SAN FRANCISCO – Second year head coach
Sara Doell is pleased to announce the signing of Toni Sottile (Thousand Oaks, Calif. / Westlake HS) and Hannah Zeman (Ontario, Calif. / Ontario Christian HS) to National Letter of Intent to attend the University of San Francisco in the fall of 2019.
"We are so excited to welcome Toni and Hannah to the Dons family," said head coach
Sara Doell. "The experience and hard work that they both bring to this program is very exciting. We have a very young team this year with all 5 members of the starting lineup are returning next year. Add Toni and Hannah into the mix and the future looks very bright here on the Hilltop!"
Sottile, a member of Westlake High School's golf team, she had a breakout prep season in her junior year, winning the Marmonte League individual title and helping guide her team to a berth at the CIF-Southern Section team finals. That season, Sottile posted a scoring average of 35.25 per nine holes. At the CIF Northern Individuals, she scored an even par-72 – which was the lowest round by any player from the country.
Following that season, she was named to the Ventura County Star All-County First Team. She boasts a Rolex American Junior Golf Association ranking of 119, she has seven top-10 finishes on the Southern California PGA Junior Tour, and five top-10 finishes in the AJGA including a second place finish at the 2017 Lizette Salas Junior Championships shooting a 69-74-75. At the Southern California Qualifier to qualify for the 2018 USF Women's Amateur she shot a 70. Tied for 35
th at the Silverbelle Championship with a 76-75-71.
Hannah Zeman, a lefty, recorded her fist hole in one in the sixth grade. Entering her senior season, the three-time letter winner for Ontario Christian made school history when she battled her way through separate qualifying tournaments to become the school's first ever female to qualify for CIF State Golf Championships.
Zeman boasts a Rolex AJGA ranking of 207 and has seven top-10 finishes on the AJGA. She finished second at the 2017 AJGA Junior at Lake Merced, shooting 74-75-77. She has 14 top-20 finishes in the SCPGA Toyota Cup since 2016. In 2014, she qualified for the USF Girls Championships.