Kansas State University Athletics
2024-25 Women's Golf Roster
Bernat, Carla
Carla Bernat
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- IES Miquel Peris
- Hometown:
- Castellon, Spain
Bio
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CAREER HONORS
• 2024-25 First Team All-American (WGCA, Golfweek)
• 2024-25 Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Year
• 2024-25 All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2023-24 Second Team All-American (WGCA)
• 2023-24 Third Team All-American (Golfweek)
• 2023-24 All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2024 Big 12 Golfer of the Month (March)
• 2022-23 AAC Women’s Golfer of the Year (Coaches)
• 2022-23 All-AAC (Coaches)
• 2022-23 Second Team All-American (WGCA)
• 2022-23 Third Team All-American (Golfweek)
CAREER: Set the program record for career scoring average (70.44), while she finished second in wins (5), top-five (14) and top-10 (16) finishes.
SENIOR (2024-25): A First Team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and Golfweek who was also named the Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Year and an All-Big 12 honoree... Set the school's single-season scoring average record at 70.08, nearly 0.90 better than the record she set as a junior... Tied the school record for single-season wins (3) and tournaments played (13) as she tallied eight top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes while not finishing outside of the top 20 in any of her 13 starts... Finished at even or under par in all 13 events... Her final victory as a Wildcat came in the 2025 NCAA Lexington Regional when she tied the school record with a 54-hole score of 204... Won the MountainView Collegiate with a three-round total of 205, which tied for fourth in school history, while she produced a 54-hole score of 208 – tied for 10th in school history – to win the Powercat Invitational... Also recorded 54-hole scores of 206 during the Westbrook Invitational and Rainbow Wahine Invitational... Produced seven of the program's top 20 18- and 54-hole scores during the season... Best round of the season was a 65 during the final round of the Westbrook Invitational, which tied for third in school history... Her performance at the Westbrook helped the Wildcats tie the school record for lowest team 54-hole score at 840... Also shot rounds of 66 in the NCAA Lexington Regional (3rd round) and Yale Invitational West (1st round)... Recorded a career-high 18 rounds in the 60s during the season, while she ranked first on the team in differentials (1.64), total rounds of even or under par (29) and percentage of rounds counted toward the team score (98.68%)... Tied for 14th in the NCAA Championship along with Alenka Navarro as they tallied the best finish in the national championship in program history... Won the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) with a score of 12-under par 204 as she became the first player in the six-year history of the event to shoot in the 60s for all three rounds... Also competed in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup as one of 12 women’s golfers for Team International in the summer of 2025.
JUNIOR (2023-24): Became the first Wildcat to earn All-America status as she was named a Second Team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and a Third Team All-American by Golfweek… A unanimous selection to the coaches’ All-Big 12 team, just the third women’s golfer in school history to earn the distinction… Earned an individual bid into the NCAA Bryan Regional where she tied for third to become just the second player in school history to advance to the NCAA Championship… Finished the year ranked No. 24 in the NCAA rankings… Set the school record for scoring average at 70.90, nearly two strokes per round better than the previous record… Her performance throughout the year helped the squad set the school scoring average record at 290.25… Earned two victories on the year, winning the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational at 5-under par 211 in October and the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at 9-under par 207 in March… It was tied for the second most individual wins by a Wildcat in a single season (Christine Boucher – 3 in 2003-04)… In addition to her win at the Liz Murphey, she also finished third at the MountainView Collegiate at 7-under par 209 en route to Big 12 Women’s Golfer of the Month honors in March… Produced five of the program's top 11 54-hole scores, highlighted by her winning score of 207 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic that tied for the third lowest 54-hole score in school history… Also recorded four 54-hole scores of 209 to tie for seventh in program history… Posted three of the school’s top 25 18-hole scores, which included a 66 during the second round of the Westbrook Invitational to tie for fourth in school history, while she had a pair of 67s to tie for 11th in program history… Her performance at the Westbrook Invitational helped the Wildcats tie the school record for lowest team round (277) and set the program record for lowest team 54-hole score (840)… Also tied for third at the Puerto Rico Classic and had top-20 finishes at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (13), Westbrook Invitational (T18) and Big 12 Championship (T17)… Led the team in differentials (average strokes per round behind leader) at 2.07, rounds of even- or under-par golf with 22 and percentage of rounds counted toward the team score at 98.00%... Tied for 17th at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at 3-over par 219… Also competed in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup as one of 12 women’s golfers for Team International in the summer of 2024.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23 AT TULANE): Named the 2023 American Athletic Conference (AAC) Women’s Golfer of the Year, a Second Team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and an Honorable Mention All-American by Golfweek… Earned an individual berth into the NCAA Athens Regional, tying for 27th at 7-over par 223… Set the program’s single-season scoring average record at 70.65 she ranked in the top-20 in the individual Golfstat rankings throughout the entire season... The AAC Conference Player of the Month in October after capturing a pair of individual wins as she carded a 10-under par 206 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate and an 8-under par 208 at the Jim West Challenge... Began the 2023 spring season with a victory at the Tulane Classic thanks to a score of 2-over par 218... Set a new Tulane 54-hole score record with a 13-under par 203 at the Trinity Forest Invitational... Also earned AAC Player of the Week accolades in late March after finishing in second place at the Florida State Match-Up following a 54-hole score of 2-under par 214... Competed in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup as one of 12 women's golfers for Team International in the summer of 2023.
