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2014-15 Women's Golf Roster

Erin Ahern

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hinsdale, Ill.
  • High School Hinsdale Central

Biography

Career Bests

Best Finish: T-27th - Lady Buckeye Invitational (April 19-20, 2014)
Low Round: 72 - Big Ten Championships (April 25-27, 2014)
Low 54-Hole Score: 224 - Westbrook Spring Invite (Feb. 23-24, 2014)

Senior - 2014-15

  • Women’s Resources Center Student Athlete Award winner
  • Competed at two events over the season
  • Registered a stroke average of 81.00
  • Season-low round of 75 came at the Diane Thomason Invitational as an individual

Junior - 2013-14

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Competed in seven tournaments throughout the year
  • Recorded a 79.24 stroke average
  • Shot a personal best 224 (+8) at the Westbrook Spring Invite, an improvement of 11 strokes from her previous low
  • Produced a career low round of 72 (E) at the Big Ten Championships
  • Finished Big Ten's tied for 44th with a 237 (+21)
  • Best finish came at the Lady Buckeye Invitational where she tied for 27th with a 234 (+18)

Sophomore - 2012-13

  • Joined the team following fall competition
  • Did not participate in any spring events

High School

  • Reached the IHSA State Tournament as both a junior and senior, placing 15th in 2010 (junior) and 14th in 2011 (senior)
  • Helped lead the Red Devils to third at the state meet as a senior
  • Made a hole-in-one during the 2010 state tournament
  • Won the IHSA Regional as both a junior and senior
  • Named the Doings Girls Golfer of the Year in 2010
  • As a senior, won the Hinsdale Central Scholar-Athlete Award and the IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award and was named to the West Suburban Silver Conference Athletic Academic Team
  • Fired a 68 in the final round of the IJGA-CDGA Junior Amateur at Mill Creek Golf Club
  • During the summer of 2012, tied for 37th at the Illinois Women's Open and qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur
  • In 2010, won the Team Soy Decatur Junior Open and two IJGA Regional events
  • In 2011, won the IJGA-CDGA Junior Amateur
  • High School golf coaches were Nancy Ahitow and Janelle Marconi
  • Competed for the water polo team as a freshman, earning the team's Rookie of the Year Award

Personal

  • Born on May 23, 1993
  • Daughter of Mike and Cathy Ahern
  • Majoring in aerospace engineering
  • Named a Stamps Scholar
  • Enrolled in the Campus Honors Program .. Named a James Scholar
  • Member of the Illinois Space Society, the Society of Women Engineers and the Engineering Council
  • Career plans are to help build airplanes/rockets or even golf clubs

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2014-15 1 3 243 81.00 75 243 (+27)
2013-14 7 21 1,664 79.24 72 224 (+8)
Totals 8 24 1,907 79.46 72 224 (+8)

Individual Results

2014-15 Tournament Score Finish
Oct. 4-5 Diane Thomason Invitational* 83-85-75 = 243 T-43rd
2013-14 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 16-17 Minnesota Invitational 81-80-83 = 244 T-46th
Oct. 12-13 Diane Thomason Invitational* 77-79-79 = 235 T-34th
Oct. 19-20 Hoosier Fall Invitational (Par 71) 80-80-80 = 240 T-82nd
Feb. 23-24 Westbrook Invitational 74-75-75 = 224 T-51st
Mar. 14-16 Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate 83-82-85 = 250 71st
April 19-20 Lady Buckeye Invitational 79-76-79 = 234 T-27th
April 25-27 Big Ten Championships 90-72-75 = 237 T-44th
* - Competed as an individual

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

  • 2013-14Junior

  • 2014-15Senior