Colorado State University Athletics

2026-27 Women's Golf Roster

Kara Kaneshiro
Kara Kaneshiro
Kara Kaneshiro
2024 Women's Golf NCAAs
Kara Kaneshiro
Fresno Classic Champions 2
Fresno State Classic Champions 2024
Kara Kaneshiro
Tulane Classic Win
Kara Karnisharo
Kara Kaneshiro
Women's Golf Winner at Ptarmigan Classic
Kara Kaneshiro

Kara Kaneshiro

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-2
  • Hometown:
    Honolulu, Hawaii
  • High School:
    Kalani HS
Awards and Accolades
  • 2024 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
  • 2024 All-Mountain West Second Team
  • 2025 All-Mountain West First Team
  • 2026 All-Mountain West Second Team
Junior (2025-26)
  • 2026 Second Team All-Mountain West Selection
  • Played in 10 events with a stroke average of 72.55
  • Had two top five finishes at both the Paradise Invitational (5th) and the Mountain West Championship (3rd)
  • Carded 12 birdies at the Paradise Invitational
  • Notched the season lowest individual finish at the Huntington Bank Collegiate with 211 strokes (-5)
  • Tied with Chiara Sola for the season’s low round of 68 (-4) in round one at the Mountain West Championship
Sophomore (2024-25)
  • 2025 First Team All-Mountain West Selection
  • Played in 11 events with a stroke average of 72.73
  • Finished in the top five in three tournaments, and top 10 in five tournaments
  • Qualified for NCAA Regionals as an individual where she finished 19th (221, +5)
  • Finished fifth at the Mountain West Conference Tournament (219, +3)
  • Ranked #180 nationally at the end of the season
Freshman (2023-24)
  • 2024 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
  • Second Team All-Mountain West selection
  • Played in 11 events with a stroke average of 73.09, ranking fourth in program history for season stroke average
  • Posted 15 rounds of par or better, good for second in program history
  • Finished inside the top five once and top 10 once
  • Finished in fifth place at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic 
  • Shot under 70 in four rounds, her lowest score of 67 in rounds one and two of the Ptarmigan Ram Classic 
  • Finished two tournaments below par with the best being 10-under at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic
  • Helped the program to its first NCAA Regional appearance since 2010
Personal/Amateur
  • Played at Kalani High School
  • Team MVP in 2022 and 2023
  • Selected KHS Female Athlete of the Year in 2023
  • Two-time Oahu Interscholastic Association first team member (2022, 2023)
  • 2022 and 2023 Oahu Insterscholastic Association individual champion
  • Hawaii State Women's Amateur Champion in 2021 and 2022
  • 2021 Hawaii State Junior Golf Association Player of the Year
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