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Gioia Carpinelli Season 2019-20

Height5-10
ClassJunior
HometownBoppelsen, Switzerland

Updated after 2020 spring season

Honors

* Two-time All-Mountain West First Team (2018-19 and 2019-20)
* 2017-18 WGCA Scholar All-American

* 2017-18 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
* Two-time Mountain West All-Academic Team (2017-18 and 2018-19)
* Two-time Mountain West Women’s Golfer of the Week (March 21, 2018 and March 13, 2019)

Career Collegiate Low 18: 
66 (Sept. 9, 2019)
Career Collegiate Low 54: 210 (Sept. 10-11, 2018)

NCAA Regional
2019:
 T-28th at Cle Elum (76-71-73--220)
2018: T-79th at San Francisco (78-74-78--230)

Mountain West Championships
2019:
 T-15th (76-74-82--232)
2018: 20th (74-75-79--228)

2019-20 Season (As A Junior)
Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors for a second straight season ... Competed in six tournaments and 18 rounds, counting for the team score in 16 of those (88.9 pct.) ... Ranked second on the team with a 73.61 scoring average ... Also tied for the team lead in even-par rounds (3), and tied for second in rounds in the 60s (1) and rounds below par (1) ... Best finish was a tie with teammate Sara Kjellker for seventh place at the Molly Murphy Crowley Collegiate with a score of 5-over 221 … Tied with Kjellker for the best performance by an Aztec at the Branch/McGuire Invitational (T-8th, -3) and Molly Murphy Crowley Collegiate … Also competed in the fall at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (T-34th, +6) and Stanford Intercollegiate (T-62nd, +12) ... Opened the spring season by winning all three matches at the Lamkin Invitational to help SDSU claim the team title ... Was 15th at the Bruin Wave Invitational at 7-over 223 ... Finished her season, which was cut short by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in 21st at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational at 5-over 221.

2018-19 Season (As A Sophomore)
Received first-team all-Mountain West recognition after posting a team-best 73.61 scoring average, which ranked seventh in the conference, according to Golfstat ... Topped the squad with eight top-20 placements, including her first two victories in an Aztec uniform ... Was SDSU's No. 1 golfer in six stroke-play events and led the team with 11 rounds at or below par, including a career-low 68 in the final round of the Branch/McGuire Invitational, where she tied for second individually (Sept. 10-11) ... Carded a collegiate-best 6-under 210 in the Aztecs' season-opening tournament, which is tied for seventh for lowest 54-hole score in program history ... Finished a solo 12th at the Golfweek Conference Challenge after carding an even-par 216 (Sept. 24-26) .... Helped the Scarlet and Black to a respectable eighth-place standing at the prestigious Stanford Intercollegiate, tying for the 20th spot individually with teammate Sara Kjellker at 2-over 215 (Oct. 19-21)  ... Concluded the fall slate as an unattached competitor at the UC Irvine Invitational, where she tied for 14th with a 3-over 219 (Oct. 29-30) ... Tied for third with teammate Fernanda Escauriza (+8, 224) on a challenging course layout at the Bruin Wave Invitational, where none of the 78  players finished below par (Feb. 25-26) ... Captured medalist honors for the first time as a collegian at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, where she was the lone golfer in the 92-player field to complete the event in red figures with a 1-under 215 (March 11-12) ... Was also named Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Week for her efforts in Tucson ... Followed with a first-place performance in the medal round at SDSU's Lamkin Invitational, where she carded a 2-under 70 ... Posted a 2-1 record in match play at the Aztecs' lone home tournament, helping the Scarlet and Black to a third-place finish (March 25-27) ... Also contributed to San Diego State's winning effort at the Mountain West Championship, where she tied for 15th at 232, as the Aztecs claimed their second conference title in the last five years (April 15-17) ... Shot a 4-over 220 at the NCAA Cle Elum Regional to finish in a tie for 28th (May 6-8) ... Landed on the MW all-academic team for the second year in a row.

