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2017-18 Women's Golf Roster

Dana Gattone

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Addison, Ill.
  • High School Saint Viator

Biography

Career Bests

Best Finish: T-1st - Diane Thomason Invitational (Oct. 4-5, 2014)
Low Round: 68 (-4) - Henssler Financial Intercollegiate (March 27, 2017)
Low 54-Hole Score: 214 (-2) - Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 25-26, 2018)

Senior 2017-18

  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Ends her Illinois career with the fifth-best career stroke average in program history (75.78)
  • Posted the eighth-best single season stroke average in school history (74.39)
  • Carded a career-low 54-hole tournament total of 214 (-2) at the Westbrook Spring Invitational 
  • Tied for the team’s top finisher at the Bettie Lou Evans Invite with a 54-hole total of 220 (+4)
  • Tied the ninth-best 36-hole individual tournament score in program history with a 147 (+3) at the Lady Buckeye Invitational
  • Recorded four rounds under par and six rounds even par during the season
  • Competed in 11 of the 12 events on the season

Junior 2016-17

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • First-round score of 68 (-4) at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate on March 27 was the best single-round score of her career, and tied for the seventh-best in program history
  • Carded a 225 (+9) at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate, her best 54-hole score of the year 
  • Placed in a tie for 29th at the Cardinal Cup, her best finish of the year
  • Averaged a 77.500 during her junior year
  • Competed in six tournaments, including the Big Ten Championships
  • Recorded one round under par on the year

Sophomore 2015-16

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch
  • Tallied a season stroke average of 76.33
  • Participated at all 11 events during the season
  • Illinois' second-best finisher at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate (T-18th) and the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational (T-25th)
  • Top finish on the season came at the Minnesota Invitational (T-15th)
  • Beset round of the season (72) also came at the Minnesota Invitational
  • Best 54-hole score was at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate at 219 (+6)
  • Three top-25 individual finishes

Freshman 2014-15

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/10/14)
  • Daily Illini “Illini of the Week” (10/8/15)
  • Hole in one at first collegiate event (9/8/14)
  • Won the Diane Thomason Invitational individual title
  • Had the team’s third-best stroke average for the season at 75.58
  • Participated at all 11 events during the season
  • Low tournament score came at first collegiate event at 217 (+1)
  • Lowest round (69) came at Briar's Creek Invitational
  • Illini Female Newcomer of the Year finalist

High School

  • Attended Saint Viator High School in the East Suburban Catholic Conference
  • Four-year varsity letter winner
  • Four-time varsity team MVP
  • Picked as the Saint Viator 2014 Female Athlete of the Year
  • Four-time IHSA finalist and finished fourth in 2013
  • Qualified for match play at the 2013 US Girls' Junior Championship
  • Qualified for the 2013 Callaway Junior World Championship
  • 2012 Mid-American Junior Golf Tour All Midwest Team
  • 2012 East Suburban Catholic Conference Athlete of the Year
  • Four-time ESCC All-Conference team
  • Three-time ESCC conference champion
  • Ranked 54th in AJGA Polo Ranking for class of 2014

Personal

  • Majoring in communication
  • Daughter of Joseph and Susan Gattone
  • Has two older brothers, Rick and Joe 
  • Involved in gymnastics for nine years and softball for six
  • Graduated with honors
  • Member of the National Honor Society

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2014-15 11 31 2,343 75.58 69 (-3) 217 (+1)
2015-16 11 33 2,519 76.33 72 (E) 219 (+6)
2016-17 6 18 1,395 77.50 68 (-4) 226 (+9)
2017-18 11 31 2,306 74.39 69 (-2) 214 (-2)
Totals 39 113 8,563 75.78 68 (-4) 214 (-2)

Individual Results

2014-15 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 8-9 Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic 72-72-73 = 217 (+1)^ 7th
Sept. 15-16 Minnesota Invitational 81-74-76 = 231 (+15) T-37th
Oct. 4-5 Diane Thomason Invitational 76-74-76 = 226 (+10)^ T-1st
Oct. 17-19 Hoosier Fall Invitational 75 = 75 (+3) T-10th
Match Play vs. Cristina McQuiston (Boston College) L: 6&5
Match Play vs. Theresa-Ann Jedra (Indiana) W: 2 up
Match Play vs. Madchen Ly (Fresno State) W: 2&1
Nov. 2-3 Jim West Challenge 74-81-77 = 232 (+16) T-28th
Feb. 22-23 Westbrook Invitational 70-73-76 = 219 (+3) T-25th
March 2-4 Hurricane Invitational 74-82-81 = 237 (+24) T-82nd
March 23-24 Briar's Creek Invitational 79-72-69 = 220 (+4)^ T-14th
March 30-31 Web.com Intercollegiate 73-72-75 = 220 (+4) T-14th
April 18-19 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 78-76-79 = 233 (+17) T-35th
April 24-26 Big Ten Championships 77-79-77 = 233 (+17) T-60th
2015-16 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 14-15 Minnesota Invitational 72-78-75 = 225 (+9) T-15th
Sept. 21-22 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 73-73-73 = 219 (+6)^ T-18th
Oct. 4-6 Jim West Challenge 81-76-77 = 234 (+18) 63rd
Oct. 19-20 Cardinal Cup 82-73-76 = 231 (+15) T-44th
Oct. 25-27 Palmetto Intercollegiate 75-78-75 = 228 (+12) T-45th
Feb. 21-22 Westbrook Spring Invitational 75-75-74 = 224 (+8) T-56th
March 11-12 3M Augusta Invitational 77-79-77 = 233 (+17) T-61st
March 22-23 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 74-78-85 = 237 (+21) T-64th
March 28-29 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate 80-73-81 = 234 (+18) T-38th
April 16-17 Lady Buckeye Invitational 78-75-75 = 228 (+12) T-25th
April 22-24 Big Ten Championship 74-79-73 = 226 (+10) T-54th
2016-17 Tournament Score Finish
Oct. 17-18 Greenville Regional Preview 78-76-84 = 238 (+22) T-47th
Oct. 23-25 Cardinal Cup 76-80-75 = 231 (+15) T-29th
March 20-21 Briar’s Creek Invitational 75-79-78 = 232 (+16) T-70th
March 27-28 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate 68-79-78 = 225 (+9) T-32nd
April 15-216 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 80-78-76 = 234 (+18) T-33rd
April 21-23 Big Ten Championship 82-75-78 = 235 (+19) 48th
2017-18 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 18-19 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 69-69-75 = 213 (E) T-16th
Sept. 26-27 Coeur d'Alene Collegiate  75-73-72 = 220 (+7) T-36th
Oct. 6-7 Bettie Lou Evans Invite 72-73-75 = 220 (+4)^ T-10th
Oct. 21-22 Cardinal Cup 77-77-76 = 230 (+14) T-37th
Feb. 25-26 Westbrook Spring Invitational 72-70-72 = 214 (-2)^ T-24th
March 5-6 Meadow Club Collegiate 73-83 = 156 (+12) T-64th
March 19-20 Briar's Creek Invitational 72-72-74 = 218 (+2) T-14th
March 23-25 MountainView Collegiate 84-77-79 = 240 (+24) T-74th
April 14 Lady Buckeye Invitational 75-72 = 147 (+3) T-10th
April 20-22 Big Ten Championships 76-79-74 = 229 (+13) T-54th
May 7-9 NCAA Madison Regional 75-71-73 = 219 (+3) T-37th

^ Led the team

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior