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University of North Florida Athletics

2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

Todd Drexler
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Jessie Cai

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hamburg, Germany
  • Prev School IJCA Academy
  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 /

Biography


** ASUN Champion (2022)
** All-ASUN: 3rd team (2023)
** CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)
** WGCA All-American Scholar (2024 | 2023 | 2022)
** ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21)


CAREER NOTES

Best 18: 68, 2x (Last: 3rd Rd, 2022 Ironwood Invitational)
Best 54: 214 (2023 UNF Collegiate)
Top Finish: T3rd at 2022 Ironwood Invitational
Top 10 finishes: 3
Top 25 finishes: 10
Rounds under par: 13
Rounds in 60s: 7

 

2023-24

- Competed in all nine tournaments with a scoring average of 75.33
- Placed in the top 25 at the White Sands Invitational with a share of 11th overall at 10-over 226
- Finished tied for 21st in regular season finale at the Chattanooga Classic
- Best score of the season was 2-under 69 during the second round of the Chattanooga Classic
- Helped Ospreys to four top-four placements at Furman, Santa Clara, UNF and ASUN tournaments
- Also includes runner-up finish at White Sands Bahamas Invitational
- Was top four scorer in eight of nine event played, including third-best at Santa Clara event
- Finished the season 14-of-21 (66.7%) rounds counting towards the team score
 

2022-23

- #12 ranked H2H player and #14 ranked player in the ASUN (Golfstat #530 national rank, #224 regional rank)
- Competed in all 10 tournaments and held a scoring average of 75.27
- Best placement of the season was seventh overall at UNF Collegiate at 2-under 214 (73-72-69)
- Was the best 54-hole score for the junior in her Osprey career
- Placed 11th at East Carolina's Ironwood Invitational (1-over 217)
- Four top-25 finishes in 10 events played, including one top-10 finish
- Recorded five total rounds under par, as well as one tournament under par at UNF Collegiate (214)
- Low 18-hole score was 3-under 69, in which she hit three different times on the season
- Helped Ospreys to four top-four placements at Wisconsin, Furman, UNF and East Carolina meets
- Was top-two UNF scorer in three meets, including being the top scorer at UNF's home tournament
- She also had 24 of her 30 rounds count towards the team score

 

2021-22

- Played in all 11 events with a scoring average of 74.85 per tournament
- Shot seven total rounds under par and finished one tournament under par
- Best 18-hole score was 4-under 68 in both the second round of Chattanooga Classic and the third round of Ironwood Invitational
- Highest placement was a share of third place at Ironwood Invitational with a combined score of 1-under 215
- Helped team break program record for best 18-hole team score in Ironwood Invite at 12-under 276
- Best 54-hole score was 1-under 215 at Ironwood Invitational, scoring two rounds at par or better
- Finished once in top 10 and three times in top 25 of player's leaderboard
- Had 19-for-27 (70.4%) of competitive rounds counted towards team score
- Helped lead UNF to six top-three placements, including three team titles at Palmetto Intercollegiate, UNF Collegiate, and ASUN Championship


2020-21

- Played in three events as an individual
- Posted a season stroke average of 77.44
- Carded a collegiate best round 74, twice (First Coast Classic | Reynolds Lade Oconee Invitational)
- Had season best finish T27 in First Coast Classic

 

Amateur

- Active member of the International Junior Golf Tour and Hurricane Golf Tour Elite Series (2019-20)
- Captured tournament titles at: 2020 IJGT BG Open | 2020 IJGT Celebration Event | 2020 IJGT WAGR | 2019 IJGT Bear Creek | 2019 Hamburg State Junior State Championship | 2019 Paris Island Tournament
- Placed runner-up at 2018 Hamburg State Junior State Championship and 2018 Northern-German Junior Championship

- Four-time participant in the Norddeutsche Einzelmeisterscaft and Hamburger Einzelmeisterschaft Junioren (2016-19)
- Played in the 2020 Junior Heritage

 

High School

- Attended Heritage Academy in Hilton Head, S.C.
 

Personal

- Born on October 16
- The daughter of Shujian Cai and Sa Lu
- Has a younger brother, Lucas
- Was born in Hamburg, Germany

- Majoring in finance with a minor in business intelligence

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Right-handed
    5'8"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Right-handed
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Right-handed
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Right-handed
    5'9"