FRESHMAN (SPRING 2022 AT TULANE): Originally joined the Green Wave program in the spring of 2022, earning All-AAC honors and producing three top-10 finishes in her first seven collegiate events... Helped Tulane win the American Athletic Conference Championship in 2022 by tying for seventh individually at 8-over par 224... Came in 10th with a score of 3-over par 219 in the 2022 NCAA Stillwater Regional, finishing one stroke shy of advancing to the NCAA Championship as an individual.
PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Claimed six wins in World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) events, including the Campeonato de Espana Amateur Championship – Spain's premier ladies stroke play championship – with a score of 12-under par... Also a member of the Spanish Girls National Team at the 2020 European Girls Team Championship, leading the Spaniards in the stroke play and going undefeated in match play... Came in fourth place at the 2020 Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Florida.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Alfredo Bernat and Isabel Escuder... Has one sibling, Gonzalo... Majoring in kinesiology.
CAREER HONORS
• 2024-25 First Team All-American (WGCA, Golfweek)
• 2024-25 Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Year
• 2024-25 All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2023-24 Second Team All-American (WGCA)
• 2023-24 Third Team All-American (Golfweek)
• 2023-24 All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2024 Big 12 Golfer of the Month (March)
• 2022-23 AAC Women’s Golfer of the Year (Coaches)
• 2022-23 All-AAC (Coaches)
• 2022-23 Second Team All-American (WGCA)
• 2022-23 Third Team All-American (Golfweek)
CAREER: Set the program record for career scoring average (70.44), while she finished second in wins (5), top-five (14) and top-10 (16) finishes.
SENIOR (2024-25): A First Team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and Golfweek who was also named the Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Year and an All-Big 12 honoree... Set the school's single-season scoring average record at 70.08, nearly 0.90 better than the record she set as a junior... Tied the school record for single-season wins (3) and tournaments played (13) as she tallied eight top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes while not finishing outside of the top 20 in any of her 13 starts... Finished at even or under par in all 13 events... Her final victory as a Wildcat came in the 2025 NCAA Lexington Regional when she tied the school record with a 54-hole score of 204... Won the MountainView Collegiate with a three-round total of 205, which tied for fourth in school history, while she produced a 54-hole score of 208 – tied for 10th in school history – to win the Powercat Invitational... Also recorded 54-hole scores of 206 during the Westbrook Invitational and Rainbow Wahine Invitational... Produced seven of the program's top 20 18- and 54-hole scores during the season... Best round of the season was a 65 during the final round of the Westbrook Invitational, which tied for third in school history... Her performance at the Westbrook helped the Wildcats tie the school record for lowest team 54-hole score at 840... Also shot rounds of 66 in the NCAA Lexington Regional (3rd round) and Yale Invitational West (1st round)... Recorded a career-high 18 rounds in the 60s during the season, while she ranked first on the team in differentials (1.64), total rounds of even or under par (29) and percentage of rounds counted toward the team score (98.68%)... Tied for 14th in the NCAA Championship along with Alenka Navarro as they tallied the best finish in the national championship in program history... Won the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) with a score of 12-under par 204 as she became the first player in the six-year history of the event to shoot in the 60s for all three rounds... Also competed in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup as one of 12 women’s golfers for Team International in the summer of 2025.
