Sydney Givens

Photo by: Brent DePaepe/CU Athletics

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
High School:
Vandegrift
Major:
Integrative Physiology

High School/Before CU: A 2024 graduate of Vandegrift High School, she helped the Vipers to consecutive Texas UIL 6A state championships in 2023 and '24 - the first two in program history. A three-time First Team All-State selection, she was the 2022 individual state champion as a sophomore and was the runner up in back-to-back seasons in 2023 and '24 during Vandegrift's team title runs. She won all four District 25-6A titles during her career. Three-time Region IV-6A champion from 2021-23 and the regional runner up in 2024. Owns Vandegrift records for career wins (15), scoring average (71.0) and rounds at par or better (43). Her 70.5 stroke average as a senior is the Vipers' single-season record. She was the No. 1 golfer in Texas for the Class of 2024 and ranked top 30 nationally in the Rolex and Golfweek rankings. On the junior circuit, she has 11 national top 5 finishes, including a pair of medalist honors at the 2021 AJGA Stewart Cink Championship by Transamerica and the 2022 AJGA Mizuno/Greyson Sigg Junior Championship. During the summer of her high school graduation, she placed third at The Granny Invitational and had a pair of fourth place showings at The National High School Golf Invitational and The Dye Junior Invitational Championship at Crooked Stick. Overall, she has 83 career wins between the junior and high school ranks.

Best Round In Competition: 66 (-6), five times, most recently in the third and final round of National High School Golf Invitational at the Omni PGA Frisco (Texas) Resort in July 2024.

Academics: Majoring in Integrative Physiology at Colorado. Named to the 2024-25 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team.