Ava Cepeda Season 2026-27

1st YEAR (2025-26): 2nd Team All-Mountain West ... Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar ... appeared in all 10 events ... led the team with a 73.64 stroke average, 2nd-best average by a UNM freshman ... had nine rounds of par or better ... best finish was 5th at Red Raider Invitational ... had first collegiate event under par with a 2-under 214 to finish T-14th at the PING/ASU Invitational ... shot a collegiate-best 69 in the final round of PING/ASU ... in the summer of 2026, became the first woman to win the Manoa Cup and Hawaii State Am in the same year ... qualified for 2026 US Women's Am. 

BEFORE NEW MEXICO: 2025 Hawai'i high school state individual champion ... finalist at the 2025 Manoa Cup (Hawaii state match play championship) ... top five finish at 2025 California Women's Am

PERSONAL: Daughter of Karla and Baxter Cepeda ... has two siblings, Mia and Max ... older sister, Mia, plays golf at Albany