2016-17 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
AS A SENIOR IN 2016-17
Played in nine events and a total of 26 rounds … finished with an 80.04 stroke average … began the USA Intercollegiate with a round of 68, tied for the second-lowest score ever recorded by a Colonel … tied for 11th with a three-round total of 231 at the Colonel Classic (March 31) ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2015-16
Appeared in seven of the team’s 12 events … posted a stroke average of 81.10 … finished her junior season with a season-best round of 75 at the EKU Colonel Classic (April 2) … three round total at the EKU Colonel Classic was her lowest 54-hole score of the season … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Chi Alpha Sigma (national student-athlete honor society) inductee … 2015-16 Bratzke Award for Excellence (given to the team member with the highest GPA) … 2015-16 Colonel Scholar … WGCA All-American Scholar.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014-15
Chosen to the 2015 Ohio Valley Conference All-Tournament Team … played in 11 of the team’s 12 events … stroke average of 79.56 was the fourth-best on the team and ranked 24th in the Ohio Valley Conference … had two top-5 finishes … tied for fifth with a 36-hole total of 152 at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 17) … tied for fifth at the 2015 OVC Championship (April 22) with a career-best total of 225, shooting season low first and third round scores of 74 … earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade-point-average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar … WGCA All-American Scholar.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013-14
Appeared in all 11 of the team’s events … had a 78.68 stroke average over 25 rounds of play … finished in the top-10 twice, including once in the top-5 … shot an even-par 72 in her first collegiate round, at the Kentucky Regional Rivalry (Sept. 2) … the 72 tied for the fifth lowest single round score in program history at the time … finished the Kentucky Regional Rivalry with a season-best 36-hole score of 153 and tied for 15th overall … tied for eighth at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 18) … tied for second at the Colonel Classic (April 5) after rounds of 79 and 75 for a total of 154 … opened the OVC Championship (April 23) with back-to-back rounds of 76 before finishing 15th with a 54-hole total of 234 … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar … WGCA All-American Scholar.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won the French national championship with the Aix Marseille Golf Club in 2010 and 2013 … advanced to the semifinals in 2012 … individually, finished second in the French national championship in 2010 and advanced to the quarterfinals in 2012 … in 2011 she finished fourth in a stroke play tournament featuring the best French players, regardless of age … she placed seventh in the same event in 2012.
PERSONAL
Full name is Emilie Simmons ... daughter of Patrick and Caroline Simmons ... majoring in business.
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