Updated June 4, 2026
Winner Tom Cousins Award, East Lake Cup, 2024
SEC Community Service Team Member, 2024, 2025, 2026
SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2024, 2025, 2026
SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll, 2023
U.S. Women’s Amateur Participant, 2023
California Women’s Amateur, Semifinalist, 2023
LSU CAREER STATS
Low (Single Round): 67
67, SEC Golf Championships, May 19, 2026
67, Golfweek Red Sky Classic, September 22, 2025
67, Cougar Classic, September 8, 2025
Low (Single Round to Par): -5
Golfweek Red Sky Classic, September 22-24, 2005
Low 54 holes: 205
SEC Women’s Championship (April 14-16, 2025)
Best Career Finish: T2
SEC Women’s Championship (April 14-16, 2025)
No. of Top 10 Finishes: — 4
–SEC Women’s Championship (T2, April 14-16, 2025)
–Clemson Invitational (T8, March 28-30, 2025)
–East Lake Cup (T5, October, 28, 2024)
–Green Wave Fall Classic (T3, September 12-13, 2022)
No. of Even or Under Par Rounds: 35
No. of Stroke Play Rounds Played: 103
Stroke Average: 73.56
Daughter of one of the “Three Amigas” who won nine team titles for LSU and advanced to two NCAA finals in the mid/late 1990s … Father a PGA Tour winner, Ryder Cup member, former college golf head coach.
SENIOR SEASON (2025-26)
Received her LSU diploma in graduation ceremonies on campus Friday (May 15) … Appeared in all 12 events in the 2025-26 regular season … Stroke average of 72.65, an improvement of 1,5 strokes from last year … Made her third NCAA Championship appearance, making her the 13th in program history to appear in at least three championships … Finished T30 in a field of 156, advancing in a five-hole playoff for the ninth and final spot in qualifying for those players whose teams were outside the top 15 … Riley shot 3-under 69 to finish 54 holes at even par 216 to advance to a three-person playoff .. Riley had pars on the first four holes of the playoff before darkness halted the event, including a 20-yard chip in for par on the 17th hole (the second of the playoffs) … Would win on the same 17th hole when playoff resumed the next morning with a one-putt par … Just missed top 10 finishes in the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (T12, -4, 212) and the Illini Women’s Invitational at Medinah (T11, -5, 211) … Fired her first rounds of 67 at LSU, including a 5-under 67 in the final round of the Golfweek event … Posted 8-of-12 rounds at par or under during the fall and had 12 for the season … Followed with a 5-under 67 in the opening rounds in Puerto Rico (1/31-2/2) where she finished at -3 213 for a T15 finish in a field of 101 golfers … Had a career 35 rounds of par or under with three top fives and four top 10s … After 5-over 75 in opening round at the NCAA Waco Regional, rallied with 2-under 68 and 1-under 69 in the final two rounds … Finished at 2-over 212 to tie for 20th.
JUNIOR SEASON (2024-25)
Participated in 35 rounds this season, including three match play rounds with a stroke average of 73.97 … Finished the regular season on a high note with six under par rounds in her last six at the Clemson Invitational and the SEC Women’s Championship … Finished T2 at SECs with rounds of 68-68-69 for a 5-under 205 total … At Clemson was T8 with a -8 total of 208 (69-69-70) … Was awarded the Tom Cousins Award at the East Lake Cup, given by the tournament committee to the student-athlete that best exemplifies the civic, community and philanthropic qualities of East Lake Foundation founder Tom Cousins … Also earned SEC Community Service honor for LSU for women’s golf for the second straight year … Posted 1-over in her final two rounds at NCAA Championships, her second appearance in the final tournament of the year (72-73) … Finished the year No. 139 in the NCAA Scoreboard rankings up from 180 in mid-February.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023-24)
Best finish for the season was T17 in The Ally to close the fall portion of the 2023-24 season … Best round of 69 in the opening round of the Cougar Classic to open the season … Also posted 69 in the opening round of the SEC Championship Stroke Play competition at Pelican Golf Club in Florida … Won her opening quarterfinal round match to help LSU advance to the semifinals with a 3-2 win against No. 1 seed South Carolina … Was part of the LSU team that finished T1 in the NCAA Championship Stroke Play qualifying to help the Tigers advance to NCAA Match Play for the first time ever … Averaged 74.46 for the season … Posted 28 rounds in 2023-24 … Over her first two seasons, played in 34 rounds with a career average of 74.46 and eight total rounds over par/under.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2022-23)
Played in two fall events, the Green Wave Fall Classic and the Jackson T. Stephens Cup … Averaged 72.83 for the six rounds … Posted rounds of 69-68-69 for a 10-under 206 to finish T3 in a field of 81 in the Green Wave Fall Classic … First career top 10 finish … Advanced to the semifinal round of the California State Women’s Amateur win Santa Barbara … Qualified for a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur in August 2023 and won two matches to advance to the round of 16 with her mom, former LSU player Michelle Louviere Riley as her caddy.
PRIOR TO LSU
Attended Point Loma High School … Named All-California in 2019 and 2021 and All-League from 2018 through 2021 … Finished first in the 2021 City Conference Stroke Play Tournament after finishing second in 2020 … Tied for third in the 2021 California regional competition … Qualified for the USGA Junior Amateur Championship, earning medalist honors in the New Mexico qualifier with a round of 69 … Finished T5 in the CIF San Diego High School Championship in 2021 … Won the San Diego High School girls city championship in October 2021 in a field of 66, shooting an even par 72 … Won a total of eight first place competition in 2021 … Played two years of softball at Point Loma, playing shortstop and outfield … Team won softball league championship her freshman year, earning all-league honors that season.
PERSONAL
Born on Sept. 2, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada … Right handed … Member of the Honor Roll and National Honor Society … Parents are Chris Riley and Michelle Louviere Riley … Michelle played golf at LSU from 1995-98, a big part of getting the Tigers to two NCAA Top 10 team finishes in 1996 and 1998 … Her father Chris, who stepped down at the end of the 2024 season as the head golf coach at the University of San Diego, is a former PGA Tour star with two Tour wins and was a member of the 2004 Ryder Cup team for the United States … In coming to LSU, Riley cited “the amazing culture here at LSU, the coaching staff, facilities and the great education. I have always been a huge LSU fan” … Hopes to major in occupational therapy or sports management … Likes to go to the beach and spend time with family to relax … Favorite food is pasta and favorite dessert is “anything chocolate” … Favorite professional golfer is Justin Thomas … Favorite athlete outside golf is American Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin.