Marija Jucmane

Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Riga, Latvia

2022-23 (Senior)
Appeared in 10 events, posting a 74.4 stroke average ... Recorded eight top-50 finishes, including five in the top-25, with two top-10 finishes ... Placed a season best fifth at the Oral Roberts Spring Invitational with an even-par 216 ... Notched a tie for sixth at the Hoover Invitational with a 219 (3-over-par) ... Carded a 222 (6-over-par) and placed 20th at the Rainbow Whine Invitational ... Finished tied in 22nd at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic with a 4-over par 220.

Prior to UNC at North Texas
2021-22 (Junior)
Competed in six tournaments and had a stroke average of 77.07 with a career-best round of 67 at The Bruzzy, where she helped the team climb the leaderboard on the final day and tied for 58th individually ... Played in the final round of the NCAA Regional in Albuquerque and shot an 80 ... Tied for 52nd at the MountainView Collegiate with a three-round score of 223 ... Subbed in after the opening round of the Conference USA Championship and shot a second-round 74 to help propel the team to a second straight conference championship ... Tied for 56th at the Olde Stone Intercollegiate when she shot a 84-76-78-238 and helped the team to a second-place finish.

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Competed in four tournaments - all as an individual - and was chosen as the alternate for the team's NCAA Regional in Baton Rouge that was canceled due to weather ... Had a season stroke average of 77.92 with a season-best round of 71, done twice in the first two rounds of The Bruzzy ... Finished 21st at the Mary S. Kauth Invitational when she shot a 77-80-75-232

2019-20 (Freshman)
Competed in all eight tournaments (six times as an individual) during the season, averaging a score of 77.83 per round ... Tied for 30th place at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational with a three-round total of 230 while competing as an individual ... Tied for 15th place at the BYU Entrada Classic to close the season while competing as an individual in a tournament which the team won.

Prior to North Texas
Marija Jucmane also joins the Bears with an impressive resume ... She is a four-time Latvian Junior Champion (2008, 2010, 2016, 2018) and a two-time Latvian Youth Olympic Champion (2015, 2017) ... In 2018, she won Estonia Match Play and the Faldo Series Poland Championship.

Along with this, Jucmane was the XXVI Niitvalja Karikas champion ... She played her personal best single round this year, shooting a 67, at the Bruzzy hosted by the University of Northern Texas ... She's also been ranked as high as 881 on WAGR.

Personal
Born Sept. 5, 2000 in Riga, Latvia ... Daughter of Andris and Inga ... Has two brothers, Edvards and Roberts ... Graduated with a BS in kinesiology in 2022 from the University of North Texas ... Majoring in masters in sports administration.

What Coach Sikorski's is Saying
"We are lucky to add Marija to the 2022 class. Marija has spent the last few years at a tremendous program, who has been ranked consistently in the top 50. She's going to bring a competitive and winning attitude to our program."