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2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

Taylor Kondel

Taylor Kondel

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Grand Blanc, Mich.
  • High School:
    Grand Blanc

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights:
  • 3x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
  • 2x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
  • Horizon League All-Academic Team (2024)
  • 3x WGCA All-American Scholar (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025)


2024-25:

  • The only Titan to start all nine tournaments and play all 22 rounds on the season, finishing second on the team with a career-low 80.41 average
  • Posted eight rounds in the 70's out of 22 played and had two rounds at par or better
  • Led the team in five events
  • Topped the team and tied for 30th at Youngstown State's Roseann Schwartz Invitational with a 155 (79-76)
  • Placed a team-best 23rd at Toledo's Rocket Classic after shooting a 232 (82-72-78), including tying her career low with an even-par 72 in round two
  • Tallied an 81 to win her match in the Motor City Match-Up versus Green Bay, as she was trailing her contest at the top spot by three holes with four left, but then won 6, 7, 8 and 9 for the win
  • Carded a career-best 231 (78-72-81) for a team high and share of 54th,  where she also had an even-par 72 in the second round at Purdue's Boilermaker Spring Classic
  • Led the Titans at the Horizon League Championship by vying for All-Tournament consideration and finishing 11th with a 239 (80-79-80)
  • Ended her junior year 10th in school history with an 82.06 average in 62 rounds on the links 


2023-24:

  • Started all eight tournaments on the year and was second on the squad with an 81.32 average
  • Recorded five rounds in the 70's and finished in the top three on the team six times, including leading the team twice and finishing second on three occasions
  • Tied for 27th at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational with a 36-hole best 159 (79-80)
  • Tallied a career-best 233 (80-81-72) and led the team sharing 35th at the EMU Invitational, which included an even-par and career-low 72 in the final round
  • Claimed 31st at the Nevel Meade Collegiate with a 166 (84-82)
  • Tallied a 161 (78-83) for 57th at the Black Falcon Invitational 
  • Shot a 251 (80-84-87) and tied for 25th at the Horizon League Championship

2022-23:
  • Started all nine tournaments as a rookie and was fourth on the team with an 84.48 average
  • Tallied a 163 (82, 81) in her collegiate debut and tied for 41st at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational 
  • Shared 57th with a 253 (83, 79, 91) at the EMU Invitational 
  • Carded a 256 (87, 84, 85) for 20th at the Warrior Invitational 
  • Tied for 55th at the Nevel Meade Collegiate with a 166 (85, 81) 
  • Posted a season-best 244 (81, 86, 77) for 27th at the Horizon League Championship, which included a season-best 5-over 77 in the final round 

Personal:
  • A four-year letter winner in golf and a two-year letter winner in soccer at Grand Blanc High School
  • Selected to the Division 1 All-State Team in 2021 and was an Honorable Mention in 2020
  • A three-time All-League and three-time First Team All-Conference, who helped her team to three league championships and a regional title
  • Posted a 77.0 season average as a senior with her career low established at 74
  • In soccer, helped her team to a league championship in 2021
  • A member of the National Honor Society
  • Daughter of Casey and Jill Kondel
  • Her dad played Division I football and baseball at Valparaiso
  • Has two younger siblings
  • A Psychology major
Year Rounds Strokes Average Top 10/20
2022-23 21 1,774 84.48 0/1
2023-24 19 1,545 81.3 0/0
2024-25 22 1,769 80.4 0/1
2025-26 3 245 81.6 0/1
Career 65 5,333 82.05 0/2


Career Low 18: 72 (3x) at 2025 Boilermaker Spring Invite (2nd), at 2023 EMU Invitational (3rd), at 2024 Rocket Classic (2nd)
Career Low 36: 152 at 2023 EMU Invitational (80-81-72)
Career Low 54: 231 at 2025 Boilermaker Spring Invite (78-72-81)

Career Tournament Finishes
2025-26
Aug. 31- Sept. 1 - A-Ga-Ming Invitational (Kewadin Golf Resort, Kewadin, MI) - 245 (82, 81, 82) - T69th

2024-25
Sept. 1-2 - A-Ga-Ming Invitational (Kewadin Golf Resort, Kewadin, MI) - 244 (83, 79, 82) - 52nd
Sept. 22-23 - Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Mill Creek GC, Boardman, OH) - 155 (79, 76) - T30th
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 - Rocket Classic (Catawna Island Club, Port Clinton, OH) - 232 (82, 72, 78) - 23rd
Oct. 14 - Motor City Match-Up vs. Oakland (Birmingham CC, Birmingham, MI) - 80
Oct. 15 - Motor City Match-Up vs. Green Bay (Birmingham CC, Birmingham, MI) - 81
Mar. 17-18 - Nevel Meade Collegiate (Nevel Meade GC, Prospect, KY) - 175 (87, 88) - 33rd
Mar. 24-25 - NKU The Julie (Elks Run GC, Batavia, OH) - 165 (85, 80) - T37th
Apr. 6-7 - Boilermaker Spring Invite (Ackerman-Allen GC, West Lafayette, IN) - 231 (78, 72, 81) - T54th
Apr. 12-13 - Lady Jaguar Invitational (Plum Creek GC, Carmel, IN) - 167 (85, 82) - T35th
Apr. 19-21 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 239 (80, 79, 80) - T11th

2023-24
Sept. 3-4 - A-Ga-Ming Invitational (Kewadin Golf Resort, Kewadin, MI) - 237 (79, 82, 76) - T50th
Sept. 23-24 - Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Mill Creek GC, Boardman, OH) - 159 (79, 80) - T27th
Oct. 2-3 - EMU Invitational (Eagle Crest GC, Ypsilanti, MI) - 233 (80, 81, 72) - T35th
Oct. 16-17 - Chippewa Invitational (Birmingham CC, Birmingham, MI) - 171 (86, 85) - 51st
Mar. 18-19 - Nevel Meade Collegiate (Nevel Meade GC, Prospect, KY) - 166 (84, 82) - T31st
Apr. 6-7 - Black Falcon Invitational (Stone Ridge GC, Bowling Green, OH) - 161 (78, 83) - 57th
Apr. 13-14 - Lady Jaguar Invitational (Plum Creek GC, Carmel, IN) - 167 (82, 85) - T64th
Apr. 20-22 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 251 (80, 84, 87) - T25th

2022-23
Sept. 12-13 - Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Mill Creek GC, Boardman, OH) - 163 (82, 81) - T41st
Sept. 25-26 - UIC Invitational (Briar Ridge CC, Shereville, Ind.) - 173 (90, 83) - 67th
Oct. 3-4 - EMU Invitational (Eagle Crest GC, Ypsilanti, MI) - 253 (83, 79, 91) - T57th
Oct. 17-18 - Chippewa Invitational (Birmingham CC, Birmingham, MI) - 173 (87, 86) - T47th
Mar. 9-11 - Warrior Invitational (The Legacy GC, Henderson, Nev.) - 256 (87, 84, 85) - 20th
Mar. 20-21 - Nevel Meade Collegiate (Nevel Meade GC, Prospect, KY) - 166 (85, 81) - T55th
Apr. 7-8 - Black Falcon Invitational (Stone Ridge GC, Bowling Green, OH) - 174 (83, 91) - 66th
Apr. 15-16 - Lady Jaguar Invitational (Plum Creek GC, Carmel, IN) - 172 (86, 86) - T63rd
Apr. 23-25 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 244 (81, 86, 77) - 27th

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