2023-24 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS |
WGCA All-American Scholar (2022-23) |
CSC Academic All-District Team (2022-23) |
MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2022-23) |
All-MVC (2022-23) |
MVC Golfer of the Week (Mar. 3, 2023) |
MVC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 8, 2023) |
All-MVC (2021-22) |
WGCA All-American Scholar (2021-22) |
MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2021-22) |
MVC Golfer of the Week (Mar. 4, 2022) |
CAREER BESTS |
Low Round |
68 |
Feb. 7, 2023 |
Low Tournament |
211 |
Feb. 6-7, 2023 |
Best Finish |
t-2nd / 57 |
Oct. 8-9, 2022 |
2022-23 (Junior)
Was named All-MVC during the season, MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team, and WGCA A-American Scholar Team. Was twice named MVC Golfer of the Week during the season. Played in all 30 rounds for the Redbirds, with a team-leading 74.8 stroke per round average with five top-10 finishes and four rounds at or under par. Her round of 68 at the Falcon Florida Classic tied the Illinois State single-round record, while her tournament score of 211 at the same tournament broke the previous school record by four strokes. She finished inside of the top-25 in each of her tournaments during the year, with her best finish coming when she tied for second at the Coyote Creek Classic, and finished third at the Falcon Florida Classic, and tied for seventh at both the HCU Husky Intercollegiate and at the MVC Championship.
2021-22 (Sophomore)
Was named to the All-MVC squad, MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team, and WGCA All-American Scholar Team. Was named the MVC Golfer of the Week on March 4. Played in 29 rounds for the year with two top-10 finishes, and four rounds at or under par - second-most on the team. She tied her individual round career-low with a 70 at the Red Rocks Invitational on March 19. Her top finish came from the Rio Verde Invitational where she tied for third of the 92 golfers in the field, including a one-under 71 to open the tournament, while tying for fourth of 59 golfers at the Redbird Spring Invitational. Twice shot under a 220 for a 54-hole tournament, the first with a 219 at the Johnie Imes Invitational on September 27-29, and the second at the Rio Verde Invitational with a 217.
2020-21 (Freshman)
In her first season as a Redbird, Woodward averaged 78.1 strokes per round over 17 rounds, with a season-low score of 70 at the Mid-American Challenge - the lowest single-round on the team for the season. Since 2009-10 there has been just one other freshman to card a 70, and that was Brianna Cooper during the 2010-11 season, while her 220 for the tournament remains the lowest by a freshman during that same time frame. Her best finish came at the Diane Daugherty Invitational where she tied for 11th in the field of 89 golfers.
PRIOR TO ILLINOIS STATE
Woodward had a tournament scoring average of 75 and is currently ranked in the top-300 (No. 262) in the United States according to Junior Golf Scoreboard. She was the medalist at the FCG Memorial Championship with scores of 72 and 74 and was second at Toyota Tour Cup with scores of 73 and 69 ... She won the AJGA Kia Junior Championship Qualifier with a score of 69 and was named the Future Champions Golf Tour Fall Player of the Year while competing in the North/South team cup.
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