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2025-26 Cowgirl Golf Roster
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Marta Silchenko
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou
- Hometown:
- Riga, Latvia
Bio
2025-26 (Junior):
- Will look to build a strong finish to her sophomore season, which included top-10 conference and NCAA Regional finishes along with a No. 58 national ranking.
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.
- Is currently majoring in international business at Oklahoma State.
For an updated list of player performances and rankings, visit the link below:
https://scoreboard.clippd.com/players/15422
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