, the 2020 AJGA Dana Jr Open and the 2019 Ohio Junior Girls Championship
  • Four-time AJGA Exempt (2019-21) 

Personal

  • Daughter of Richard and Stacy Ritter
  • Father, Richard Ritter, played collegiate golf at Ohio Wesleyan
  • Majoring in communications.
  • Why Illinois: "I chose Illinois because I love the atmosphere of the campus. I love the women's golf coaches, Coach Slone and Coach Pina."

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2022-23 5 13 1,008 77.54 70 (-2) 220 (+4)
2023-24 11 33 2,493 75.55 68 (-2) 218 (+8)
2024-25 11 33 2,443 74.03 67 (-5) 214 (-2)
Totals 27 79 5,944 75.24 67 (-5) 214 (-2)

Individual Results

2022-23 Tournament Score Finish
Oct. 10-11 Illini Women's Invitational 75-78-74 = 227 (+11) T-78th
Feb. 27-28 ICON Invitational 75-70-75 = 220 (+4) T-55th
March 13-14 Briar's Creek Invitational 78-77-79 = 234 (+18) T-75th
April 21-23 Big Ten Championships 79-80-78 = 237 (+24) T-74th
May 8-10 NCAA San Antonio Regional S-90-S = 90 (+18) S
2023-24 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 11-12 Cougar Classic 78-78-74 = 230 (+17) 90th
Sept. 23-25 Schooner Fall Classic 75-75-68 = 218 (+8) T-58th
Oct. 2-3 Windy City Collegiate Classic 74-77-76 = 227 (+11) 76th
Oct. 9-10 Illini Women's Invitational 72-77-77 = 226 (+10) T-66th
Oct. 27-29 Landfall Tradition 75-73-77 = 225 (+9) T-68th
Feb. 12-14 Nexus Collegiate 75-79-77 = 231 (+15) T-45th
Feb. 26-27 The Chevron Collegiate 74-74-77 = 225 (+9) T-75th
March 11-12 Briar's Creek Invitational 73-74-80 = 227 (+11) T-53rd
March 29-30 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 75-75-74 = 224 (+8) T-34th
April 13-14 Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational 74-75-75 = 224 (+8) T-19th
April 19-21 Big Ten Championships 80-80-76 = 236 (+20) T-72nd
2024-25 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 8-10 Bettie Lou Evans Invitational 72-74-73 = 219 (+3) T-6th
Sept. 23-24 Cavalier Regional Preview 81-78-73 = 232 (+19) T-50th
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Classic 82-79-79 = 240 (+24) 70th
Oct. 7-8 Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah 76-73-76 = 225 (+9) T-69th
Feb. 16-17 Spartan Suncoast Invitational 69-73-73 = 215 (-1) T-9th
Feb. 24-25 The Chevron Collegiate 74-73-67 = 214 (-2) T-25th
March 17-18 Spring Break Shootout 72-71-76 = 219 (+6) T-10th
March 21-23 Florida State Match Up 76-71-75 = 222 (+6) T-11th
April 6-7 Boilermaker Spring Classic 71-71-73 = 215 (-1) 4th
April 18-20 Big Ten Championships 72-73-72 = 217 (+1) T-12th
May 5-7 NCAA Columbus Regional 73-81-71 = 225 (+9) T-32nd

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