Hokie Club2021-22 Season: Tech's first women's golfer to earn All-America Honorable Mention recognition by the WGCA ... Earned All-ACC distinction for the second straight season, becoming the first Hokie to do so … Led the team in scoring average at 72.81 … Recorded performances at par-or-better a team-high 17 times … Had the best final round stroke average on the team at 72.91 … Totaled seven top-10 performances including a pair of runner-up finishes at the Landfall Tradition and NCAA Ann Arbor Regional … Notched her first career hole-in-one at the Columbia Classic, then her second hole-in-one during the practice round at the NCAA Championship … Recorded her lowest round of the season, shooting a school-record 7-under 65 in the first round of the Florida State Match-Up where she tied for third at even-par 216 … Tied for eighth (1-over 217) at the ACC Championship where she tallied nine birdies on the week … Tied her season-best finish at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional finishing second, which earned her a ticket to the NCAA Women’s Golf National Championship for the second year in a row - this time as an individual ... Joined Amanda Hollandsworth (2019) as the second Hokie to reach nationals as an individual ... Competed in the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur - first Tech women's golfer to do so - carding an 8-over 152 (76-76) ... VaSID All-State First Team.
2021 Season: Joined teammate Becca DiNunzio as the first-ever Hokies to be named All-ACC ... Second on the team with a 72.81 scoring average, which ranked 13th in the ACC ... Totaled five top-20 performances, including a season-best tie for fifth at the Clemson Invitational (-3) ... Tied for sixth at Stanford Regional with a 2-under 211 to help Hokies advance to first-ever national championship in program history ... Finished at par-or-better eight times, counting four times in the red ... Ranked 72nd by Golfstat ... All-ACC Academic Team honoree for second time in career ... VaSID All-State First Team.
Fall 2020 Season (Individual): Won the 2020 Golfweek Caledonia Amateur Women's Tournament in Pawleys Island, South Carolina ... Finished tied for fourth at the Women's Griffin Amateur at Grandover Resort.
2019-20 Season: Earned her first collegiate title by winning the Princess Anne Invitational in Virginia Beach, Virginia, helping to lead the Hokies to their first-ever team championship ... Posted rounds of 69-69-65=203 in the win, marking the first time that a Virginia Tech player had posted all three round under 70 in a single event ... The 65 sets a new school record for lowest score in a round and the 203 is the lowest three-round total in school history ... Was named the ACC Player of the Month for October ... Led the team in scoring average and Crunch Time scoring ... Posted three Top 12 finishes in the three Spring 2020 events, highlighted by a ninth place finish at the Icon Invitational in Houston in February ... Finished no worse than 12th in six of the seven team events this season ... Honorable mention Golfweek All-American ... Named first team All-State by VaSID.
2018-19 Season: Named second team All-State by VaSID ... Named to 2019 All-ACC Academic Women’s Golf team ... Named to 2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Currently the program’s all-time leader in scoring average, at 74.13 … Led the Hokies in scoring average in the 2018-19 season at 73.26 ... Had her best-ever finish in the season-opening Minnesota Invitational ... Scored par-or-better in all three rounds, leading to her second place individual finish ... Finished sixth at the Magnolia Invitational and 13th at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, leading Tech in both events … Finished third at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, shooting three rounds of par-or-better … Has two more top 20 finishes in the spring … Second on the team in Crunch Time Average.
Summer 2019: Competing for Australia in the 2019 Astor Trophy competition.
2017-18 Season: Third on the team in scoring average, at 74.94 … Had three top 20 finishes, including one top five finish in her freshman season … Opened her collegiate career with a 14th place finish at the Minnesota Invitational, where all three rounds were par-or-better … Had her best finish of the fall by placing 13th at the Cardinal Cup … Had her best career performance to date by finishing fifth at the Moon Golf Invitational to open the Spring 2018 slate ... Named 2nd team All-State by VaSID.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Xavier College Prep in Phoenix, Arizona … Led her team to four consecutive state titles … Captain her senior year … Won three individual events in high school competition … Four-time first team all-state and outstanding senior golfer … Honor graduate and four-year honor roll student.
Amateur/Junior Golf: Medalist at 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur Qualifier, carding an even-par 71 at Lakeside Park Club ... Qualified for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open, winning a three-way playoff at Belle Haven Country Club in Springfield, Va. ... Becomes just the second Hokie to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open (Amanda Hollandsworth, 2019) ... Quarterfinalist at the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur at Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y. ... Advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur ... Runner-up at 2020 VSGA Women's Stroke Play Championship at Kingsmill, falling to teammate Becca DiNunzio in the second hole of a playoff ... Advanced to the Round of 16 in match play at the 2020 North & South Amateur ... Two-time Junior Golf Association of Arizona (JGAA) Player of the Year … Rated the fourth-best golfer in Arizona for the class of 2017 … Has played in two United States Golf Association (USGA) Girls’ Junior Qualifiers … Since December of 2015, Mahar has recorded 13 top-10 finishes in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and the JGAA, including four victories and three runner-up finishes … Competed in the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur … Advanced to match play at U.S. Girl’s Junior Championship.
Personal: Daughter of James and Katie Mahar … Has a younger brother, Josh … Family lives in Brisbane, Australia … Earned her bachelor's degree in human development in December 2021 ... Currently pursuing a master's degree in agricultural and life sciences.