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2014-15 Women's Golf Roster

Samantha Postillion

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Burr Ridge, Ill.
  • High School Hinsdale Central
  • Prev School Texas

Biography

Career Bests

Best Finish: 2nd - Insperity Lady Jaguar (March 14-15, 2014)
Low Round: 71 - 3x, last Lady Jaguar (March 14-15, 2014)
Low 54-Hole Score: 216 - Ptarmigan Ram Classic (Sept. 9-10, 2013)

RS Senior - 2014

  • Competed at two events for the Illini in the fall before graduating in Decemeber
  • Big Ten Preseason “Player to Watch”
  • Exits Illinois with the third lowest career stroke average of 76.69
  • Season-low round of 76 came at the Jim West Challenge

RS Junior - 2013-14

  • Preseason Big Ten Player to Watch
  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Competed in all 11 tournaments, recording a scoring average of 76.00
  • Scoring average tied the 8th lowest single season average in program history
  • Improved her scoring average by 1.06 from a season ago
  • Tied the 10th lowest 54-hole total with a 216, even par, at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic in September
  • Tallied three top-15 finishes
  • Recorded a career best finish at Lady Jaguar when she came in 2nd place with a 221 (+5)
  • Tied for 5th at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic
  • Tied for 11th at the Diane Thomason Invitational
  • Twice tied her career low round of 71 (-1)
  • Tied for 49th at the Big Ten Championships with a 238 (+22)
  • Finished first amongst her teammates in two tournaments

RS Sophomore 2012-13

  • One of two Illini to participate in all 11 tournaments
  • Finished second on the team with a 77.06 stroke average over 33 rounds
  • Led the Illini in the fall, averaging 76.73 strokes in five tournaments
  • Posted the best score on the team in six tournaments and never finished lower than third
  • Shot a team-low 229 (+13) in her first career tournament, the Colonel Wollenberg's Ram Classic, placing 39th
  • Led the team again at the Dale McNamara Invitational, shooting a season-best 226 (+10) and finishing 30th
  • Captured her best finish of the fall at the Wolverine Invitational, placing 12th and helping the Illini to a third-place tournament finish
  • Led the team for a third time at the Hoosier Fall Invitational, shooting a 231 (+15) and finishing 20th
  • Turned in the best Illini score of the year at the Marsh Landing Invitational with a 219 (+3), earning her first career under par total with a 71 in round one and placing 11th

High School

  • Played three years at Hinsdale Central High School (coached by Nancy Ahitow)
  • Named team MVP in 2008
  • Placed second at the 2007 IHSA state finals as a team
  • Placed seventh individually at the 2008 IHSA state championship after firing rounds of 77-74
  • Played her final year at Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz.
  • Helped Notre Dame to the state title in 2009
  • Qualified for the Illinois Women's State Amateur in 2011
  • Qualified for the third flight of women's Western Amateur and won her flight
  • Tied for first at the 2012 Illinois Women's Open, shooting rounds of 72-74-69, lost in a playoff for the title
  • Claimed the 2012 Women's Chicago District Amateur Match Play Championship
  • Won the Arizona Women's State Amateur title at Desert Mountain Golf Club after shooting rounds of 67-71-72
  • Placed second at the 2012 Cactus Tour event at Orange Tree Golf Club
  • Won the CWDGA one-day event at Evanston Golf Club, firing a 73
  • Won the CWDGA Match Play Championship at Inverness Country Club

Personal

  • Born on June 16, 1992
  • Daughter of Victor and Kerry Postillion
  • Third oldest of four children, has three brothers, Victor, Vincent and Drew
  • Hobbies include yoga
  • Named to the honor roll or principal's honor all four year's of high school
  • Majoring in Business Management-general

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2014-15 2 4 317 79.25 76 241 (+25)
2013-14 11 33 2,508 76.00 71 216 (E)
2012-13 11 33 2,543 77.06 71 219 (+3)
Totals 24 70 5,368 76.69 71 216 (E)

Individual Results

2014-15 Tournament Score Finish
Oct. 17-19 Hoosier Fall Invitational 76 = 76 (+4) T-12th
Match Play vs. Christina Wang (Boston College) W: 6&5
Match Play vs. Elizabeth Tong (Indiana) W: 1 up (22 holes)
Match Play vs. Hannah Sodersten (Fresno State) L: 2&1
Nov. 2-3 Jim West Challenge 78-87-76 = 241 (+25) T-59th
2013-14 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 9-10 Ptarmigan Ram Classic 72-71-73 = 216 (E)^ T-5th
Sept. 16-17 Minnesota Invitational 77-79-75 = 231 (+15) T-18th
Oct. 12-13 Diane Thomason Invitational 73-78-77 = 228 (+12) T-11th
Oct. 19-20 Hoosier Fall Invitational (Par 71) 76-72-77 = 225 (+12) T-25th
Oct. 27-28 Palmetto Intercollegiate 73-80-73 = 226 (+10) T-22nd
Feb. 23-24 Westbrook Invitational 75-74-72 = 221 (+5) T-39th
Mar. 14-16 Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate 73-71-77 = 221 (+5)^ 2nd
Mar. 24-25 Briar's Creek Invitational 77-80-76 = 233 (+17) T-51st
April 7-8 Web.com Intercollegiate 79-72-81 = 232 (+16) T-73rd
April 19-20 Lady Buckeye Invitational 83-81-73 = 237 (+21) T-38th
April 25-27 Big Ten Championships 79-80-79 = 238 (+22) T-49th
2012-13 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 10-11 Colonel Wollenberg's Ram Classic 76-77-76 = 229^ T-39th
Sept. 17-18 Dale McNamara Invitational 77-74-75 = 226^ T-30th
Sept. 22-23 Wolverine Invitational (Par 71) 75-81-77 = 233 12th
Oct. 13-14 Hoosier Fall Invitational 78-74-79 = 231^ T-20th
Oct. 28-30 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite 78-80-74 = 232 T-60th
Feb. 24-25 Westbrook Spring Invitational 77-76-75 = 228 T-31st
March 8-10 Clover Cup 80-77-79 = 236^ T-66th
March 15-17 Insperity Lady Jaguar 85-77-74 = 236 T-50th
April 8-9 Marsh Landing Invitational 71-75-73 = 219^ T-11th
April 20-21 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 78-80-78 = 236^ T-26th
April 26-28 Big Ten Championships 77-81-79=237 T-45th

^ Led the team

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2013-14Redshirt Junior

  • 2014-15Redshirt Senior