Ximena Benites Season 2023-24

Fall 2024 -- Finished with a 75.25 scoring average over 12 rounds, which ranked second on the team... had 11 of her 12 rounds count... recorded a team-best three top-20 finishes... had 28 birides, second-most on the team... had the best finish of her career, tying four fourth at the Hurricane Invitational with a 215 (77-69-69)... the 69s and 215 totals were career bests... tied for 19th at the Badger Invitational with a 225 (75-73-77) and tied for 16th at the Diane Thomason Invitational with a 230 (73-76-81).

2023-24 – Posted a 75.21 scoring average over 24 rounds… tallied a pair of top 20 finishes… had three rounds at or below par… had 41 birdies, averaging 1.71 per round. 2024 Spring — Fired an even par 216 (72-74-70) to tie for 48th at the Westbrook Spring Invitational… final round 70 was a career low and it was a career-best 54 hole total… 216 is tied for the 17th lowest 54-hole total in program history… helped team to the 54-hole school record (847) at the Westbrook… tied for 18th at the Tulane Classic presented by Chad Brownstein with a 223 (74-71-78)… tied for 55th at the Big Ten Championships with a 229 (78-76-75). Fall 2023 — Tied for 18th at the Red Raider Invitational with a 222 (74-74-74).

 

High School — Honored by the Congress of Peru as the South American Pre Juvenil champion in 2021… fired a career-low round of 65 (-6) in Gira de Menores 3 in 2022… finished second with a 285 (74-74-72-65)… finished second at the South American Pre-Juvenil Championship with a 293 (75-72-69-77), helping team to a gold medal… runner-up at the Gira de Menores 6 and 7… played at the Women’s Amateur Latin America Championship, carding a 308 (72-78-82-76)… tied for 16th at the South American Amateur Championship with a 310 (80-75-77-78)… finished as runner-up at Gira de Menores 3, 4 and 5… helped team to a runner-up finish at the South American Juvenil Championship, tying for sixth individually with a 302 (78-70-77-77)… won the Albierto 4 with a 226 (79-71-76) and Albierto 5 with a 217 (74-74-69)… tied for fifth at the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship with a 223 (76-73-74)… finished fifth at the UHY Detroit Junior at Forest Lake in 2021 with a 219 (69-74-76)… named the “Cruz Marianista” — the Best Student of the Year — twice… also plays the violin.

Personal — Born March 26, 2006… daughter of Santiago Benites and Celicia Romero… has an older brother, Estefano Benites… majoring in mechanical engineering.

Year	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	Low 18	Low 54	Top 10	Top 20	At or Below Par
2023-24	24	1,805	75.21	70 (-2)	216 (E)	—	2	3
Career	24	1,805	75.21	70 (-2)	216 (E)	—	2	3