Henderson State University Athletics

2023-24: First Team All-American, NCAA Elite 90 honoree for Division II women's golf, All-Region recipient and GAC Player of the Year in her final year . . . Closed her career as one of the most decorated female athletes in school history, winning either a GAC Title or Region Title in four of her five years on campus . . . For the entirety of the 2023-24 campaign, held the best stroke average on the team at 73.97 . . . Won the individual GAC Championships crown with a three-round score of 10-over 226 . . . Finished in a tie for fifth at the Central Regional with a 7-over 223 . . . Played her final competitive round of collegiate golf by winning her head-to-head match in the 2024 National Quarterfinals.

2022-23: College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-American . . . Served as a finalist for the NCAA Elite 90 Award, given to the student with the highest GPA who qualified for their sport's highest level of competition . . . Recognized as a WGCA All-America Honorable Mention and garnered an All-Region nod. . . . All-GAC First Team selection and Elite Scholar Athlete . . . Posted six Top-5 finishes on the season . . . Won the National Championship Preview in the Fall of 2022 with a 54-hole score of 1-under 215 . . . Held a 74.43 stroke average. 

2021-22: Was one of three players to play all 12 tournaments for the Reddies this season (G. Blount, D. Tilton) . . . Registered four Top-10 finishes and three Top-5 finishes . . . Saw her best finish of second place at the 2021 Central Region Fall Preview with an even-par 144 . . . Named All-GAC First Team . . . First Reddie student-athlete ever, male or female, to be named Great American Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year in back-to-back years . . . Recognized as a finalist for the NCAA Elite 90 award, given to the student with the highest GPA who qualified for their sport's highest level of competition . . . Named an Academic All-American . . . Made WGCA Academic All-American Scholar Team . . . Was HSU's 2021-22 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee.

SPRING 2021: Registered a team-high five Top-10 finishes and four straight Top-5 finishes to close the year in her eight events during the Spring . . . Claimed back-to-back fourth-place finishes at the GAC Championships and the Central Regional . . . Posted the best individual finish at the National Championships in program history with a 20-over 236 through 54 holes for 42nd place . . . Was one of 10 golfers in the Central Region to be named to the 2021 All-Region Team . . . Carried a team-best 77.19 stroke average through 21 rounds of competition.

SPRING 2020: Played three events before the cancelation of the spring season due to COVID-19 … Finished in fourth-place overall in Henderson’s win at the Spring Hill Badger Invitational with a three-round score of 226 (+10) … Fired the low-round of her career with a 69 (-3) in the first round of the Rattler Invitational … Was the individual runner-up at the Emerald Coast Classic with a three-round score of 218 (+5) … Ended the year with a stroke average of 78.10.

FALL 2019: Played in five tournaments as a true freshman … Notched a Top-10 finish by tying for seventh-place at the Northeastern State Women’s Golf Classic with a two-round score of 153 (+9) … Recorded a hole-in-one in her first ever collegiate tournament at the Par-3, 154 yard No. 4 hole on the second day of the Central Region Fall Championships.

PREP: Comes to Henderson from Allen, Texas, where she was a standout for the golf team at Lovejoy High School . . . A two-time district champion, Bianchi holds the school record for lowest round with a 69 and was the first golfer in school history to qualify for the Texas State Tournament . . . Has won three events outside of competing for Lovejoy: the All-American Tour (AAT) Winter Showcase, the FMHS Tour 18 Classic, and the AAT Pure Swing Golf Summer Showdown . . . Took second place at the North Texas PGA Nike Jr. Golf Spring Showcase.
 
PERSONAL: Born Mar. 29, 2001. . . Daughter of Robert and Janet Bianchi. . . Majoring in Finance.