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Illinois State University Athletics

2016-17 Women's Golf Roster

Renee Solberg

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Wheaton Warrenville South
  • Hometown Wheaton, Ill.

Biography

2016-17/Senior at Illinois State
Averaged an 81.9 over 29 rounds... Produced seven rounds in the 70s... Shot a 244 (82-85-77) at the season-opening Redbird Invitational (9/5)... Competed as an individual at Missouri State's MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial (9/13) finished with a 236 (81-80-75)... Shot a 250 (86-84-80) at the Missouri Valley Conference Preview (10/4)... Finished with a 252 (85-83-84) at College of Charleston's Palmetto Intercollegiate (10/25)... Concluded the fall season with a 170 (87-83) at Seton Hall's Pirate Invitational (10/29)... Started the spring season with a 254 (83-91-80) at the Ball State Sunshine Invitational (2/11)... At Western Michigan's Rio Verde Invitational (2/26), produced the lowest three-round score of her career, carding a 235 (78-83-74), which included a career-low 2-over-par 74 in the final round... Finished with a 249 (80-87-82) at the Bradley Spring Break Invitational (3/14)... Shot a 236 (80-77-79) at Indiana's IU Invitational (4/9)... Ended career with a 248 (79-88-81) at the MVC Championship (4/18).

2015-16/Junior at Illinois State
Selected as a Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar, while the team compiled the second-highest grade-point average in the nation with a 3.862, which broke the program's GPA record... Voted Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete... Member of the AFNI Honor Roll.

2014-15/Sophomore at Illinois State
Competed in five events... Averaged a 83.6 over 15 rounds... Shot a season-low 80 twice, with the first time coming in the opening round of the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational (3/13), and the second time coming in the final round of the UARL/ASU Women's Golf Classic (3/30)... Best finish of the season was a 246 (80-85-81) at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational... Member of the AFNI Honor Roll.

2013-14/Freshman at Illinois State
Competed in only one event, which was the season-opening Redbird Invitational (9/9), where she produced a three-round score of 240 (76-80-84).

High School
Four-year player member of the Wheaton Warrenville South High School golf team... Finished fourth in the state as a senior at the Class 2A state tournament, earning Class 2A All-State accolades, while leading the team to an 11th-place tie... Four-time All-DuPage Valley performer... Earned three top-10 finishes as a senior.

Personal
Daughter of Mark and Lori Solberg... Born Dec. 25, 1994... Has an older brother, David... Recipient of the Helen Cushman Endowed Scholarship... Majoring in marketing, with a minor in organizational leadership.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

  • 2014-15Sophomore

  • 2015-16Junior

  • 2016-17Senior

    5'5"