North Carolina State University Athletics
2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Ellie Hildreth
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
- High School:
- Hoggard
2025-26 BESTS
Low Round: 68 (2x), Round 1 at Briars Creek Invitational (3/16/26) and Round 1 at Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (10/17/25)
Low Tournament: 213 (70-72-71) at ACC Championship (4/16-17/26)
Best Finish: 1st, Briars Creek Invitational (3/16-17/26)
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Low Round: 68 (2x), Round 1 at Briars Creek Invitational (3/16/26) and Round 1 at Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (10/17/25)
Low Tournament: 213 (70-72-71) at ACC Championship (4/16-17/26)
Best Finish: 1st, Briars Creek Invitational (3/16-17/26)
FRESHMAN (2025-26)
- Played in all 11 tournaments and 32 rounds, counting in 28 of those rounds
- Finished freshman season with a 74.41 scoring average with nine rounds at par or better and three rounds in the 60s
- Earned one win, two top 10 finishes and six top 20 showings, including in the last five tournaments, and finished No. 273 in the Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Ranking
- Logged 74 birdies and 351 pars in her rookie year
- In the final five tournaments, registered a 72.21 scoring average with seven rounds at par or better
- Finished in a tie for 50th at the Inverness Intercollegiate
- Logged a tie for 17th with a 6-over 216 (68-74-74) at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational
- Commenced the spring season with a 12-over 228 (76-72-80) at the Collegiate Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico
- Registered a 4-over 220 (75-75-70) at the Daniel Island Invitational to tie for 18th
- Earned first career individual win at the Briars Creek Invitational (tournament shortened due to weather) with a 6-under 138 (68-70), becoming the fourth freshman in school history to win a tournament
- Tied for ninth with a 9-over 225 (74-74-77) at the City of Oaks Collegiate
- Recorded a tie for 18th with a career-low 3-under 213 (70-72-71) at the ACC Championship, which was big in the Pack advancing to the match play portion of the tournament for the first time in school history
- Her 3-under par finish at the ACC Championship became the fourth best 54-hole score at an ACC Championship in school history
- Recorded a 5-over 215 (69-75-71) to tie for 19th at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
- Her 69 tied for the fourth best round at an NCAA Regional in school history
PRIOR TO NC STATE
- Logged 23 top 10 finishes in junior golf in the two years leading up to collegiate golf and has racked up the accolades in high school golf
- Won the 2025 North Carolina Junior Girls Championship to earn an exemption for the U.S. Girls Junior Championship
- Was the runner-up at the 2025 North Carolina Women's Amateur
- Earned 2024 Peggy Kirk Bell Cape Fear Classic Championship medalist honors
- Finished fifth at the Visit Goldsboro NC Junior Championship
- Was the runner-up at the 2024 AJGA North Carolina Junior Championship
- Named the four-time Mideastern Conference 4A Player of the Year at Hoggard High School
- Also tabbed the four-time Mideastern Conference Player of the Year (Coastal Preps) and four-time Stars News Player of the Year
- Named four-time HSOT North Carolina All-State selection and a four-time TYGA First Team All-State choice
- Named a two-time 4A East Regional Individual Champion
HILDRETH ON CHOOSING NC STATE:
“I chose NC State because it checked all the boxes for what I was looking for as a student-athlete. [NC State] has great academics, Coach Sligh as the head coach, good facilities, strong/competitive golf in the ACC, great location, great climate and is far enough away from home but easy access to my hometown.”