Nakao, Nakaoka Lead Beavers To Second Place At WCC Championship

Monday, April 27

Fairfield, Calif.

Oregon State

WCC Championship

April 27, 2026; Fairfield, CA, USA; Oregon State Beavers golfer Raya Nakao during the WCC Golf Championships at Green Valley Country Club.

Photo by: Kyle Terada

Nakao, Nakaoka Lead Beavers To Second Place At WCC Championship

April 27, 2026 | Women's Golf

Final Scoring

By: Athletic Communications

FAIRFIELD, Calif. – Raya Nakao and Kate Nakaoka both posted Top 10 finishes to lead the Oregon State women's golf team to second place at the West Coast Conference Championship on Monday.

The Beavers concluded the three-day, 54-hole championship with a 15-over 290-300-289—879 at the par-72, 6,174-yard Green Valley Country Club to finish second behind Pepperdine (+1, 865).

Oregon State will find out Wednesday where it will play in the 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships. The official announcement will be at 1 p.m. PT on Golf Channel and streamed live on the Golf Channel website.

Nakao, a junior from Kaneohe, Hawai'i, was one of only three players in the field to finish the championship under par, shooting a 1-under 68-74-74—215 to tie Grace Lee of Gonzaga for second place. Eunseo Choi of Pepperdine claimed medalist honors with a 9-under 207.

After winning the individual title at last year's WCC Championship, Nakao made a great run to repeat after firing a 4-under 68 in the first round that included five birdies and one bogey. She added one birdie in the second round and five more on the final day to give her 11 birdies overall, the third most in the field.

Nakao notched the 11th Top 10 finish of her career, the fifth most in Oregon State history, trailing only Kathleen Takaishi (16), Ellie Slama (14), Danielle Mitchell (13) and Kyra Ly (12).

Nakaoka, a true freshman from Mililani, Hawai'i, caught fire in the final round with four birdies and only one bogey to card a 3-under 69 that moved her up the leaderboard and into sixth place with a 2-over 74-75-69—218.

It was the fourth Top 10 finish of Nakaoka's young college career and just off the tie for fourth place she recorded at the Molly Collegiate Invitational this past fall at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis. The 3-under 69 in the final round gave her nine sub-par scores this season.

Rebecca Kim, a junior from South Surrey, B.C., posted the best finish of her Oregon State career with a tie for 13th place after posting a 7-over 74-75-74—223. Kim's previous best collegiate finish was 15th place at last year's WCC Championship and her best finish previously this season was a tie for 22nd place at the Leadership and Golf Invitational.

Kim had nine birdies in the tournament with four coming on the final day when she equaled her first-round score with a 2-over 74.

Kyra Ly, a senior from Portland, improved her score each round that helped her finish in a tie for 20th place with a 10-over 77-76-73—226. The reigning WCC Player of the Year had four birdies over the three rounds and nothing worse than a bogey.

Kelly Hope, a junior from Pretoria, South Africa, finished in 30th place with a 14-over 74-80-76—230. Her best score, a 2-over 74 on the first day, included four birdies with three of those on the par-5's. After an 80 in the second round, Hope birdied her first hole on the final day and finished with a 4-over 76.

The NCAA Championships play will take place Monday, May 11 through Wednesday, May 13 at six regional sites, with a total of 396 student-athletes competing. All six regional sites will have 12 teams and six individuals. The top five teams (30 total) and top individual not on an advancing team from each regional site will advance to play in the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., from May 22-27.

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