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2013-14: All-Horizon League and All-Tournament for the second-straight year… The co-captain was second on the squad and seventh in the conference with a 79.8 average in 25 rounds, with 12 of those in the 70’s… Placed in the top 20 in five events and in the top five in four tournaments… Earned All-Tournament after taking third at the Horizon League Championship with a 233 (79-76-78)… Took 116th at the NCAA West Regional Championships with a 250 (85-76-89)... Recorded the best 18-hole scorecard by a Titan in the NCAA Regional with a 4-over 76 in round two as she tallied 14 pars, including eight straight to end the round... Shared 15th at the Falcon Invitational with a 160 (82-78)… Claimed ninth at the Seminole State Spring Break Invitational with a 162 (81-81)… Began the fall by taking third tying her career low with a 147 (74-73) at Chicago State… That led her to be named the Horizon League Co-Player of the Week… Came back the next week to earn runner-up with a 150 (76-74) at Cleveland State… Tied for 40th at Toledo’s Rocket Classic with a 243 (83-82-78) and also tallied a 162 (82-80) for a share of 35th at Dayton…A four-year member of the UDM Athletic Director's Honor Roll and the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll… Earned All-American Scholar honors by the Women's Golf Coaches Association... Selected the Reverend Nobert Heutter Award winner at the Annual Academic & Athletic Awards Dinner, presented to a student-athlete who has demonstrated leadership, dedication, cooperation with teammates and coaches, pride in team achievements, determination to excel, and graciousness in victory or defeat.

2012-13: A great junior campaign as she was selected All-Horizon League for the first time in her career and went on to earn HL All-Tournament accolades… Totaled a career-best 76.4 average in starting all 12 events and playing all 25 rounds on the season… The 76.4 mark is also good for second in school history and she lowered her career average to 82.0, good for fourth in the Titan record book… Was top 20 on nine occasions and top 10 eight times, recording her first collegiate victory too… 21 of her 25 rounds were in the 70’s and she also posted career bests for a 18 holes as well as a 36 and 54-hole tournaments… Carded a career-low 227 (76-77-74) for a share of 68th at the NCAA Central Regional Championship… Just 10 days before that, she had set her career-best with a 229 (76-75-78) for third at the Horizon League Championship… Won the Sunshine Spring Classic with a 150 (77-73)… Took second at the Magnolia Spring Break Classic by shooting a 152 (74-78), falling to teammate Lindsey Lammers in the second playoff hole… Started the fall by recording a career-best 147 (75-72) for runner-up at the Detroit Titans Fall Classic… The 72 in that round was also a career low until she fired a 71 in the first round of the Dayton Fall Invitational, where she finished tied for eighth with another 147 (71-76)… Carded a pair of 75’s and tied for third at the Youngstown State Invitational… Shared second at the Titan Tri-Match with a 78 and also tied for third at the Purple Eagles Invitational with a 155 (81-74)… A member of the Detroit Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the HL Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2011-12: One of only two Titans to play in all 11 events and 23 rounds of golf…Fifth on the squad with an 84.0 average…Had three top-20 finishes and two top-10 marks on the season…Was runner-up at the Titan Quad Challenge with a season-low 77…Shared sixth at the Detroit Titans Invitational carding a 168 (84, 84)…Also shot a 77 in the final round of the Detroit Titans Fall Classic, taking 16th with a 157…Placed 23rd at UDM’s Sunshine Spring Classic shooting a 162 (79, 83)…Tied for 22nd at Bowling Green’s Falcon Invitational with a 163 (82, 81)…Claimed 34th at the Horizon League Championship, ending with a 272 (93, 90, 89)…Recorded her best 56-hole total with a 249 (85, 81, 83) at the season opening Redbird Invitational, where she finished 65th…Tied for 30th at the Dayton Fall Invitational after firing a 162 (82, 80)… A member of the Titan Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and both the Horizon League’s Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2010-11: Played in 11 of the Titans’ 12 events finishing fifth on the team with an 85.8 stroke average in 25 rounds…Had two top-20 finishes earning seventh as an individual at the Titans Invitational by tying her season best with a 250 (82, 83, 85)…Shared 18th at the Dayton Fall Invitational with a two-round 159 (83, 76)…Her 76 in that tournament was a career best…Tied for 24th at the Horizon League Championship with a 265 (84, 91, 90)…Shot a 77 in the second round of the Detroit-Oakland Dual taking fifth with a 157…In her first collegiate event, she tied for 57th with a 251 (82, 83, 86) at the Redbird Invitational…Earned her way on to the Detroit Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Personal: Won Bayridge Secondary School’s Top Female Athlete Award in 2008 and again in 2009 while playing on the golf, volleyball and tennis teams…Had a number of top finishes in 2009 summer play…Finished seventh at the Ontario Junior Girls’ Championship, improving on her 22nd place finish in 2008…Placed 45th at the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship before catching fire at the Ontario Junior Girls’ Match Play, advancing to the tournament semi-finals in a strong field…Capped off her summer by firing rounds of 75 and 77 to qualify for her city district women’s team event... Was a prominent fixture in Kingston district golf in 2009, winning the Kingston district girls’ title and captaining the junior girls’ district team…Posted a 37th-place finish at the Ontario Women’s Amateur in the summer of 2010…From the same home town as two members of the UDM men’s golf team, Simon Reyers and Kyle Benford… Is a self-taught guitarist… A Psychology major.