2026-27 Women's Golf Roster

Ella Zanatta

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hamilton, Ontario

Biography

Career Bests
18 Holes:
68 (City of Oaks Collegiate, March 23, 2026, Raleigh, N.C.)
36 Holes: 142 (71-71, Bowling Green Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, April 5, 2025, Bowling Green, Ohio)
54 Holes: 219 (73-73-73, Rio Verde Collegiate, Feb. 21-23, 2025, Rio Verde, Ariz.)

2025-26 (Sophomore at Central Michigan): Recorded three top-10 finishes in 10 stroke-play tournaments…Posted CMU’s best score (or tied for CMU’s best score) in eight stroke-play tournaments…Shot program-record-tying and career-best 4-under 68 in the second round (March 23) of the City of Oaks Collegiate at Lonnie Poole GC in Raleigh, N.C….In two seasons, recorded seven career top-10 finishes, ranking third in program history in that category…Shot 9-over 80-73 – 153 to finish T7 at Notre Dame Fighting Irish Classic (Sept. 28) … shot 9-over 225 (77-76-72) for a T2 finish at WMU Bronco Fall Classic (Oct. 6-7) … finished T6 with 10-over 154 (73-81) at Dolores Black Falcon Invitational (April 11-13) … led team with 75.81 scoring average, the fourth best in program history … career scoring average (75.92) ranks second in program history.

2024-25 (Freshman at Central Michigan): Top CMU finisher in five of team's nine stroke-play tournaments heading into MAC Championship…Tied for first in 84-player field with a 222 total at the Central Michigan A-Ga-Ming Invitational in first collegiate event. Closed with a career-best 1-under par 71 to tie for first with Bradley’s Caroline McConnell in A-Ga-Ming Invitational. Lost on fifth playoff hole to McConnell….Became first Chippewa to place first in a tournament since Casilda Allendesalazar at the Nevel Meade Collegiate on March 21, 2023…Earned the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week Award after her performance in the A-Ga-Ming Invitational…Shot 71-71 -- 142 to win Bowling Green Dolores Black Invitational. Her twin 71s tied her career-best aggregate score and her 142 was a career-low for 36 holes and ranks as the second-best two-round total in program history…With her win at Dolores Black, became the sixth player in program history to earn medalist honors in a tournament; her win marked the ninth time a CMU golfer has medaled in a stroke-play event…Earned MAC Women's Golfer of the Week Award for her performance at the Dolores Black.