2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
All-NESCAC Second Team (2026)
2x WGCA All-America Scholar (2025-26)
NESCAC All-Academic Team (Spring 2026)
2025-26 (SOPHOMORE)
Named to the All-NESCAC Second Team and earned WGCA All-America Scholar honors as well as a spot on the NESCAC All-Academic Spring Team … one of four players on the roster to compete in all eight tournaments, recording a 76.45 stroke average with 41 birdies and an eagle during the year … finished among the top 25 five times … shot in the 70s in 13 of the 20 rounds and broke 70 once … also had two rounds under par and two more at even par … helped Williams go 3-0-1 at the Ann S. Batchelder Match Play Championship two-day event by winning three of her four head-to-head matchups … after making par on all but one hole at the Polar Bear Shootout in the opening round, blistered the course in the second round, setting program records fo a single round with seven birdies and a 7-under 66 (breaking the mark that was set that day before by teammate Natalie Cheong) as she tied for second with teammate Euna Lee at 6-under … WIlliams won that invitational at 22-under par, another school record and 31 strokes ahead of second-place Wesleyan … opened play at the Golfweek October Classic with an eagle, then finished the third and final round with a 2-under 70 … began the spring tied for ninth at the Jack Leaman Invitational, shooting even par in the second round … claimed fourth at the NESCAC Championship with an 11-over 224, which included an even-par second round … wrapped up the NCAA Championship at 19-over to tie for 54th place as Williams finished 10th for a third straight year.
2024-25 (FIRST-YEAR)
Competed in each of the nine tournaments, shooting in the 70s in 15 of her 21 rounds … played as an individual for the first three, then cracked the starting five the rest of the year … fired a season-low 73 on four occasions, the first coming in her debut tournament that put her at even par for the round and tied her for 12th at the Polar Bear Shootout … the next two 73s came in the second and third rounds (the latter included 17 pars) at the Golfweek October Classic that allowed her to be one of three Ephs to tie for 14th for the team lead … first top-10 finish was at the Jack Leaman Invitational, which consisted of one round that she played at 4-over (76) to tie for seventh out of over 100 entrants … next time out tied for sixth at the home spring invitational with the help of a first-round 73 (+2) … second on the team at the NESCAC Championship, tying for 17th at 22-over … second among the Ephs once again at the NCAA Championship, tying for 26th at 13-over par for the four rounds with eight birdies.
| Ding’s Career Stroke Play Statistics |
| Year |
Tourn. |
Rounds |
Low |
Avg. |
Top Finish |
1st |
Top 10 |
Top 25 |
Birdies |
Eagles |
| 2024-25 |
9 |
21 |
73 (E) |
77.33 |
T-6th |
0 |
2 |
7 |
33 |
0 |
| 2025-26 |
8 |
20 |
66 (-7) |
76.45 |
T-2nd |
0 |
3 |
5 |
41 |
1 |
| TOTAL |
17 |
41 |
66 (-7) |
76.90 |
T-2nd |
0 |
5 |
12 |
74 |
1 |
Historical Player Information