Bernice Olivarez Ilas Season 2022-23

Updated Aug. 2, 2023

Honors
* Mountain West Golfer of the Week (April 14, 2023)
* All-Mountain West Second-Team Selection (2021-22)
* Mountain West All-Academic Team (2021-22 & 2022-23)
* 2020-21 WGCA All-American Scholar Team

Career Collegiate Low 18: 67 (Oct. 31, 2022)
Career Collegiate Low 54: 211 (Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2022)

NCAA Regional
2022: T-42nd at Albuquerque (80-74-71--225)
2021: T-61st at Stanford (73-73-79--225)

Mountain West Championships
2023: T-17th (73-75-72--220)
2022: 6th (74-75-71--220)
2021: 12th (71-79-74--224)
 

2022-23 Season (As a Senior)
Started all 10 tournaments for the Aztecs and led the team with a 74.0 scoring average… Had an impressive average score progression over her four years of competing… Had three top-10 finishes this season… Dominated at the Hurricane Invitational with a career best 18-hole score of 67 and a collegiate-low 54-hole score of 211, which helped her place fifth out of 71 in the tournament… Excelled at the Riverside Classic, where she tied for sixth with a 218 (72-73-73, +2). This performance at the Riverside Classic garnered her Mountain West Golfer of the Week, for the first time in her career… Tied for 10th out of 90 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate with two-under-par 214 (69-72-73)... At the Causeway Invitational, her score of two-over-par 74 helped her tie for 13th out of 75… Scored a four-over-par 220 (73-75-72 at the Mountain West Tournament to tie for 17th, tops among Aztecs.

2021-22 Season (As a Junior)
Competed in 10 tournaments, all as a starter… Qualified for the NCAA Regionals as an individual where she tied for 42^nd (225 – 80-74-71)… Had a scoring average of 74.3, second best on the team… Counted for the team score in 23 of their 25 rounds (.920), second best on the team… Tied for the team lead with seven rounds under par… Had four top 20 finishes and placed in the top 10 twice… Led the Aztecs with a sixth place finish at the Mountain West Championships (April 18-20) with a 220 (74-75-71, +4)… Shot a career-low 215 (-1) and finished 11^th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept 13-14, 2021) that included back-to-back rounds of 70, a season low… Placed 10^th at the Valspar Augusta Invitational (March 12-13, 2022) with a 36-hole score of 148 (+4, 77-71).

2020-21 Season (As A Sophomore)
Competed in all seven tournaments as a starter for SDSU ... Logged 75.76 scoring average, which only trailed the Mountain West Golfer of the Year Sara Kjellker on the team ... Also ranked second in team count percentage (.961) and third in even-par rounds (1) ...Had one top-5 finish and three top-10 showings ... Opened with a tie for 27th at the Lamkin Invitational at 16-over 232 ... Tied for 19th at the Bruin Wave Invitational at 21-over 237 ... Was the team's top finisher at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational, tying for third at 2-over 218 ... It was her best finish and best 54-hole score of her career ... Posted rounds of 72, 73 and 73 on the par-72 Meadow Club course ... Tied for 64th at The Bruzzy at 13-over 229 ... Tied for 29th at the Silverado Showdown at 10-over 226 ... Finished in 12th at the MW Championship at 8-over 224 ... Started with a 1-under 71, followed by a 7-over 79 and a 2-over 74 at her first MW tournament ... Tied for 61st at the NCAA Stanford Regional at 12-over 225, posting 2-over 73s before a final-round 79.

2019-20 Season (As A Freshman)
Competed in six tournaments in her first season at SDSU, all as part of the team ... Posted a scoring average of 75.50, which ranked fourth on the team ... Also tied for third in rounds in the 60s (1), rounds below par (1) and even-par rounds (1) ... Played in four tournaments in the fall, averaging a 74.67, which was fourth on the team ... Her first event as an Aztec was at the Branch/McGuire Invitational, where she tied for 32nd at 5-over 221 ... Tied for 24th at the Golfweek Conference Challenge at 3-over 219 ... Also tied for 62nd at the Stanford Intercollegiate (+12) ... In the spring, posted a 77.17 scoring average in two tournaments and six rounds ... Was 52nd at the Bruin Wave Invitational (+23) ... Finished her season in a tie for 29th at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational at 8-over 224.

