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2016-17 Women's Golf Roster

Stephanie Miller

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Elgin, Ill.
  • High School Adlai E. Stevenson

Biography

Career Bests

Best Finish: 1st - Diane Thomason Invitational (Oct. 12-13, 2013)
Low Round: 69 - 4x, last at Jim West Challenge (Nov. 2-3, 2014)
Low 54-Hole Score: 213 - 2x, last at Westbrook Spring Invite (Feb. 23-24, 2014)

Junior - 2015-16

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Named a Big Ten Preseason “Player To Watch” 
  • Played in all 11 tournaments 
  • Registered a 75.45 season stroke average 
  • Recorded two rounds below par and three more at even par
  • Posted three top-25 individual finishes 
  • Best 54-hole score came at the Westbrook Spring Invitational at 218 (+2)
  • Carded a season-low score of 71 (-1) twice during the spring
  • Best finish of the season came at the Minnesota Invitational
  • Illinois’ top finisher at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate
  • Second-best team finisher on four occasions

Sophomore - 2014-15

  • Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • Named a Big Ten Preseason “Player to Watch”
  • Became just the third golfer in program history to earn three Golfer of the Week/Month honors (10/16/13, 10/23/14, 11/5/15)
  • Had the team’s lowest stroke average at 75.10
  • Competed in all 11 tournaments
  • Shot two rounds under par and five more at even par
  • Season low round was 69 (-3)
  • Illinois’ top finisher at four events
  • Finished 10th or better four times

Freshman - 2013-14

  • First Illini Freshman NCAA Regionals Qualifier
  • Diane Thomason Individual Champion
  • First Illini freshman to win a tournament outright since 1992
  • Recorded the third lowest single season stroke average with a 75.00
  • Three times recorded a career low round of -3 (69), tying the ninth lowest round (at the time) in school history
  • Twice recorded a career low 54-hole tournament score of -3 (213), once at the Diane Thomason Invitational and then again at the Westbrook Spring Invite, tying the sixth lowest in program history
  • Produced the second most top-15 finishes on the team with six
  • Won Big Ten Golfer of the Week and Golfweek's College Player of the Week after her first place showing at Diane Thomason
  • Illinois Newcomer of the Year finalist
  • Finished first amongst her teammates in four of 11 tournaments
  • Tied for 15th at the Big Ten Championships with a 229, +13
  • Tied for 51st at the NCAA Central Regional with a 231, +15

High School

  • Lettered all four years in golf while lettering her freshman and sophomore year in bowling
  • Broke out in her sophomore golf season when she won conference, regionals, sectionals and state (shot the second lowest total in state history)
  • Won conference again both times as an upperclassmen and repeated her state title her senior year
  • All-State all four seasons
  • Won the Stevenson Ambassador Award in both 2010 and 2012

Personal

  • Majoring in sports management
  • Daughter of Jan Miller (mother), Alan and Linda Miller (father and stepmother)
  • Has a stepsister named Brianna
  • Hobbies include painting and designing nails
  • Favorite time of the year is March Madness
  • Doesn't have a particular favorite athlete, for she admires all athletes who put countless hours into what they love to do to become great
  • Plans after college consist of either playing or teaching golf
  • Cited her dad as her biggest athletic career influence, "He put a club in my hand when I was four and then on the course when I was six"
  • Says Steve Stricker is her Illinois hero because he's the product of what Illinois golf can produce

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2013-14 12 36 2,700 75.00 69 213 (-3)
2014-15 11 31 2,328 75.10 69 220 (+4)
2015-16 11 33 2,490 75.45 71 218 (+2)
Totals 34 100 7,518 75.18 69 213 (-3)

Individual Results

2013-14 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 9-10 Ptarmigan Ram Classic 76-77-69 = 222 (+6) T-15th
Sept. 16-17 Minnesota Invitational 76-72-74 = 222 (+6)^ 2nd
Oct. 12-13 Diane Thomason Invitational 74-70-69 = 213 (-3)^ 1st
Oct. 19-20 Hoosier Fall Invitational (Par 71) 76-69-73 = 218 (+5) 11th
Oct. 27-28 Palmetto Intercollegiate 76-75-75 = 226 (+10) T-22nd
Feb. 23-24 Westbrook Invitational 70-71-72 = 213 (-3)^ T-6th
Mar. 14-16 Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate 74-79-80 = 233 (+17) T-30th
Mar. 24-25 Briar's Creek Invitational 78-79-72 = 229 (+13)^ T-37th
April 7-8 Web.com Intercollegiate 73-75-76 = 224 (+8) T-41st
April 19-20 Lady Buckeye Invitational 81-78-81 = 240 (+24) T-50th
April 25-27 Big Ten Championships 79-73-77 = 229 (+13) T-15th
May 8-10 NCAA Central Regional* 75-76-80 = 231 (+15) T-51st
2014-15 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 8-9 Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic 73-72-75 = 220 (+4) 16th
Sept. 15-16 Minnesota Invitational 78-72-78 = 228 (+12)^ T-21st
Oct. 4-5 Diane Thomason Invitational 77-80-73 = 230 (+14) T-5th
Oct. 17-19 Hoosier Fall Invitational 72 = 72 (E)^ T-2nd
Match Play vs. Jocelyn Chia (Boston College) W: 1 up
Match Play vs. Ana Sanjuan (Indiana) L: 1 down (19 holes)
Match Play vs. Samantha Spencer (Fresno State) W: 3&2
Nov. 2-3 Jim West Challenge 79-69-76 = 224 (+8)^ T-10th
Feb. 22-23 Westbrook Invitational 75-73-77 = 225 (+9) T-54th
March 2-4 Hurricane Invitational 70-75-79 = 224 (+11) T-44th
March 23-24 Briar's Creek Invitational 83-74-73 = 230 (+14) T-52nd
March 30-31 Web.com Intercollegiate 72-74-76 = 222 (+6) T-32nd
April 18-19 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 80-72-73 = 225 (+9)^ T-10th
April 24-26 Big Ten Championships 75-76-77 = 228 (+12) T-41st
2015-16 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 14-15 Minnesota Invitational 72-77-75 = 224 (+8) T-13th
Sept. 21-22 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 72-74-73 = 219 (+6)^ T-18th
Oct. 4-6 Jim West Challenge 81-76-83 = 240 (+24) 69th
Oct. 19-20 Cardinal Cup 75-75-80 = 230 (+14) T-37th
Oct. 25-27 Palmetto Intercollegiate 73-77-78 = 228 (+12) T-45th
Feb. 21-22 Westbrook Spring Invitational 71-72-75 = 218 (+2) T-30th
March 11-12 3M Augusta Invitational 76-72-77 = 225 (+9) T-32nd
March 22-23 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 75-74-76 = 225 (+9) T-28th
March 28-29 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate 76-76-76 = 228 (+12) T-15th
April 16-17 Lady Buckeye Invitational 74-79-76 = 229 (+13) T-28th
April 22-24 Big Ten Championship 75-78-71 = 224 (+8) T-47th

^ Led the team
* Competed as an individual

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

  • 2014-15Sophomore

  • 2015-16Junior

  • 2016-17Senior