2016-17 Women's Golf Roster
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 |
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Match Play vs. Jocelyn Chia (Boston College) |
W: 1 up |
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Match Play vs. Ana Sanjuan (Indiana) |
L: 1 down (19 holes) |
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Match Play vs. Samantha Spencer (Fresno State) |
W: 3&2 |
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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
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