Prior to College
Has excelled in the junior golf ranks, posting 22 top-10 finishes between 2016 and 2019, according to the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) website ... Recorded two victories on her home soil in November of 2018, winning the Riviera MVPSF Amateur Championship after emerging triumphant at the 6th Mayor Edwin Olivarez Golf Cup ... Logged two runner-up placements earlier that year in the Philippines at the Northern Luzon Regional Championship and the W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship, where she accomplished the same feat in 2016 ... Also witnessed a plethora of success in international competition in 2017, highlighted by a pair of third-place efforts at the RSGC Junior Amateur in Malaysia and the SICC Junior Invitational Championship in Singapore ... Sandwiched between those performances was a fourth-place showing at the Hong Kong Ladies Open & Mid-Amateur Championships followed by a fifth-place finish at the Singha Thailand Amateur Open ... Additionally made a series of appearances in the United States that same year, featuring a fifth-place tie at the Future Champions Golf (FCG) International Junior Championship, held at Sycuan Resort, before landing in the 16th position at the FCG Callaway World Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif. ... Also registered two top-30 placements at the IMG Academy Junior World Championship, held at Torrey Pines North Course, and the Women's Porter Cup in Niagara Falls, N.Y. ... Enjoyed a banner season in 2016 as well, placing no worse than 12th in eight tournaments counting toward her WAGR ... Landed in the runner-up spot at the aforementioned W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship, the Hong Kong Ladies Open Amateur, as well as the Melaka Amateur Open in Malaysia, where she also tied for fifth at the RSGC AmBank Junior Amateur Open ... Finished a solo sixth at the 2019 Santi Cup in Vietnam prior to her arrival at SDSU ... Also tied for eighth at the AJGA Lake Las Vegas Junior earlier that summer.

Personal
Born in Parañaque Philippines ... Daughter of Evangeline De Leon Olivarez ... Graduated from De La Salle Santiago Zobel School, where she was named athlete of the year ... Majoring in business with a concentration in finance... Enjoys swimming and writing blogs in her spare time. 

OLIVAREZ ILAS' SDSU SCORECARD

Spring 2023San Diego State Classic................78-78-81--237 (T-34th)Causeway Invitational..................74 (T-13th)  Juli Inkster Invitational..............75-74-76--225 (T-41st) Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.........79-87--156 (T-71st)    Riverside Classic......................72-73-73--218 (T-6th) Mountain West Championships............73-75-72--220 (T-17th)   Fall 2022Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational........76-73-73--222 (T-35th)Ron Moore Intercollegiate........69-72-73--214 (T-10th)Stanford Intercollegiate........73-75-74--222 (T-62nd)Hurricane Invitational................71-67-73--211 (5th)Spring 2022Lamkin Invitational........76-74-77--227 (T-28th)Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational........73-74-71--218 (T-16th)Valspar Augusta Invitational........ 77-71--148 (T-10th)PING/ASU Invitational........77-79-75--221 (T-67th)Silverado Showdown........75-76-74--222 (T-33rd)Mountain West Championships........74-75-71--220 (6th)NCAA Albuquerque Regional........80-74-71-225 (T-42nd)Fall 2021Branch/McGuire Invitational........70-70-75--215 (11th)Golfweek Conference Challenge........77-77--154 (T-75th)Illini Invitational at Medinah........70-72-74--216 (T-27th) Spring 2021Lamkin Invitational................73-78-81--232 (T-27th)Bruin Wave Invitational............78-80-79--237 (T-19th) J. Inkster at Meadow Club Invite....72-73-73--218 (T-3rd) The Bruzzy.........................73-76-80--229 (T-64th) Silverado Showdown.................74-79-73--226 (T-29th)Mountain West Championship...........71-79-74--224 (12th) NCAA Stanford Regional.............73-73-79--225 (T-61st)Spring 2020 Bruin Wave Invitational..............79-79-81--239 (52nd) Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational...75-73-76--224 (T-29th)Fall 2019 Branch/McGuire Invitational........76-76-69--221 (T-32nd) Golfweek Conference Challenge......73-72-74--219 (T-24th) Molly Murphy Crowley Collegiate....75-81-75--231 (T-33rd)Stanford Intercollegiate...........74-76-75--225 (T-62nd)