Kiira Riihijarvi
Kiira Riihijarvi
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Oulu, Finland
  • High School:
    Darlington School
  • Major:
    International Business/Marketing

Bio

As a Junior: Earned an All-Sunshine State Conference First Team Selection... Won SSC Player of the Year... All-South Region WGCA Second Team... All-American WGCA... SSC All-Championship Team... Won Player of the Week twice (9/24) and (11/05)... WGCA Scholar All-American... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award... Participated in 10 events... Appeared in 26 rounds... Averaged 71.35 per round... Shot a round best of 77 in NCAA DII South Super Regional... Finished 1st in multiple events such as RMAC Fall Preview, Saint Leo Invitational, Jekyll-O-Lantern Invitational, and SSC Tourney. 

As a Sophomore:  WGCA All-America Scholar...Received D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...Received Sports Club of Tampa Bay UT Female Athlete of the Year...WGCA second-team All-American...WGCA all-South Region...Second-team all-Sunshine State Conference...Earned her second straight invite to the NCAA South Super Regional...Earned SSC Player of the Week (10/23)...Placed third overall at the regional, shooting rounds of 70, 77 and 75...Her 222 was +6...Advanced to NCAA Division II National Championships in Houston...Opened the championships with a 69 as she was in first place through the first round...The 69 at the championships matched her season-best round...Was seventh overall at the championships as she finished with a 295, including rounds of 69, 77, 73 and 76...Finished 8th at the Sunshine State Conference Tournament...Competed in 10 events for the Spartans...Averaged 75.46 per round...Appeared in 26 rounds...Shot a season-low round of 69 at the Saint Leo Invitational and hit it again at the World Golf Invitational.

As a Freshman: WGCA second-team All-American...Became the first golfer in program history to earn a bid to the NCAA South Super Regional...Won the individual championship at the NCAA Regional, shooting rounds of 78, 72 and 70 to finish ahead of the top-ranked player in the nation and eventual national champion Marie Coors from Saint Leo...Set a new UT record with a 70 in her final round...Advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championships in Findlay, Ohio, where she finished ninth overall with a total score of 307...Shot rounds of 77, 77, 78 and 75 at championships...Finished 40th in Sunshine State Conference Tournament...Competed in six event and saw action in 16 rounds... Averaged 76.35 per round...Shot a regular-season best 75 in one round in three events...Finished in the top-10 at four tournaments.

High School: Attended Darlington School in Rome, Georgia and graduated in 2016...Played for coach Matt Peal...Competed in the Finnish Ladies Amateur Championship in 2016 as she shot rounds of 75, 77 and 77 to finish 10th overall in Helsinki.

Personal: Won the 2018 Finnish Championship...Placed fifth at the 2018 European Championship...Played for summer team Virpiniemi Golf Club for coach Tommi Linna…Member of the European Girls Team Championship in 2015…Majoring in International Business and Marketing…Daughter of Johanna and Heikki and has two siblings, Roosa and Paavo…Born on April 29 in Mont St Aignan, France.

News Mentions

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Spartans Seventh Overall at Lady Moc Classic

Kiira Riihijarvi among top golfers in three-round tournament.

February 19, 2019

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Team Effort Helps Spartans to Second-Place WGI Finish

Kiira Riihijarvi and Sofia Cadavid both finish among top-10 individuals.

February 4, 2019

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SSC Recognizes Kiira Riihijarvi as Golfer of the Week

Junior receives second league honor this fall.

November 5, 2018

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Spartans Takes Second as Kiira Riihijarvi Wins Jekyll Island Invite

Junior wins her third individual medalist honor of fall season.

October 30, 2018

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Kiira Riihijarvi Ascends to Nation's Top Player

Currently ranked as number-one player in Golfstat Division II individual rankings.

October 24, 2018

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UT Women's Golf Returns to National Rankings as Kiira Riihijarvi Among Nation's Best

Junior All-American is No. 2 in NCAA Division II

October 17, 2018

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Riihijarvi Turns in Another Top Performance to Lead Spartans

Junior wins individual championship by six strokes.

October 16, 2018

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Team Effort Leads Spartans to Fourth-Place Finish at Shark Invitational

Spartans compete in event featuring 10 nationally-ranked teams.

October 9, 2018

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Kiira Riihijarvi Named SSC Women's Golfer of the Week

Kiira Riihijarvi Named SSC Women's Golfer of the Week

September 24, 2018

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Spartans Win Opening Tournament Behind Riihijarvi's Record Performance

Junior All-American Kiira Riihijarvi added another school record to open the season.

September 18, 2018

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Kiira Riihijarvi Set to Represent Finland at World Amateur Team Championships

Junior All-American is coming off of pair of top-five efforts over summer.

August 24, 2018

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WGCA Tabs Four Spartans as Scholar All-Americans

Spartans continue success on and off the links.

July 3, 2018

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Kiira Riihijarvi Wins Finnish Under-21 Amateur Championship

Two-time All-American continues success following NCAA Championships.

June 29, 2018