Career Stats (GolfStat)

Academic Notes: Majoring in hotel and restaurant management...Four-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)...Four-time Big Sky All-Academic honoree (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)...Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2021, 2022).

Career Notes (Entering 2022-23 Season): Fifth in program history in scoring average vs. par (75.68)...Eighth in par or better rounds (13)...Tied for fifth in rounds played (107)...Sixth in birdies (198).

Accolades: Four-time Big Sky All-Conference honoree...Three career Big Sky Golfer of the Week awards (9/11/19, 2/19/20, 3/25/21)...Member of 2019 Russian National Team at the European Ladies Team Championships.

2021-22 (Senior): Big Sky All-Conference Third Team...Shot 5-over par 149, including season-low round of 1-under par 71 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic...Recorded season-low 54-hole score in a tie for 23rd finish at GCU Invitational (+6, 222)...Tied for 10th at Bobcat Desert Classic (+11, 227) a week before tying for 18th at Big Sky Championship...Shot 9-over par 225 at conference championship tournament...Tied for 56th at NCAA Albuquerque Regional (+16, 232)...Recorded a pair of top-20 individual finishes...Posted two par or better rounds...Averaged 76.50 per round, third-best on the season-ending roster...Played in all 11 tournaments and 32 rounds.

2020-21 (Junior): Big Sky All-Conference Second Team...Earned Big Sky Golfer of the Week honors after best finish of the spring in fourth-place at Red Rocks Invitational (+2, 218)...Finished the tournament with a third round 69 (-3) which matched her second-lowest round ever and tied for the sixth-best round in Red Rocks history...Tied for 12th at GCU Invitational (+4, 220)...Finished season with 16th-place finish at Big Sky Championship (+13, 229)...Recorded three top-20 individual finishes in seven tournaments...Posted third-best stroke average (75.62) on the team over 21 rounds...Tied for second on the team with three par or better rounds...National GolfStat Individual Player Rating of 411 at conclusion of the season.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Big Sky All-Conference Third Team...Opened the season with a third-place finish at Hobble Creek Fall Classic (+1, 214)...Tied for 11th at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (+5, 221)...Shot a 5-over par 149 at Grand Canyon Spring Invitational to tie for 18th...Posted three top-20 individual finishes and played in all eight tournaments during abbreviated season...Recorded second-lowest stroke average (75.61) on the team over 23 rounds of play...Led team with two rounds in the 60s including career-best round of 68 (-3) at Hobble Creek Fall Classic.

2018-19 (Freshman): Big Sky All-Conference Third Team...Tied for fifth-place at 2019 Big Sky Championship (+2, 218)...Took seventh-place at Red Rocks Invitational (-1, 212), which also included her lowest round of the season (69)...Ninth-place finish at Hobble Creek Fall Classic (+6, 219)...Six top-20 individual performances while averaging a score of 74.94 per round in 11 tournaments over 31 rounds of play...Recorded six par or better rounds...National GolfStat Individual Player Rating of 387 at conclusion of 2018-19 campaign.

High School: Earned second and third place finishes in junior tournaments in Turkey...Placed first in Russia's Junior Tour...Also placed first in the 2015 Russian Cup and Russia's National Championships...Part of European Girls Team Championship.

Personal: Aleksandra Chekalina was born Dec. 8 in Moscow, Russia...Daughter of Elena Chekalina...One older brother, Paver...Enjoys photography...Most exciting event was when her and family visited Norway...Chose NAU because of the location, the programs and the golf team.