Ole Miss Odds and Ends: Women’s golf lands transfer Isabella Fierro
Staff and Wire Reports | The Ole Miss women’s golf team has officially added Oklahoma State transfer Isabella Fierro to the 2022-23 roster, head coach Kory Henkes announced Wednesday.
Fierro, a three-year letterwinner with the Cowgirls, earned third team All-America honors from Golfweek following her sophomore campaign in 2020. She also garnered honorable mention All-America accolades from the WGCA in 2021 and 2020.
“We are so excited to welcome Isabella to the Ole Miss family,” said head coach Kory Henkes. “She is a highly talented player who will make an impact on our team from day one. She brings a lot of passion and fire to the golf course which will be a huge asset.”
The Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, native is currently ranked as the No. 41 amateur golfer in the world according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). Fierro checks in at the No. 50 collegiate golfer in the nation according to Golfstat, while also slotting into the No. 57 spot nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Collegiate Rankings.
This season, Fierro shot an astounding 70.78 stroke average over seven tournament appearances for the Cowgirls, earning four finishes in the top 10 and six in the top 20.
Most recently, Fierro took home hardware after earning top individual medalist honors at the 2022 Columbia Classic, where she logged a three-day score of 214 (-2). Fierro also earned a third place finish at the 2021 Jim West Challenge in the fall, where she carded a 205 (-11) final scorecard on the week.
Fierro’s 2020-21 sophomore collegiate campaign ended with her recording a season stroke average of 71.23, ranking as the third=best mark in program history, just ahead of her freshman campaign of 71.76. That scoring average in 2020-21 ranked 10th nationally and helped earn Fierro All-Big 12 Conference honors for the first time of her career.
Additionally, Fierro capped her landmark 2020-21 season by putting on a showcase at the 2021 Big 12 Championships that included carding a 7-under second round of 65, breaking the event’s all-time lowest scoring record in the process. For her efforts, Fierro would finish tied for sixth overall, earning All-Big 12 Championship team honors and helping to lead the Cowgirls to their 10th team conference championship in program history.
As an amateur, Fierro has seen a vast amount of success on the course, including advancing in the U.S. Women’s Amateur to the Quarterfinals in 2017, as well as the Round of 16 in 2020 and 2018. Fierro will participate in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur for the third straight year when she travels to the prestigious tournament at the end of this month.
Fierro finished second at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship, shooting 7-under on the week. Fierro also holds the title of Mexican Junior National Champion, having won the individual title a total of three times in four years prior to attending Oklahoma State. She also participated in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup.
Fierro has shown immense talent in the classroom over her college career, having earned WGCA All-American Scholar status in 2020, while also being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team as well as the Academic All-Big 12 team in 2021.