2017-18 Season (As A Freshman)
Was the only Aztec to compete in all 11 tournaments ... Ranked fourth on the team with a 75.84 scoring average ... Recorded four top-25 placements, highlighted by a second-place tie at the Hawkeye-El Tigre Invitational in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (March 16-17) ... Shot an even-par 216 at the aforementioned event, including a season-best 69 in the first round, earning Mountain West Women’s Golfer of the Week honors in the process ... Opened the year with a 4-over 220 to tie for 25th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 11-12) ... Landed in the 21st position after carding a 15-over 231 in adverse conditions at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 26-27) ... Posted a 2-1 record in match play at the SDSU March Mayhem event, featuring a victory over NCAA tournament participant Brittany Fan of Colorado (March 26-28) ... Battled fierce winds at The Bruzzy Challenge in Carrollton, Texas, where she tied for 24th after firing a 16-over 232 (April 2-3) ... Finished alone in 20th place after logging a 12-over 228 in her first MW Championship appearance (April 16-18) ... Ended the year in a tie for 79th at the NCAA San Francisco Regional, where she registered a 14-over 230 (May 7-9) ... Earned a spot on the MW all-academic team and received conference scholar-athlete recognition ... Also merited WGCA Scholar All-American distinction for her work in the classroom.

Prior to SDSU
Has witnessed great success on the world stage in four years prior to enrolling at SDSU, logging 15 top-20 finishes in 39 tournaments counting toward a No. 66 European Golf Ranking ... Emerged victorious in her home country, winning the 2015 Swiss National Match Play Championship ... Posted a runner-up placement at the 2014 French International Ladies Stroke Play Championship and took third in the Slovenian Ladies International later that year ... Reached the semifinals of match play at the French International Trophée Esmond U21 Championship in March 2016 after finishing third in the medal rounds ... Tied for ninth at the French International Lady Juniors in April 2017 ... Has also appeared in numerous high-level events, including the Ladies British Open Amateur and the European Ladies Amateur Championship, as well as the European Nations Cup ... Graduated from K+S Rämibühl School in Zurich, Switzerland.

Personal
Daughter of Franco and Barbara Carpinelli ... Pursuing a degree in international business at San Diego State.

CARPINELLI'S SDSU SCORECARD

Spring 2020 Lamkin Invitational....................3-0-0 (Match Play)Bruin Wave Invitational..............75-72-76--223 (15th)  Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational.....73-76-72--221 (21st) Fall 2019 Branch/McGuire Invitational.........66-73-74--213 (T-8th) Golfweek Conference Challenge......72-74-76--222 (T-34th)Molly Murphy Crowley Collegiate.....74-74-73--221 (T-7th)Stanford Intercollegiate...........78-75-72--225 (T-62nd)Spring 2019 Bruin Wave Invitational.............76-72-68--224 (T-3rd)  Arizona Wildcat Invitational..........69-70-77--216 (1st) Lamkin Invitational (Medal)......................70 (1st)  Silverado Showdown.................81-79-75--235 (T-71st) MW Championship....................76-74-82--232 (T-15th) NCAA Cle Elum Regional.............76-71-73--220 (T-28th) Fall 2018 Branch/McGuire Invitational.........72-70-68--210 (T-2nd) Golfweek Conference Challenge........73-70-73--226 (12th) Windy City Classic.................76-78-72--226 (T-39th) Stanford Intercollegiate...........72-71-72--215 (T-20th)UC Irvine Invitational^............73-72-74--219 (T-14th)Spring 2018 Northrop Grumman Challenge.........75-80-78--233 (T-69th)Bruin Wave Invitational............77-75-79--231 (T-21st) Hawkeye-El Tigre Invitational.......69-70-77--216 (T-2nd)SDSU March Mayhem (Medal).......................80 (60th) The Bruzzy Challenge...............78-74-80--232 (T-24th) MW Championship......................74-75-79--228 (20th)NCAA San Francisco Regional........78-74-78--230 (T-79th) Fall 2017 Branch/McGuire Invitational........73-72-75--220 (T-25th)Golfweek Conference Challenge......72-75-75--222 (T-26th)Windy City Classic.................74-73-80--227 (T-55th) Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational..79-73-77--229 (T-48th)^ - Competed as an individual