Qualifier: Shot 72-71 at Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.) Golf Club on June 5

The 2022 USA Curtis Cup competitor and rising junior at the University of Southern California qualified for her second U.S. Women's Open by earning medalist honors at Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.) Golf Club with a 36-hole total of 143 (1 under par). Avery was featured in the Netflix documentary The Short Game when she was 8 years old competing in the U.S. Kids World Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. Since enrolling at USC in January of 2022, Avery has registered four collegiate wins while leading the Trojans to the championship match of the 2023 NCAA Championships against Wake Forest. She tied for fourth in the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur and advanced to the Round of 16 of the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur at Chambers Bay. Avery shares the same birthday (Dec. 30) as nine-time USGA champion Tiger Woods. She also has a younger sister, Alona, who is an up-and-coming amateur golfer. Prior to enrolling at USC, Avery was a four-time American Junior Golf Association All-American and represented her country in the 2021 Junior Solheim Cup. She also captured the 2019 California Women's Amateur. Besides the 2022 Curtis Cup, Avery also competed in the Palmer Cup last year, going 8-1 overall in both competitions.