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Kiara Hernandez of Cal State San Marcos is this week’s FloCollege/CCAA Women’s Golfer of the Week as the top CCAA finisher at the Patriot Invitational.

Hernandez became the fourth different Cougar to snag the weekly award during this 2024-25 season after tying for sixth place at Carmel’s Quail Lodge Golf Course. The tournament was won by No. 4 Dallas Baptist, which was also the host.

The junior from Burbank, who transferred to CSUSM from Point Loma over the semester break, shot a plus-eight 221 in the three-round event. Her scorecard 76-73-72 with seven birdies. Only three players in the entire field of 85 shot an even or better score with only one under par scorecard.

Hernandez and her teammates led CSUSM to a third place finish on the team leaderboard behind only DBU and Harvard. The Cougars have finished in the top three in all eight tournaments in 2024-25 with four wins.

This is Hernandez’s first career CCAA Golfer of the Week award. Three other Cougars — Madison Murr, Diana Delgado and Regan Barton — all have received the weekly award this season. Click here to see a complete list of past weekly award winners. 

Next on the schedule for Cal State San Marcos is the WT Desert Invitational, March 31-April 1, in Tucson, Ariz.