Ximena Benites

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.