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Samantha Richdale

Samantha Richdale

  • Class
  • Induction
    2017
  • Sport(s)
    Golf

Four-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection and three-time MVC individual medalist (2003, 2004 and 2006) … helped the Redbirds to a pair of MVC team titles in 2004 and 2005 … was a 17-time MVC Golfer of the Week selection, which ranks second all-time in the MVC record books … was also a three-time MVC Scholar Athlete Team honoree … named the 2005-06 ISU Jill Hutchison Female Athlete of the Year … her single-season stroke average of 73.94 set during the 2005-06 season is tops all-time at Illinois State and ranks second overall in MVC history … earned a spot on the MVC All-Centennial Team … as a senior, finished tied for 15th at the 2006 NCAA Central Regional after earning medalist honors at the MVC Championships … earned medalist honors at the 2004 MVC Championship, helping the Redbirds to the team title in the process … went on to finish sixth at the NCAA Central Regional and placed 57th out of 126 golfers at the NCAA Championships … 2004 NGCA Academic All-American selection … following her collegiate career, turned professional in May and competed on the Futures Tour ... went on to compete on the Canadian Women’s Tour and Duramed FUTURES Tour in 2007 before earning her first professional victory on the Duramed FUTURES Tour at The Gettysburg Championship ... also won the Suncoast Series Event at Huntington Hills that year ... in 2009, earned a come-from-behind victory at the Turkey Hill Classic to earn full-time status on the LPGA Tour in 2010 … four-time winner and 30 career Top-10 finishes on the Symetra Tour, including a win at the 2016 Florida's Natural Charity Classic.

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