Paige Richter

Caroline Zeiger

/ Women's Golf

Photo by: Ben Popko

Photo by: Keith Lucas

Class:
Senior
High School:
Camp Hill
Hometown:
Camp Hill, Pa.

Career: First Four-Time All-Patriot League Women’s Golfer in Bucknell history (fourth in Patriot League history) … 2026 Patriot League All-Tournament Team … three-time Patriot League Golfer of the Week … Second Team All Patriot League (2023, 2024, 2025, 20206) … her 220 at the 2023 Patriot League Championships stands as Bucknell’s lowest 54-hole at a conference championship.

Spring 2026 (Senior): In the lineup for all five events in the spring … averaged a 79.1 over 15 rounds … repeated as Second Team All-Patriot League for fourth straight season … tied for second at the Patriot League Championships to earn All-tournament status … fired 74-75-74 at the PL Championships at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club … tied for 12th at El Campeon Collegiate shooting 89-77-77.

Fall 2025 (Senior): Averaged a 74.9 over seven rounds, competing in three events … took third at the Navy Fall Invitational with a pair of 73s to earn PL Golfer of the Week … tied for third at the Red Flash Invitational to lead the Bison to third team championship of the season … shot 76-74 at the Red Flash Invitational to earn PL Co-Golfer of the Week with teammate Joelle Johnson … tied for 10th at the Bucknell Invitational shooting 78-73-77.

Spring 2025 (Junior): In the lineup for all six spring events ... averaged a 78.4 over 17 rounds ... Academic All-Patriot League selection ... repeated as a Second Team All-Patriot League selection for the third straight season ... tied for seventh at the PL Championships in Saucon Valley CC in Bethlehem, shooting 80, 71, 80 ... her second round 71 at the PL Championships was her low mark for the season ... finished fourth at the Prospect Bay Intercollegiate at Prospect Bay CC, posting 79, 79 ,73 ... shot a 75 and a 74 at the YSU Spring Invitational at Avalon Lakes GC in Ohio, finishing seventh and helping the Bison to a 36-hole school record in relation to par as a team.

Fall 2024 (Junior): Competed in two fall events, averaging a 78.2 over six rounds ... low score was a three-over 73 at the Bucknell Invitational at Bucknell GC, where she finished T-18th after posting 73, 79, 78 ... tied for 10th at the Battle of the Creek at King's Creek CC in Delaware, shooting 75, 80, 84.

Spring 2024 (Sophomore): Repeated as a Second Team All-Patriot League honoree after placing 7th at the PL Championship for the second straight year ... also named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team ... shot 76-77-73 at the PLC at Bucknell GC ... earlier in the spring shot 72-74 to place 4rd at the SMSU Spring Classic in Arizona ... named Patriot League Player of the Week after that showing ... again led the team with a 79.0 spring average, giving her a full-season mark of 77.7.

Fall 2023 (Sophomore): Turned in a strong and consistent fall season, posting two top-10 finishes and all but one round in the 70s ... led the squad with a 76.0 average in four tournaments ... finished T-7th at the Lehigh Invitational with rounds of 77-75 at Saucon Valley CC ... T-10th at the Delaware State Invitational (74-75-74) ... low round of the fall was a 72 in the first round of the Bucknell Invitational ...

Summer 2023: Finished 5th at the Pennsylvania Amateur Championship at Sunnehanna Country Club (72-79-76).

Spring 2023 (Freshman): Bucknell's low player in the spring with a 75.7 average, lowering her full-season mark to a team-best 76.2 ... earned All-Patriot League honors with a T-7th finish at the Patriot League Championship (73-75-72) at Independence GC ... made four birdies in her final round, 10 in the tournament, and recorded the low 54-hole total on a par-72 course in team history with her 220 ... that was also the low postseason total in team history, breaking Minjoo Lee's record of 224 at the 2010 Big South Championship ... turned in two other top-5 finishes, placing 4rd at the SMSU Spring Classic in Arizona (78-72) and 4th at the Navy Spring Invitational (72-74) ... placed T-18th at the Prospect Bay Intercollegiate (79-78).

Fall 2022 (Freshman): Made an immediate impact, ranking second on the team with a 76.7 fall scoring average ... played in all five fall events and never shot higher than 80 ... shot 73-78-76 in a team-best T-19th finish in her collegiate debut at the William & Mary Invitational at Kingsmill ... 1-over 73 was her best round of the fall ... finished 6th at the Bucknell Invitational with rounds of 74-75-78 ... added a team-best T-16th finish at the Navy Fall Invitational (79-76).

Personal: Born Oct. 2, 2003 in Harrisburg, Pa. ... parents are Leslie and Peter Richter ... has one older sibling, Peyton ... father played golf at Old Dominion ... grandfather, Pete Richter, played golf at South Carolina ... four-year golf letterwinner and two-year captain at Camp Hill High School 2021 Girls 2A state champion ... finished fifth at PIAAs in 2019 ... Penn Live All-Star and Mid-Penn All-Star all four years ... Penn Live Golfer of the Year in 2019 and 2021 ... three-time Mid-Penn Conference champion and two-time District 3 champion ... participated in the Congree Global Golf Initiative ... posted two first-place finishes in HJGT events ... placed fourth at the PA Girls Junior Championship, shooting 72-74 ... placed third at the Maryland Girls Junior with rounds of 73-77 ... three top-10 finishes in AJGA events ... economics major ... member of 2024, 2025 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.