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2021-22 Women's Golf Roster

Jose Juarez
Jose Juarez

Kendall Payne

Kendall Payne

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Livonia, Mich.
  • High School:
    Franklin

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights
  • 6x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
  • 5x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • 5x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
  • 3x Horizon League All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • 4x WGCA All-American Scholar (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)


2021-22

  • Started all nine tournaments and was second on the team in scoring average at 78.15, sixth in school history for a single season
  • Posted six top 20, two top 10 and a top-five finish on the season leading the team on one occasion and second in five events
  • Carded 14 of her 20 rounds in the 70’s and tallied career lows for a 54-hole tournament as well as tying her career best for a round
  • Tied her career-low with a 1-over 73 at Bowling Green, where she tied for sixth with a 149 (73-76)
  • Registered a 162 (84-78) for a share of 13th at the NKU Spring Invite
  • Shot a 75 for fourth at the SSC Mayfair Tri-Match
  • Tied for 11th at the Dayton Fall Invitational with a 150 (74-76)
  • Recorded a career-best 227 (78-73-76) tying for 15th at the Eastern Michigan Invite
  • Was 33rd at the Horizon League Championship with a 245 (74-86-85)
  • Ended her collegiate career eighth in the record book with an 81.57 average in 83 rounds of golf with 12 top-20 finishes and five top-10 efforts


2020-21

  • Was second on the team with a 79.3 average and posted career-lows for a round and 36-hole tournament
  • 7 of her 13 rounds were in the 70's
  • Registered a pair of top-10 performances on the season, tying for second at Bowling Green and ninth at NKU's the Julie
  • Shot a 155 (79-76) for a share of ninth at NKU
  • Posted a pair of 1-over 73's for a career-best 146, just two shots out of first, at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational
  • Took 35th at the Horizon League Championship with a 245 (77-83-85)


2019-20

  • Started in all four tournaments and was second on the team with a 78.67 average in nine rounds
  • Finished in the top three on the team in all four events, leading the team twice
  • Posted six rounds in the 70's
  • Started the season tying her career-low with a 155 (79-76) at Oakland in recording her first top-10 finish by sharing seventh, also topping the team
  • Carded a career-low 2-over 74 in the first round at Eastern Michigan and that helped her post a register a career-best 233 (74-75-84) in tying for 31st
  • Tied for 22nd at the CMU Chippewa Invite with a 160 (77-83)


2018-19

  • Started all eight events and recorded a career-low 82.3 average
  • Was in the top four in every tournament on the year and led the team once and was second on three occasions and third twice
  • Tallied a career-low 76 and 155 (76-79) at the Dayton Fall Invite, tying for 28th
  • Carded a 168 (82-86) for 22nd at the Seminole State Spring Break Invite 
  • Tied for 11th at the Mastodon Spring Invite with a 160 (81-79)


2017-18

  • Played in all nine tournaments and was in the starting line-up in eight events
  • Was second on the team with an 85.1 average
  • Finished among the top three on the team in six tournaments and led the team on three occasions
  • Led the squad and claimed 16th at the Chi-Town Classic with a 166 (83-83)
  • Tallied a career-low 159 (81-78), including a career-best 78 in the second round, and tying for 21st at the Fort Wayne Spring Classic
  • Posted a career-best 54-hole score of 251 (85-82-84) tying for 22nd at the Horizon League Championship 
     
2016-17
  • Played in one event as a rookie, teeing off as an individual at the Golden Grizzly Invitational
  • Shot a 196 for 47th

Personal
  • A four-year letter winner in golf and tennis at Franklin High School
  • A team captain and a three-time MVP in both tennis and golf
  • Earned the school's Patriot Award three times, including twice in golf as a sophomore and junior
  • Her career low out on the course was an 83 in high school
  • Won the Motor City Invitational U-17 group in 2015 with an 81
  • Collected 53 wins in tennis at the No. 1 and No. 2 position, including going 19-1 as a sophomore and 195 as a junior
  • Her dad is a tennis pro at the Franklin Athletic Club, the indoor home of the Titans
  • Has two older brothers with one, Stephen, who played tennis at Western Michigan
  • Enrolled in the 5-Year MBA program

Year Rounds Strokes Average Top 10/20
2016-17 2 196 98.0 0/0
2017-18 21 1,788 85.1 0/1
2018-19 18 1,483 82.3 0/2
2019-20 9 708 78.6 1/1
2020-21 13 1,032 79.3 2/2
2021-22 20 1,563 78.1 2/6
Career 83 6,770 81.57 5/12

Career Low 18: 73 (4x), at 2021 Black Falcon Invitational (1st, 2nd), at 2021 EMU Invite (2nd), at 2022 Black Falcon Invitational (1st)
Career Low 36: 146 2021 Black Falcon Invitational (73, 73)
Career Low 54: 227 at 2021 EMU Invite (78, 73, 76)

