Grace Wang Set to Join Women's Golf for 2023-24 Season
4/10/2023 12:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan women's golf coach Jan Dowling announced Monday (April 10), the addition of Grace Wang for the 2023-24 season. Joining the Wolverines as a walk-on, Wang joins signee Sydney Yermish as incoming freshmen for the Maize and Blue.
A Rochester Hills, Mich., native, Wang prepped at Rochester Adams playing three years under coach Jeff Kutschman. She highlighted her senior season helping Adams win the Division I State title after she finished third, earning All-State Super Team honors. After not playing varsity golf as a junior, Wang helped Adams to a runner-up state finish in 2020 and a seventh-place finish in 2019. She guided Adams to two Division I Regional 5 titles (2020, '22) and a runner-up finish in 2019, when she was the medalist as a freshman.
"Becoming a Wolverine has been one of my dreams," said Wang. "Now to be able to play golf for them, I cannot express how excited I am. I am beyond grateful for this opportunity from coach Jan (Dowling) and coach A.J. (Newell). I am so eager to learn from the amazing coaches and players these next few years. I can't wait to be a part of this new experience and family. I hope I can make the Wolverine family proud!"
"We are thrilled to have Grace join our team this coming fall," said Dowling. "She has been a dedicated athlete for most of her life, and has come into her own as a competitive golfer in the last two summers. She has achieved a lot in the junior ranks, and is ready to level up her entire game as she embarks on her collegiate career.
"She embodies what being a Michigan student-athlete looks like with her year-round dedication to academics and golf. She comes in with a great skill set on the technical side of things, so we are excited to expose her to the finer nuance of being a great collegiate player. She is driven and hungry to learn, and we know she will develop into a stellar amateur player."
In addition to her Super Team honor, Wang earned All-State honors (2020) and honorable mention accolades (2019), was named to the Division I All-Academic team (2022) and earned two All-Academic team honors (2020, '22). After her final season, she was named the Rochester Adams Athletic Hall of Fame.
In her junior golf career, Wang highlighted her 2022 summer winning the Michigan Girls' Junior State Amateur at Forest Akers, West Course in East Lansing, Mich. After earning the No. 6 seed, she advanced to the final match, winning the title after a 1-up victory against Sophie Stevens.
Additionally last summer, Wang advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Michigan Women's Amateur and was the medalist runner-up at the AJGA Dana Incorporated Junior Open. She added four individual wins with a pair of wins on the Callaway/Meijer Junior Tour at Forest Akers, West and at Twin Lakes Golf Club and two more on the Golfweek Junior Tour at Elks Run Golf Course and the U-M Golf Course. In 2023, she finished 57th at the prestigious Women's Orlando International Amateur at Orange County National.
In addition to her golfing career, Wang was a competitive figure skater for nearly a decade (2010-19). She helped Rochester United, which combines all Rochester area high school programs, to back-to-back Michigan High School State championships (2021, '22). She also earned U.S. Figure Skating gold medals for Free Skating (Senior) and for Moves in the Field (Senior) and was fourth at the 2019 regional to advance to sectional final.
Wang will be enrolled in U-M's prestigious Stephen M. Ross School of Business in the fall.
