Honors & Awards
- NCAA Championship Participant (Washington, 2019)
- NCAA Columbus Regional Participant (Nebraska, 2021)
- NCAA Cle Elum Regional Participant (Washington, 2019)
- Tied for 11th at Big Ten Championships (2021)
- Tied for 13th at Pac-12 Championships (2019)
- Seven Career Top 10 Finishes
- Washington Golf Women's Player of the Year (2020)
- Washington Women's Amateur Champion (2020)
- U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifier (2018)
- West Coast Women’s Amateur Champion (2018)
- Nebraska Open Low Women's Amateur (2020)
- 27th at Big West Championships (2018)
- 37th at Big West Championships (2017)
- WGCA Scholastic All-American (2021)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2020; Spring 2021)
Best Career Finish: T1st (Battle at the Rock, 2018)
Nebraska Best: T12th (Indiana Spring Invitational, 2021)
Career Stroke Average: 76.05
Nebraska Career Stroke Average: 76.29
Graduate (2020-21)
Alice Duan joined the Nebraska women’s golf team in mid-June of 2020 after earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington. In her lone season of eligibility as a Husker, Duan helped transform the NU program into an NCAA Regional qualifier.
Duan's experience paid off for the Huskers in a big way at the 2021 Big Ten Championships. The graduate transfer from Reno, Nev., tied for 11th with an even-par 216 (73-68-75) to fuel Nebraska's tie for second. Duan's career-best-matching 68 (-4) in the second round on the 6,300-yard, par-72 layout at TPC River's Bend in Maineville, Ohio, helped the Huskers to their best-ever Big Ten finish and their best conference finish since 1984 (2nd, Big Eight). Duan entered the final round of the championship in a tie for third place.
Duan's performance at the Big Ten Championship followed on the heels of a tie for 12th with a 218 (71-75-72) at the Indiana Spring Invitational (April 17-18. Duan's opening-round 71 (-1) was her best 18 holes of the season at the time, and helped power the Huskers to a tie for sixth in a 16-team field that featured 14 top-100 teams, including all 14 of the Big Ten schools.
Her late-season surge helped Nebraska claim its first NCAA Regional bid since 2008. Duan posted NU's No. 3 individual finish at the NCAA Columbus Regional, tying for 63rd with a three-round total of 231 (75-83-73) on the 6,358-yard, par-72 layout of Ohio State's Scarlet Course.
Duan opened the spring season as Nebraska's No. 3 finisher at the SMU Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas (Feb. 1-2). She posted a three-round score of 233, which included an even-par 72 in the final round on the 6,258-yard layout at Trinity Forest. Duan was NU's No. 2 finisher at the Bruin Wave Invitational in Somis, Calif. (March 1-3). In extremely challenging scoring conditions, Duan managed a 239 to tie for 31st in an 82-player field.
She added a three-round score of 236 (77-82-77) as Nebraska's No. 4 finisher at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational in Tucson (March 8-9). She tied for 66th individually in the field.
Duan followed with her first top-25 finish as a Husker, tying for 23rd in an 81-player field at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (March 14-16). Duan's three-round total of 229 (79-76-74) helped Nebraska capture its first team tournament championship since 2019.
Duan closed the season with Nebraska's No. 3 stroke average (76.20) through 21 spring rounds.
During the fall, Duan was the low women's amateur at the Wells Fargo Nebraska Open in Columbus.
Senior (Washington, 2019-20)
As a senior at Washington, Duan posted her best finish of the season with a tie for ninth at the Molly Collegiate Invitational with a season-best 222 (79-68-75) that included a career-best-tying 68 in the second round. She also tied for 22nd at the Edean Ihlanfeldt and tied for 23rd at the Cardinal Cup. In the final tournament of the season at the Juli Inkster Meadow Club Collegiate (March 9-10), she opened with a career-best-tying 68 on her way to a tie for 29th (225).
Duan competed in seven events for the Huskies as a senior in 2019-20 and produced a 75.35 stroke average on the year.
After making the decision to play her additional season of eligibility at Nebraska, Duan won the Washington Women’s Amateur with a three-round total of 214 (-2), which included a second-round 69 and a final-round 70 at the Gold Mountain Golf Course in Bremerton.
Junior (Washington, 2018-19)
In her first season with the Huskies as a junior in 2018-19, Duan posted a 75.08 stroke average over 36 rounds. She recorded a pair of top-10 finishes and produced seven rounds better than par. She notched her top tournament finish at UW by taking fourth at the Nittany Lion Invitational, which included a career-best 68 (-4) in the opening round. She contributed a tie for 10th at the PING/ASU Invitational, which included another career-best 68 (-4) in the second round.
Duan tied for 13th individually in a 55-player field at the Pac-12 Championships with a five-over-par 218 (76-71-71). She tied for 28th (74-74-72-220) at the 2019 NCAA Cle Elum Regional to help Washington to a second-place team finish. At the 2019 NCAA Championships, Duan tied for 105th (242).
Sophomore (Cal State Northridge, 2017-18)
As a sophomore at Cal State Northridge in 2017-18, Duan led the Matadors with a team-best 75.50 stroke average. She also posted four top-10 individual finishes among seven top-25 showings as a sophomore. She produced the top tournament finish of her college career by tying for first with a 211 (70-71-70) at the Battle at the Rock at Oak Quarry Golf Club in Riverside, Calif., Feb. 12-13.
Duan added a fifth-place finish at the Sacramento State Invitational (March 19-20), after taking sixth at the Battle at Old Works in Anaconda, Mont., to open the season (Sept. 11-12). She also notched a 10th-place finish at the Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invitational in Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 16-17, that included a season-best 69 in the opening round. It was one of five rounds better than par for Duan as a sophomore.
After her second season at Cal State Northridge, Duan won the 2018 West Coast Women’s Amateur by two strokes following a win at the Sacramento City Championship.
Freshman (Cal State Northridge, 2016-17)
Duan opened her collegiate career at Cal State Northridge, competing in all 10 tournaments as a true freshman in 2016-17. She produced a 78.20 stroke average over 26 rounds. Her best finish as a freshman came with a tie for 15th at the Santa Clara Colby Invitational.
She finished 37th individually at the Big West Championship, including a season-best 70 in the final round for her first round better than par in her college career.
High School/Amateur
A two-time all-stater in golf at Robert McQueen High School in Reno, Nev., Duan was the NIAA High Desert League Athlete of the Year in 2015. She was a four-time first-team all-region selection. She also graduated with a 4.0 GPA and was named Robert McQueen’s valedictorian.
Personal
The daughter of Linda Ye and Darrel Duan, Alice was born Feb. 9, 1998, in Reno, Nev. Alice has two sisters, Dr. Marie Duan-Meservy, and Michelle, who competed in golf collegiately at Nevada and Cal State Northridge. Alice earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in June of 2020 and is pursuing additional certification in business analytics at Nebraska as a graduate student. A 2021 WGCA Scholastic All-American, Duan earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2020-21.
Duan's Career Statistics
|
Year |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Avg. |
Low 18 |
Low 54 |
|
2016-17 |
26 |
2,033 |
78.20 |
70 |
229 |
|
2017-18 |
27 |
2,045 |
75.70 |
69 |
211 |
|
2018-19 |
36 |
2,700 |
75.08 |
68 |
218 |
| 2019-20 | 20 | 1,507 | 75.35 | 68 | 222 |
| 2020-21 | 21 | 1,602 | 76.20 | 68 | 216 |
|
Totals |
130 |
9,887 |
76.05 |
68 |
211 |