Anastasia Hekkonen
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Helsinki, Finland
- High school Loretto School in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Major Psychology
Chip Shots
Favorite course: Muirfield, Scotland
Dream foursome (including herself): Tiger Woods, Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko
First time she broke par: Sea Golf Rönnäs (Finland), 69 (-3), 2020
Favorite club: 9-iron
Favorite golfer: Viktor Hovland
Favorite food: Steak with fries
Favorite TV show: Gossip Girl
Favorite book: Shatter Me
Favorite class: Psychology
Nickname: N/A
Superstition(s): 1. If I wash my hair night before an exam I will wash out all the knowledge; 2. If I hit a provisional ball in golf, it has to be marked with higher number than the original ball
Career Stats Breakdown
Career Awards / Honors:
SEC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 17)
2024-25 Folds of Honor Collegiate Winner
2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholar
2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 (Sophomore): Led the Folds of Honor Collegiate wire-to-wire, the first collegiate championship of her college career, on career-best 209 (-7) … There, she put up a 66 (-6) in the first round, which at the time tied the fourth-best, 18-hole round in program history, before following that up with a 72 and 71 to be crowned champion … She won by four shots, and she didn’t record a bogey until 26 holes in, while she only recorded four bogeys altogether … Followed that up with seventh place at The Johnie Imes Invitational, going 70 (-2) and 74 (+2), while the final round was canceled because of weather.
2024-25 (Freshman): Averaged 74.3 stoke average through 21 rounds (18 in the lineup) and seven tournaments (six in the lineup) … Contributed 13 of her 18 rounds toward the team total … Had four rounds of par-or-better … Earned one finish in the top 15 this season, finishing T13 at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate Invitational in the fall on a career-best 217 (+4) … Also had two other finishes in the top 30 … Had her best round of the season also at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate Invitational but in the spring event on a 68 (-2) in the first round.
Before UK: Anastasia Hekkonen, a Helsinki, Finland, native, attended Loretto School in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she was a three-year letterwinner on its golf team … There, she helped her team to a recent win at the 2023 HMC Foursomes Regional Championship … She also snagged the 2023 Swift Tour School Championship individual title … Described as a leader on and off the golf course, Hekkonen was named the 2023 co-captain of Loretto Golf Academy … The Wildcat also played on the Junior Solheim Cup circuit, Finnish Tour and Finnish Junior Tour … She rallied numerous top finishes on those circuits, including winning a Finnish Junior Golf Tour event, a Finnish PGA Golf Tour event and the Finnish International Junior U16 Championship, all of which came in 2022 … For those accomplishments, she was named the Finnish Junior Amateur Ranking winner and the Girl Junior of the Year winner, by the Finnish Golf Managers Association, at the end of 2022 … In 2023, she came in ninth place at the R&A Girls Amateur Championship … In Spring 2024, she finished in 10th place at the European Nations Championship and in Summer 2024, she represented Finland at the Girls European Championship.
Personal: Born in Helsinki, Finland, on September 12, 2006 … Daughter of Aleksandr Hekkonen and Nadja Nefedova … Has one sister, Maria Hekkonen … Outside of golf, she enjoys horseback riding, tennis and ice skating.