Biermann, Raines and Rossi Named Big Ten Golfers to Watch

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State women’s golfers Brooke Biermann, Leila Raines and Valentina Rossi were named to the Big Ten Players to Watch List, announced by the conference office on Thursday.

Biermann led the team in events played (12) and rounds played (36), finishing third on the team in scoring average at 72.89, the ninth-best mark in a single season at MSU. She won her first collegiate event at the NCAA Palm Beach Regional with a 3-under par 213, becoming the first MSU women’s golfer to win an NCAA Regional. Biermann, who received a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Meijer LPGA Classic over the summer, reached match play in the North & South Amateur and the Round of 32 in the Women’s Western Amateur this summer.

Raines, a senior, finished fourth on the team in scoring average last year at 73.85 over nine events and 27 rounds. She was the team’s top finisher in two events during the spring, including a tie for first place at the Moon Golf Invitational in February. Raines fired a 13-under par 203, tying the MSU record for a 54-hole score, including a 7-under par 65 in the final round that was the fourth-best 18-hole score in program history. Raines was a 2022 NCAA Championships qualifier as an individual.

Rossi had a busy summer of travel following her win in the Women’s Amateur Latin America (WALA) in November 2022. The win at the WALA qualified her to play in the LPGA Amundi Evian Championship in France, the AIG Women’s Open in England and the Chevron Championship during the summer. Raines, a senior, finished second on the team in scoring average last year with a 72.70, the eighth-best single-season mark at MSU, and enters her senior year with a career 73.99 scoring average, the fifth-best in program history.

The Spartans are coming off one of the most successful postseasons in program history under Head  Coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll. Michigan State returns its entire lineup from last year’s team that won the program’s first NCAA  Regional title and finished in 18th place at the NCAA Championships.