Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

JUNIOR (2022-23)
ASUN Third Team All-Conference selection … Appeared in all 12 of EKU’s events … Two top-5, four top-10, and six top-15 finishes … First on the team with 36 rounds and a 74.3 stroke average … Had six rounds at or below par ... Season-high runner-up finish at the Redbird Invite in the season opener with a 54-hole total of 218 (73-73-72) … Tied for sixth at the Johnie Imes Invite hosted by Missouri (219) … Finished third at the Jackrabbit Invitational with a season-low round of 211 (71-69-71), her 69 in the second round was a season-low, named ASUN Player of the Week following the performance … Finished top-15 in the last three events of the season, including tied for ninth at the 2023 ASUN Championship, shooting a three-round score of 224.
 
SOPHOMORE (2021-22)
ASUN Conference Women’s Golf All-Academic Team … Saw action in all 12 of the team’s events … Second on the team with a 74.39 stroke average … second in the conference with two tournament wins … Carded 11 rounds at par or better … Posted six top-10 performances … Shot a program record 64 at the Lady Red Wolves Classic (Oct. 11-12), which was also the lowest round by an ASUN golfer during the 2021-22 season … Won the Lady Red Wolves Classic with a 54-hole total of 205 (-11) … Turned in a first round 68 and tied for fourth at the Redbird Invitational (Sept. 5-6) with a total of 215 (-1) … Shot rounds of 70, 68 and 71 on her way to winning the Terrier Intercollegiate (Oct. 25-26) with a total of 209 (-7) … Carded a second round 70 and tied for eighth at the ASUN Championship (April 17-19) with a total of 222 (+6) … Tied the program record for single season counting scores (36).

FRESHMAN (2020-21)
Transferred to Eastern Kentucky for the spring semester … Not eligible to play in any events due to NCAA transfer rules.

FRESHMAN 2020-21 @ WESTERN KENTUCKY
In the fall of 2020, was chosen as the Conference USA Female Golfer of the Week after finishing second in her first collegiate event … Shot rounds of 67, 74 and 70 for a 54-hole total of 5-under 211 at the USA Intercollegiate in Mobile, Alabama on Sept. 7 … First round 5-under 67 tied for the second-best round in WKU history and her total tied for the third-lowest  … Played in three events for the Hilltoppers.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
The No. 1 female junior golfer in the Commonwealth in the fall of 2019 at Great Crossing High School … Notched three top-15 finishes with the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) including a tie for third at the Randy Wise Junior Open … Won the AJGA Justin Thomas Junior Championship ... Finished seventh at the Kentucky State Championship in 2019, after earning a second-place finish in the region … Earned first-team all-state honors three times and won more than 20 KHSAA events while playing for Scott County High School and Great Crossing High School … Won the Region 8 Championship three times (2016, 2017 and 2018) and finished third at the state championship in 2016 and 2018 … Reached a Junior Golf Scoreboard national ranking of No. 23 in her class and an overall Rolex AJGA Ranking of No. 25 … Was the first female junior from Kentucky to win all age divisions of the Kentucky Junior Amateur Championship, including an overall win at the 2018 Kentucky Junior Amateur Championship … Earned an invitation to the 2017 U.S. Girl’s Junior … Competed in three Junior PGA National Championships and more than 12 AJGA Open events nationally … Competed in four North & South Junior Amateurs at Pinehurst carding multiple top-15’s and a fourth place finish.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Rylea Marcum … Daughter of Shane and Selena Marcum … Has one brother – Revan, and one sister – Whitlea … Currently majoring in Brain & Cognitive Psychology.