Cara Heisterkamp

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Westlake, Ohio

2024-25 (Freshman)
• WGCA All-American Scholar
Played 22 rounds across eight events … compiled four rounds at or below par, including a season-low of 69 in the final round of the Big Ten Championships … posted a stroke average of 76.23 … finished inside the top-10 in one tournament … finished 81st at the Big Ten Championships with a scorecard of 236 (89-78-69; +20) … played a 233 (79-77-77; +17) to finish 34th at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational … compiled a 54-hole score of 220 (79-71-70; +4) to tie for seventh at the Florida State Match Up … tied for 49th at the Clover Cup with a 54-hole score of 228 (78-72-78; +18) … carded a 226 (78-73-75; +10) to tie for 74th at the Chevron Collegiate … played a 76 (+4) at the Tri Match against Kentucky and Louisville … signed for a 236 (76-85-75; +20) and a 93rd-place outing at the PDI Intercollegiate … played a scorecard of 222 (72-73-77; +6) to finish t-64th at the Illini Women’s Invitational.

PREP/PERSONAL
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Daniel Gallagher at Magnificat High School … owns over 30 tournament victories at the high school level … made the Elite 8 in both the 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship … participated in six USGA championships: 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, 2022 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball Championship, 2022 U.S. Girls Junior Championship, 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, 2023 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball Championship, exempt for 2024 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball Championship … 2021 Ohio Girl’s Junior champion … top-ranked JGS girl in the state of Ohio for the class of 2024 … four-time team MVP … three-time team captain … All-Ohio first team in 2020 and 2021 … All-Ohio second team in 2022 … three-time sectional title winner … 2022 Ohio State High School district champion … holds school records for lowest 9-hle round (29), lowest 18-hole round (64), and lowest season scoring average (70.6) … two-time Rosemary Saas Leadership Scholarship winner … member of the National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society, and Mu Alpha Theta National Honors Society … top 10 in the Magnificat academic class of 2024 with a 4.43 GPA … helped led Magnificat to four-straight sectional titles, three district titles, and a runner-up trophy in the 2023 Ohio State High School Girls Division I State Championship … represents Magnificat as the team mascot, Blue Streak … also competed in track and basketball … intends to major in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation … daughter of Michael Heisterkamp and Patricia Nugent … has two brothers, Nick and John … born on Oct. 5, 2005.