Career Tournament Finishes
2021-22
Sept. 13-14 - Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Mill Creek GC North, Boardman, OH) - 162 (81, 81) - T43rd
Sept. 26-27 - Golden Grizzly Invitational (Katke-Cousins GC, Rochester, MI) - 155 (78, 77) - T18th
Oct. 4-5 - EMU Invitational (Eagle Crest GC, Ypsilanti, MI) - 227 (78, 73, 76) - T15th
Oct. 18-19 - Dayton Fall Invitational (NCR CC-North Course, Kettering, OH) - 150 (74, 76) - T11th
Mar. 11 - SSC Mayfair Tri-Match (Mayfair CC, St. Mary, FL) - 75 - T4th
Mar. 21-22 - Nevel Meade Collegiate (Nevel Meade GC, Prospect, KY) - 238 (79, 83, 76) - T36th
Mar. 28-20 - NKU Spring Invite (Elks Run GC, Batavia, OH) - 162 (84, 78) - T13th
Apr. 9-10 - Black Falcon Invitational (Stone Ridge GC, Bowling Green, OH) - 149 (73, 76) - T6th
Apr. 24-26 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 245 (74, 86, 85) - 33rd

2020-21
Feb. 28-Mar. 2 - Kiawah Island Classic (Kiawah Island GC, Kiawah Island, SC) - 241 (81, 82, 78) - T150th
Mar. 19-21 - Bama Beach Bash (Gulf Shores GC, Gulf Shores, Ala.) - 245 (79, 81, 85) - T70th
Mar. 29-30 - NKU The Julie (Lassing Pointe GC, Union, Ky.) - 155 (79, 76) - T9
Apr. 10-11 - Black Falcon Invitational (Stone Ridge GC, Bowling Green, OH) - 146 (73, 73) - 2nd
Apr. 25-27 - Horizon League Championship (Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, West Lafayette, Ind.) - 245 (77, 83, 85) - 35th

2019-20
Sept. 16-17 - Golden Grizzly Invitational (Katke-Cousins GC, Rochester, MI) - 155 (79, 76) - T7th 
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 - EMU Invitational (Eagle Crest GC, Ypsilanti, MI) - 233 (74, 74, 84) - T31st
Oct. 14-15 - Dayton Fall Invitational (NCR CC-North Course, Kettering, OH) - 160 (79, 81) - T41st
Oct. 21-22 - CMU Chippewa Invitational (Birmingham CC, Birmingham, MI) - 160 (77, 83) - T22nd

2018-19
Sept. 10-11 - NKU Fall Classic (Elks Run GC, Batavia, OH) - 252 (90, 78, 84) - T68th
Sept. 24-25 - Golden Grizzly Invitational (Katke-Cousins GC, Rochester, MI) - 167 (85, 82) - T27th
Oct. 15-16 - Dayton Fall Invitational (NCR CC-North Course, Kettering, OH) - 155 (76, 79) - T28th
Feb. 17-18 - FAU Preview (Osprey Point GC, Boca Raton, FL) - 162 (80, 82) - T38th
Mar. 5-6 - Seminole State Spring Break Invite (Timacuan GC, Lake Mary, FL) - 168 (82, 86) - 22nd
Apr. 1-2 - Mastodon Spring Invite (Pine Valley CC, Fort Wayne, IN) - 160 (81, 79) - T11th
Apr. 6-7 - Falcon Invitational (Stone Ridge GC, Bowling Green, OH) - 163 (83, 80) - T45th
Apr. 21-23 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 256 (80, 86, 90) - 36th

2017-18
Sept. 11-12 - NKU Fall Classic (Elks Run GC, Batavia, OH) - 259 (83, 90, 86) - T68th
Sept. 25-26 - Golden Grizzly Invitational (Katke-Cousins GC, Rochester, MI) - 175 (86, 89) - T41st (I)
Oct. 10-11 - Chi-Town Classic (Harborside GC, Chicago, IL) - 166 (83, 83) - 16th
Oct. 16-17 - Dayton Fall Invitational (NCR CC-North Course, Kettering, OH) - 167 (86, 81) - T61st
Mar. 6-7 - Seminole State Spring Break Invite (Timacuan GC, Lake Mary, FL) - 183 (97, 86) - 43rd
Mar. 12-13 - Bradley Spring Break Invite (Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, TX) - 265 (91, 90, 84) - 87th
Apr. 2 - Fort Wayne Spring Classic (Brookwood GC, Fort Wayne, IN) - 159 (81, 78) - T21st
Apr. 7-8 - Falcon Invitational (Stone Ridge GC, Bowling Green, OH) - 163 (83, 80) - T54th
Apr. 22-24 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 251 (85, 82, 84) - T22nd

2016-17
Sept. 26-27 - Golden Grizzly Invitational (Katke-Cousins GC, Rochester, MI) - 196 (100, 96) - T47th (I)

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