Nitisha Manikandesh - 2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
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Nitisha Manikandesh
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- Plano West Senior High School
- Prev School:
- Purdue
CAREER OVERVIEWÂ (AT UTA)
Low Round: 69Â (Second Round, Diamante Intercollegiate, 10/21/24)
Best Finish (All Rounds Played): 3Â (WAC Championship, 4/14-16/25)
Best 54-Hole Score: 216 EÂ (WAC Championship, 4/14-16/25)
Scoreboard Profile (From 2023-24 season on)
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AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2025-26)Â
Played in 29 rounds across 10 tournaments with a scoring average of 75.4 that ranked second on the team ... Carded a team-best eight rounds at par or better ... Named an All-WAC Second Team selection ... Recorded three top-10 finishes, including the WAC Championship (April 20-22) where she finished fourth ... Recorded two rounds at par or better in the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-21) and ULM Invitational (March 30-31).
AS A JUNIOR AT UTA (2024-25)Â
Turned in her best performance of the season at the WAC Championship (4/14-16) where she finished 3rd...there, logged rounds of 71-70-75...ended the season with 11 rounds of even par or better - best on the team...was the top performer in five of 11 events...held a 76.0 scoring average across 32 rounds.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT UTA (2023-24)Â
Completed her first season as a Maverick, tabbing a 77.7 scoring average...played in 10 events and 27 rounds...ended the season with back-to-back individual top-10 finishes; ORU Spring Invitational (4/8-9/24), WAC Championship, (4/19-21/24)...held fourth best scoring average.
AS A FRESHMAN AT PURDUE (2022-23)Â
Played in one event as a true freshman at Purdue with an 80.33 scoring average across three rounds...competed in the Tulane Classic (2/12-14), turning in rounds of 81-78-82 where she helped the team to a 1st-place finish.
HONORS
All-WAC Second Team Selection (2025-26)
WGCA All-American Scholar Team (2026)
WGCA All-American Scholar Team (2025)
WGCA All-American Scholar Team (2024)
HIGH SCHOOL
Served as team captain for Plano West Senior High School for two years and was named MVP…earned first team all-district accolades…placed second at 6A district championship…earned a spot on the 2020-21 North Texas High School Golf Coaches Association (NTHSGCA) Honor Team…competed in seven AJGA tournaments with three top-10 finishes and one top-5 finish…played in the 2022 USGA Women's 4-Ball in Puerto Rico...made the Dean's List and Semester Honors in Fall of 2022 and Spring of 2023 at Purdue.
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PERSONAL
Born on January 13, 2004...daughter of Nandini Velmurugan and Manikandesh Venkatachalam...mechanical engineering major.
Low Round: 69Â (Second Round, Diamante Intercollegiate, 10/21/24)
Best Finish (All Rounds Played): 3Â (WAC Championship, 4/14-16/25)
Best 54-Hole Score: 216 EÂ (WAC Championship, 4/14-16/25)
Scoreboard Profile (From 2023-24 season on)
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AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2025-26)Â
Played in 29 rounds across 10 tournaments with a scoring average of 75.4 that ranked second on the team ... Carded a team-best eight rounds at par or better ... Named an All-WAC Second Team selection ... Recorded three top-10 finishes, including the WAC Championship (April 20-22) where she finished fourth ... Recorded two rounds at par or better in the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-21) and ULM Invitational (March 30-31).
AS A JUNIOR AT UTA (2024-25)Â
Turned in her best performance of the season at the WAC Championship (4/14-16) where she finished 3rd...there, logged rounds of 71-70-75...ended the season with 11 rounds of even par or better - best on the team...was the top performer in five of 11 events...held a 76.0 scoring average across 32 rounds.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT UTA (2023-24)Â
Completed her first season as a Maverick, tabbing a 77.7 scoring average...played in 10 events and 27 rounds...ended the season with back-to-back individual top-10 finishes; ORU Spring Invitational (4/8-9/24), WAC Championship, (4/19-21/24)...held fourth best scoring average.
AS A FRESHMAN AT PURDUE (2022-23)Â
Played in one event as a true freshman at Purdue with an 80.33 scoring average across three rounds...competed in the Tulane Classic (2/12-14), turning in rounds of 81-78-82 where she helped the team to a 1st-place finish.
HONORS
All-WAC Second Team Selection (2025-26)
WGCA All-American Scholar Team (2026)
WGCA All-American Scholar Team (2025)
WGCA All-American Scholar Team (2024)
HIGH SCHOOL
Served as team captain for Plano West Senior High School for two years and was named MVP…earned first team all-district accolades…placed second at 6A district championship…earned a spot on the 2020-21 North Texas High School Golf Coaches Association (NTHSGCA) Honor Team…competed in seven AJGA tournaments with three top-10 finishes and one top-5 finish…played in the 2022 USGA Women's 4-Ball in Puerto Rico...made the Dean's List and Semester Honors in Fall of 2022 and Spring of 2023 at Purdue.
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PERSONAL
Born on January 13, 2004...daughter of Nandini Velmurugan and Manikandesh Venkatachalam...mechanical engineering major.
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