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Marta Silchenko
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou
- Hometown:
- Riga, Latvia
2025-26 (Junior):
- Second Team All-America selection by both the WGCA and Golfweek.
- First Team All-Big 12 selection.
- Big 12 Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year.
- Capped off her breakout junior season at No. 16 in the Scoreboard by Clipp'd individual rankings.
- No. 34 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 10, a career-high.
- Won her first collegiate individual championship at the Huntington Bank Collegiate, going 13-under to earn co-champion honors and lead OSU to the team title as well.
- Reigned victorious again two tournaments later, winning the Chapel Hill Regional individual title to help the Cowgirls earn their sixth consecutive NCAA Championship berth.
- Ended the season on a streak of seven consecutive top-10 finishes, just one shy of tying Caroline Hedwall's program record.
- Selected to Team International for the Arnold Palmer Cup, the world's premier Ryder Cup-style amateur event.
- Named the Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Week on April 8.
- Placed top-10 in nine of her 11 events.
- Played at par-or-better 20 times through 34 rounds, just two short of the Oklahoma State single-season record.
- 70.96 (-0.3) stroke average is the third-lowest ever by a Cowgirl.
- Carded 13 rounds in the 60s.
- Posted a dominant 812-92-27 (.887) head-to-head record.
- Led the team in stroke average (70.96), average scoring vs. par (-0.3), rounds at par-or-better (20), rounds in the 60s (13), top-10 finishes (9) and wins (2).
- 118 birdies tied for the seventh-most in a season by a Cowgirl.
- Tied for eight place at the NCAA Championship to earn an All-Tournament Team selection. Her 5-under 283 total is the fifth-lowest 72-hole score in program history.
- Finished at even-par at the Big 12 Championships, tying for eighth place to earn All-Big 12 Tournament Team honors for the second year in a row.
- Averaged a score of 3.0355 on par 3s, the fifth-lowest single-season mark in program history.
2024-25 (Sophomore):
- Missed the fall season to injury but played her way up to 58th in the final Division I national rankings after a strong spring campaign.
- Posted the team’s second-best stroke average (72.52) while finishing 11 of her 25 rounds at par or better and four of them in 60s.
- Placed top-10 at three of her eight events.
- Tied for fifth at the Big 12 Championship to claim a spot on the all-tournament team.
- Grabbed a share of eighth place at the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional to help OSU secure its fifth straight NCAA Championship appearance.
- Tied for 40th at the NCAA Championship, boosting the Cowgirls to a top-15 finish.
- Made her season debut in early February at the Texas State Invitational and posted her best finish as a Cowgirl (a tie for third place).
- Also excelled in the classroom, earning CSC Academic All-District honors along with a spot on the WGCA All-American Scholar Team, both of which require 3.50+ cumulative GPA and other minimum participation standards.
2023-24 (Freshman):
- Took part in every team event, including the NCAA Championship, during her rookie season and fired a team-best 102 birdies.
- Set career 54-hole and 18-hole bests at the NCAA East Lansing Regional, carding a 67 in the final round and a 4-under, 212 for the week to claim a share of seventh place on the individual leaderboard.
- Posted a 73.62 stroke average with 13 of her 34 rounds at par-or-better and six of them in the 60s.
- Had a memorable collegiate debut at iconic Pebble Beach with two eagles and eight birdies over three rounds of the Carmel Cup (Sep. 1-3).
- Birdied seven holes in her final round at the Illini Invitational to finish at 68 (Oct. 9-10).
- Closed out the fall with team-best 3-under, 213 at the Jim West Challenge to secure her first top-25 finish (Oct. 22-23).
- Opened the spring season with a share of 16th place at the Puerto Rico Classic, helped by 12 birdies.
- Closed out her first Big 12 Championship with a 4-under, 69 to claim a share of 26th place (+4, 220).
- Tied for 114th at her first NCAA Championship.
Before College:
- Junior golf standout climbed as high as No. 210 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings before signing with OSU.
- Logged two victories and eight top-10 finishes in her final year before college.
- Won the 2023 Latvian Junior Open, shooting 12-under for 54 holes.
- Also took the Estonian Amateur Open title in May 2022.
- Was runner-up at the UAE World Amateur Junior Golf Championship in December 2022.
- Earned back-to-back wins in August 2020 at the Latvian Amateur Open and the Tallinn Golf Club Cup by Sven Kaljuveer.
- 2019 Latvian Junior Open Champion.
Personal:
- Daughter of Elena Shetakova and Andrey Silchenko.
- Has two siblings, Makar and Sofia.
- A native of Riga, Latvia
- Attended Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Participated in tennis, swimming, gymnastics, boxing, basketball and soccer growing up.
- Started playing golf when she was eight years old.
- Speaks four languages fluently: Russian, Latvian, French and English.
- Majoring in international business
For an updated list of player performances and rankings, visit the link below:
https://scoreboard.clippd.com/players/15422
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