2020-21 Cowgirl Golf Roster
Maja Stark
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Abbekas, Sweden
Bio
2020-21 (Sophomore Season)
• Named a first-team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.
• Earned Big 12 Golfer of the Year honors. She is the first Cowgirl golfer since Julie Yang in 2014 to earn this award.
• Finished fourth in the ANNIKA Award voting, which is the highest finish by a Cowgirl in the history of the most prestigious award in women's golf.
• Recorded a stroke average of 70.48 (-1.42 to par), which destroyed the previous school record set by 2010 WGCA National Player of the Year Caroline Hedwall.
• Her 70.48 stroke average ranked second in the country. Only ANNIKA Award winner and individual NCAA champion Rachel Heck had a lower average nationally.
• No player in program history ever recorded more birdies (139) or rounds of par or better (22) than Stark.
• Coincidentally, her 139 birdies led the nation.
• Her par-3 (2.99) and par-4 (3.99) scoring averages set new school records as well.
• Boasted a final-round average of 70.40, which ranked third nationally.
• Instrumental in helping the Cowgirls advance to the NCAA Championship final match for the first time in program history.
• Was the runner up at the Big 12 Championships, which helped the Cowgirls claim the 10th Big 12 crown since the league formed.
• Tied for 16th at the 2021 U.S. Women's Open, her second straight top-20 finish at the event after a T13 finish in 2020.
• Ended her sophomore season ranked No. 4 by GolfStat with a 49-2 record in head-to-head competition against top-100 players in the country.
• Won a pair of events in 2021, including the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate and the Mountain View Collegiate.
• Became the first Cowgirl to ever compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup, and didn’t lose a match all week to help the International team capture a 40.5-19.5 victory.
• Helped Sweden win the European Ladies’ Team Championship in September at the Upsala GC.
• Logged three top-10 finishes in Swedish pro events over the summer, including a third-place finish at the GolfUppsala Open.
2019-20 (Freshman Season)
• Won the Hurricane Invitational in just her second career start after carding rounds of 67-75-73 (-1) 215.
• Entered the fall 2020 semester as the No. 8 amateur on the planet according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
• Both Stark and Isabella Fierro won an event in 2019-20, making them the first pair of Cowgirl freshmen to win individual events in the same season.
• Found success in a pair of Swedish tour events over the summer of 2020. Stark finished third at the GolfUppsala Open in July followed by a ninth-place finish at the Golfhaftet Masters.
• After arriving in Stillwater at semester break, Stark posted a 72.33 scoring average in a pair of events before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the collegiate season prematurely.
• Stark showed her power with a 4.83 scoring average on par-5 holes in her six rounds as a freshman.
• Opened the Hurricane Invitational with a 5-under 67, which tied for the second-best round by a Cowgirl in 2020.
• Earned a second straight invitation to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which is being held on April 1-2 at the world’s most famous course.
• Competed as an amateur at three professional events in 2019, including second-place finishes at both the 2019 Scandic PGA Championship and the Anna Nordqvist Vasteras Open by Smart Provider on the Ladies European Tour.
• In April of 2019, she advanced to the final round of the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, a showdown of the top-72 amateur golfers on the planet. That week, she competed alongside fellow Cowgirl signee, Isabella Fierro.
• Finished seventh at the 2018 World Junior Girls Championship in Ottawa, Canada, and represented Europe in the PING Junior Solheim Cup.
• As a member of the Swedish National Team, she helped her home country win gold at the 2018 European Ladies Team Championship.
• Named a first-team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.
• Earned Big 12 Golfer of the Year honors. She is the first Cowgirl golfer since Julie Yang in 2014 to earn this award.
• Finished fourth in the ANNIKA Award voting, which is the highest finish by a Cowgirl in the history of the most prestigious award in women's golf.
• Recorded a stroke average of 70.48 (-1.42 to par), which destroyed the previous school record set by 2010 WGCA National Player of the Year Caroline Hedwall.
• Her 70.48 stroke average ranked second in the country. Only ANNIKA Award winner and individual NCAA champion Rachel Heck had a lower average nationally.
• No player in program history ever recorded more birdies (139) or rounds of par or better (22) than Stark.
• Coincidentally, her 139 birdies led the nation.
• Her par-3 (2.99) and par-4 (3.99) scoring averages set new school records as well.
• Boasted a final-round average of 70.40, which ranked third nationally.
• Instrumental in helping the Cowgirls advance to the NCAA Championship final match for the first time in program history.
• Was the runner up at the Big 12 Championships, which helped the Cowgirls claim the 10th Big 12 crown since the league formed.
• Tied for 16th at the 2021 U.S. Women's Open, her second straight top-20 finish at the event after a T13 finish in 2020.
• Ended her sophomore season ranked No. 4 by GolfStat with a 49-2 record in head-to-head competition against top-100 players in the country.
• Won a pair of events in 2021, including the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate and the Mountain View Collegiate.
• Became the first Cowgirl to ever compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup, and didn’t lose a match all week to help the International team capture a 40.5-19.5 victory.
• Helped Sweden win the European Ladies’ Team Championship in September at the Upsala GC.
• Logged three top-10 finishes in Swedish pro events over the summer, including a third-place finish at the GolfUppsala Open.
2019-20 (Freshman Season)
• Won the Hurricane Invitational in just her second career start after carding rounds of 67-75-73 (-1) 215.
• Entered the fall 2020 semester as the No. 8 amateur on the planet according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
• Both Stark and Isabella Fierro won an event in 2019-20, making them the first pair of Cowgirl freshmen to win individual events in the same season.
• Found success in a pair of Swedish tour events over the summer of 2020. Stark finished third at the GolfUppsala Open in July followed by a ninth-place finish at the Golfhaftet Masters.
• After arriving in Stillwater at semester break, Stark posted a 72.33 scoring average in a pair of events before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the collegiate season prematurely.
• Stark showed her power with a 4.83 scoring average on par-5 holes in her six rounds as a freshman.
• Opened the Hurricane Invitational with a 5-under 67, which tied for the second-best round by a Cowgirl in 2020.
• Earned a second straight invitation to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which is being held on April 1-2 at the world’s most famous course.
• Competed as an amateur at three professional events in 2019, including second-place finishes at both the 2019 Scandic PGA Championship and the Anna Nordqvist Vasteras Open by Smart Provider on the Ladies European Tour.
• In April of 2019, she advanced to the final round of the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, a showdown of the top-72 amateur golfers on the planet. That week, she competed alongside fellow Cowgirl signee, Isabella Fierro.
• Finished seventh at the 2018 World Junior Girls Championship in Ottawa, Canada, and represented Europe in the PING Junior Solheim Cup.
• As a member of the Swedish National Team, she helped her home country win gold at the 2018 European Ladies Team Championship.