JUNIOR (2023-24): Became the first Wildcat to earn All-America status as she was named a Second Team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and a Third Team All-American by Golfweek… A unanimous selection to the coaches’ All-Big 12 team, just the third women’s golfer in school history to earn the distinction… Earned an individual bid into the NCAA Bryan Regional where she tied for third to become just the second player in school history to advance to the NCAA Championship… Finished the year ranked No. 24 in the NCAA rankings… Set the school record for scoring average at 70.90, nearly two strokes per round better than the previous record… Her performance throughout the year helped the squad set the school scoring average record at 290.25… Earned two victories on the year, winning the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational at 5-under par 211 in October and the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at 9-under par 207 in March… It was tied for the second most individual wins by a Wildcat in a single season (Christine Boucher – 3 in 2003-04)… In addition to her win at the Liz Murphey, she also finished third at the MountainView Collegiate at 7-under par 209 en route to Big 12 Women’s Golfer of the Month honors in March… Produced five of the program's top 11 54-hole scores, highlighted by her winning score of 207 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic that tied for the third lowest 54-hole score in school history… Also recorded four 54-hole scores of 209 to tie for seventh in program history… Posted three of the school’s top 25 18-hole scores, which included a 66 during the second round of the Westbrook Invitational to tie for fourth in school history, while she had a pair of 67s to tie for 11th in program history… Her performance at the Westbrook Invitational helped the Wildcats tie the school record for lowest team round (277) and set the program record for lowest team 54-hole score (840)… Also tied for third at the Puerto Rico Classic and had top-20 finishes at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (13), Westbrook Invitational (T18) and Big 12 Championship (T17)… Led the team in differentials (average strokes per round behind leader) at 2.07, rounds of even- or under-par golf with 22 and percentage of rounds counted toward the team score at 98.00%... Tied for 17th at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at 3-over par 219… Also competed in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup as one of 12 women’s golfers for Team International in the summer of 2024.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23 AT TULANE): Named the 2023 American Athletic Conference (AAC) Women’s Golfer of the Year, a Second Team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and an Honorable Mention All-American by Golfweek… Earned an individual berth into the NCAA Athens Regional, tying for 27th at 7-over par 223… Set the program’s single-season scoring average record at 70.65 she ranked in the top-20 in the individual Golfstat rankings throughout the entire season... The AAC Conference Player of the Month in October after capturing a pair of individual wins as she carded a 10-under par 206 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate and an 8-under par 208 at the Jim West Challenge... Began the 2023 spring season with a victory at the Tulane Classic thanks to a score of 2-over par 218... Set a new Tulane 54-hole score record with a 13-under par 203 at the Trinity Forest Invitational... Also earned AAC Player of the Week accolades in late March after finishing in second place at the Florida State Match-Up following a 54-hole score of 2-under par 214... Competed in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup as one of 12 women's golfers for Team International in the summer of 2023.
FRESHMAN (SPRING 2022 AT TULANE): Originally joined the Green Wave program in the spring of 2022, earning All-AAC honors and producing three top-10 finishes in her first seven collegiate events... Helped Tulane win the American Athletic Conference Championship in 2022 by tying for seventh individually at 8-over par 224... Came in 10th with a score of 3-over par 219 in the 2022 NCAA Stillwater Regional, finishing one stroke shy of advancing to the NCAA Championship as an individual.
PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Claimed six wins in World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) events, including the Campeonato de Espana Amateur Championship – Spain's premier ladies stroke play championship – with a score of 12-under par... Also a member of the Spanish Girls National Team at the 2020 European Girls Team Championship, leading the Spaniards in the stroke play and going undefeated in match play... Came in fourth place at the 2020 Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Florida.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Alfredo Bernat and Isabel Escuder... Has one sibling, Gonzalo... Majoring in kinesiology.
| Career Stats (* 2022 Through Spring 2023 at Tulane) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Rnds | Strokes | Avg | Low 18 | Low 36 | Low 54 | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Best Finish | |
| 2022* | 7 | 21 | 1,569 | 74.71 | 70 | 144 | 218 | 0 | 3 | 5 | T7th - AAC Championship |
| 2022-23* | 12 | 35.5 | 2,519 | 70.96 | 65 | 134 | 203 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 1st - Ron Moore/Jim West/Tulane Classic |
| 2023-24 | 11 | 31 | 2,198 | 70.90 | 66 | 134 | 207 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1st - Sunflower Inv./Liz Murphey |
| 2024-25 | 13 | 39 | 2,733 | 70.08 | 65 | 136 | 204 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 1st - Three Times |
| Career | 43 | 126.5 | 9,019 | 71.30 | 65 | 134 | 203 | 22 | 28 | 38 | 1st - Eight Times |
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