University of Nevada Las Vegas

SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Earned Mountain West All-Conference Second Team … Was one of three Rebels to play all 24 rounds in the season … Finished with a scoring average of 74.33 … Saksa led all Rebels with 67 birdies … Tallied six rounds at par or better … Carded best single-round score of her career with 6-under 66 in the first round of ASU Clover Cup … Had another career achievement with her best tournament low score of 6-under 210 at ASU Clover Cup where she tied for fifth place …  Top finish was fifth place at Gold Rush where she carded 2-over 218 … Was awarded Mountain west Golfer of the week on February 25th for her performance at Long Beach States Gold Rush tournament.

FRESHMAN (2019-20): In first season as a Rebel played in seven tournaments totaling 21 rounds before the year was cut short due to the Covid-19 Pandemic in March ... Finished with a 73.76 scoring average which ranked sixth in the Mountain West, earning her a second team all-conference honor ... Highlight of her season came at the Rebels' fall home tournament, the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, where she captured her first career medalist honor, tying for first at 4-under (212) ... Carded her best single-round score of 69 twice - the first round of the LV Showdown and the second round of the Westbrook Invite ... Lowest tournament score of 4-under came at those same events ... Saksa also led all Rebels with 65 birdies and tallied eight rounds of par or better ... Earned first career WGCA All-American Scholar award.

PREP CAREER: Has been a mainstay on the Finnish Girls' National Team since 2014, helping her team to a Ladies World Amateur Championship in 2018 and three top-10 finishes at the European Girls' World Championships ... In 2015, named the Finnish Player of the Year for the girls under 18 group, then went on to win the 2016 European Young Masters Championship ... Most recently, won the Audi Finnish Tour Order of Merit on the Finnish Ladies Tour in 2018 ... Member of the Finland's Olympic team and finished 16th individually at the youth Olympic games.

PERSONAL: Elina Josefina Saksa  was born in Turku, Finland ... Daughter of Sami Saksa and Aija Huhtamkai ... Has two older siblings, brother Juhani (21) and sister Hanna (23) ... Undecided on her major at UNLV.