Stetson University Athletics

Two-time First Team All-ASUN selection and the 2026 ASUN Golfer of the Year... First Hatter to earn ASUN Golfer of the Year honors since 2012... Named the 2025 ASUN Freshman of the Year... Four career tournament victories through two seasons... Qualified for the 2026 NCAA Tallahassee Regional as an individual, becoming Stetson's first individual regional qualifier since 2012... Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar... Named CSC Academic All-District in 2026... Earned ASUN Golfer of the Year honors, becoming the first Hatter to receive the award since 2012... Named First Team All-ASUN for the second consecutive season... Qualified for the NCAA Tallahassee Regional as an individual, becoming Stetson's first individual regional qualifier since 2012... Earned CSC Academic All-District and WGCA All-American Scholar honors... Competed in all 11 tournaments... Led the Hatters with a 72.96 scoring average across 31 rounds... Captured three individual tournament titles... Won the Magnolia Collegiate Invite after carding rounds of 74, 73 and 70 for a 1-over-par 217... Won the Bermuda Triangle Collegiate with a 10-over-par 223... Tied for first at the Lady Thunderbird Invitational with a 2-under-par 214 before finishing runner-up following a playoff... Added a runner-up finish at the Babs Steffens Invitational after firing rounds of 70, 71 and 70 for a 5-under-par 211... Finished second at the ASUN Championship with a 6-under-par 210... Recorded eight top-five finishes... Fired a season-low 66 in the second round of the ASUN Championship... Finished tied for 40th at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional... Named ASUN Freshman of the Year, becoming the third Hatter in program history to earn the award and the first since 2010... Became the first major ASUN award winner under head coach Teresa Brown... Earned First Team All-ASUN honors... Named a WGCA All-American Scholar... Helped lead the Hatters to four top-three team finishes, including two tournament victories... Finished sixth at the ASUN Championship... Posted a 72.4 scoring average, one of the lowest single-season marks in program history... Earned ASUN Golfer of the Week honors twice... Recorded six top-10 finishes, five top-five finishes, three top-three finishes and two runner-up performances... Tied the program record for lowest 18-hole score with a final-round 66 at the Sea Best Intercollegiate... Totaled 250 pars, 77 birdies and two eagles during the season... Attended Doshisha International High School in Kyoto, Japan... Three-year letterwinner and two-year team captain under head coach Kenta Taniguchi... Born on Sept. 30, 2005... Daughter of Ikko and Yuri Sakashita... Native of Nara, Japan... Has two sisters, Ichiyo and Ichika... Aspires to become a professional golfer and compete around the world.