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Illinois State University Athletics

2017-18 Women's Golf Roster

Kiley Walsh

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Prospect
  • Hometown Mount Prospect, Ill.

Biography

2017-18/Senior at Illinois State

Averaged a team-best 75 over 15 rounds in the fall season... Produced 14 rounds in the 70s and three top 10 finishes... Finished in a tie for fourth place at the season-opening Redbird Invitational (9/11) with a 6-over-par 222 (72-76-74)... Followed her strong start at the Redbird Invitational with a tie for sixth place finish at the Boston College Intercollegiate (9/25) with a 222 (72-76-74)... Finished in a tie for 19th place at the Johnie Imes Invitational (10/4) with a 221 (72-71-78), including a 1-under-par 71 in the second round...Carded a 234 (75-78-81) at the Bettie Lou Invitational (10/8)... Concluded the fall season in a second place tie at the Missouri Valley Conference Preview (9/18), firing a 224 (80-72-72).

2016-17/Junior at Illinois State
Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference accolades on the links for the second-straight season, after finishing in a tie for fourth place at the MVC Championship (4/18) with an 8-over-par 224 (75-76-73), which was her lowest three-round total of the season... Voted First Team All-MVC Women's Golf Scholar Athlete for the second year in a row... Averaged a team-best 77.5 over 32 rounds... Produced 25 rounds in the 70s, which also paced the team.. .Finished in a tie for 19th place at the season-opening Redbird Invitational (9/5) with a 229 (78-78-73), including 1-over-par 73 in the final round..  Shot a 232 (78-79-75) at Missouri State's MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial (9/13)... Finished with a 232 (76-75-81) at the Missouri Valley Conference Preview (10/4)... Shot a 240 (80-79-81) at College of Charleston's Palmetto Intercollegiate (10/25)... Led the Redbirds with a 166 (89-77) and finished in a 15th-place tie at Seton Hall's Pirate Invitational (10/29) to conclude the fall season... Finished with a 240 (80-82-78), finishing in a tie for 12th place at the Ball State Sunshine Invitational (2/11), which started the spring season... Paced the Redbirds with a 227 (78-76-73), which included a 1-over-par 73 in the final round, at Western Michigan's Rio Verde Invitational (2/26)... Carded a 235 (79-84-72) and shot a season-low 1-over-par 72 in the final round of the Bradley Spring Break Invitational (3/14)... Produced a 226 (77-75-74) to finish in a 13th-place tie at William & Mary's Kingsmill Intercollegiate (3/28) and shot a 2-over-par 74 in the final round... Finished in a tie for 17th place at Indiana's IU Invitational (4/9) with a 229 (78-75-76).

2015-16/Sophomore at Illinois State
Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference accolades on the links, after finishing in a tie for ninth place at the MVC Championship (4/17-19) with an 11-over-par 227 (73-76-78)... Voted First Team All-MVC Women's Golf Scholar Athlete... Selected as a Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar, while the team compiled the second-highest grade-point average in the nation... Member of the AFNI Honor Roll.

2014-15/Freshman at Illinois State
 

High School
A four-year member of the Prospect High School golf team in Mount Prospect, Illinois... Helped lead her team to Class 2A state titles as a sophomore and a senior while earning a runner-up finish as a junior... Finished fifth in the state as an individual as a sophomore, earning Class 2A All-State accolades... Four-time All-Mid-Suburban League selection... Team finished 66-0 in match play... Set school nine-hole record as a junior with a 33 and broke it as a senior with a 32... Also played badminton and helped her team to a top-eight finish in the state.

Personal
Daughter of Patrick and Susan Walsh... Born March 14, 1996… Has two older sisters, Allison and Melanie ... Her sister, Allison, played women's golf at Bradley... Presidential Scholar at ISU… Majoring in Spanish education.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

    5'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'6"