Meet the 2018 USA Curtis Cup Team
Mariel Galdiano, 19, Pearl City, Hawaii
*-Sophomore at UCLA
*-Currently No. 22 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-Member of 2016 USA Curtis Cup Team (went 2-2-0)
*-Member of 2016 USA World Amateur Team
*-Won individual and team gold medal at 2017 World University Games
*-Has qualified for four U.S. Women’s Opens
*-Medalist at 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur (equaled second-lowest round in championship history)
*-Graduated from Punahou School in Hawaii (alums include past Curtis Cup players Michelle Wie and Stephanie Kono, and President Barack Obama)
*-Named to 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team
Kristen Gillman, 20, Austin, Texas
*-Sophomore at University of Alabama, where she helped team to runner-up finish in 2018 NCAA Championships
*-Currently No. 8 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-Qualified for 2018 U.S. Women's Open (T-27)
*-Won 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur, defeating future major champion Brooke Henderson in final at Nassau Country Club
*-Member of 2014 USA Women’s World Amateur Team
*-First-team All-American (2016-17 season)
*-Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year (2016-17)
*-One of 12 golfers named to 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team
*-Set single-season Alabama record with 22 rounds of par or better (2016-17)
*-Advanced to the Round of 16 of 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur
Jennifer Kupcho, 20, Westminster, Colo.
*-Junior at Wake Forest
*-Currently No. 2 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-Tied for 21st in 2017 U.S. Women's Open (second low amateur)
*-Qualified for 2016 U.S. Women's Open
*-Won 2018 NCAA Championship
*-Set single-season Wake Forest scoring record in 2016-17 (70.61 average)
*-Runner-up in 2017 NCAA Championship
*First-team All-American (2016-17 season)
*-Won three college tournaments in 2016-17, including NCAA Athens Regional
*-Won 2017 Canadian Women’s Amateur
*-One of 12 golfers named to 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team
*-First Coloradan to be selected to Curtis Cup Team since Jill McGill in 1994
Andrea Lee, 19, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
*-Sophomore at Stanford University
*-Currently No. 5 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-Member of 2016 USA Curtis Cup Team (1-2-0 record)
*-Runner-up in 2018 NCAA Championship
*-Got into the 2018 U.S. Women's Open as an alternate, but missed the cut
*Named 2016-17 PING/Women's Golf Coaches Association Freshman of the Year and first-team All-American
*-Named 2016-17 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
*-Member of 2016 USA Women’s World Amateur Team
*-Led USA to gold medal in 2017 World University Games (fourth individually)
*-Won 2017 Pac-12 Preview tournament
*-Named to 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team
*-Runner-up in 2016 U.S. Girls' Junior
*-Quarterfinalist in 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur
Lucy Li, 15, Redwood Shores, Calif.
*-First 15-year-old named to USA Curtis Cup Team since Lexi Thompson in 2010
*-Currently No. 9 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-Youngest to ever qualify for a U.S. Women’s Open (11 years, 8 months, 9 days in 2014)
*-Qualified for 2018 U.S. Women's Open (T-55)
*-Quarterfinalist in 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur
*-Medalist in 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior
*-Two-time ANA Inspiration competitor; low amateur in 2017
*-Youngest to ever qualify for match play in U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links (10 years, 8 months, 16 days in 2013), surpassing Michelle Wie’s 2000 record by 7 days
*Won Girls 10-11 age division in the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt Championship at Augusta National Golf Club in 2015
*-Won 2016 Junior PGA Championship
*-Member of 2016 USA Junior Ryder Cup Team
*-Member of 2017 USA Junior Solheim Cup Team
*-Winner of the 2017 Ping Invitational and Rolex Tournament of Champions, both major events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit
Sophia Schubert, 22, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
*-Senior at University of Texas
*-Currently No. 15 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-Won 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur at San Diego Country Club, defeating Albane Valenzuela, of Switzerland, in the final match
*-Third University of Texas golfer to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur (Michiko Hattori and past USA Curtis Cup competitor Kelli Kuehne)
*-Transferred to Texas after one season at Auburn University
*-Low amateur at 2017 Evian Championship
*-Competed in 2017 Evian Championship (T-58), 2018 ANA Inspiration (MC) and 2018 U.S. Women's Open at Shoal Creek (MC)
*-Named to 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team
*-Honorable-mention Women's Golf Coaches Association All-America for 2016-2017 season
*-Two-time All-Big 12 selection
Lauren Stephenson, 20, Lexington, S.C.
*-Junior at University of Alabama, where she helped team to runner-up finish in 2018 NCAA Championships
*-Spent one season at Clemson University before transferring for 2016-17 season
*-Currently No. 6 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-First player in NCAA Division I history to post sub-70 scoring average for one season (69.76)
*-First-Team Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American (2017-18)
*-Second-team Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American (2016-17 season)
*-Qualified for two U.S. Women’s Opens (T-41 in 2017; MC in 2016)
*-Lost 30-hole quarterfinal match at 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur, the longest in USGA history
*-One of 12 golfers named to 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team
*Won 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship
Lilia Vu, 20, Fountain Valley, Calif.
*-Junior at UCLA
*-Currently the No. 1 player in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking
*-Won fourth collegiate title in a row on March 7, 2018 at Wildcat Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.
*-T-40 at 2018 ANA Inspiration
*-Semifinalist in 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur
*-Named to 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team
*-Two-time Women's Golf Coaches Association first-team All-American
*-Qualified for 2015 U.S. Women's Open
*-Runner-up to USA Curtis Cup teammate Jennifer Kupcho at 2017 Canadian Women's Amateur
*-Named 2015-16 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year