Major: Exercise Science
SPORT-GOLF
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2020-21: Completed the season with a stroke average of 82.11 while playing in all 19 rounds…opened the season with a solid finish at the ASU Spring Classic, tying for 14th place…had another strong performance at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate, scoring in the ’70s in all three rounds (77-77-78) while tying for 21st…carded a season-low 73 in the opening round of the MVC Championship to set the tone for Evansville’s march to the championship…her round gave Evansville the lead for the duration of the event…played at the NCAA Regional in Columbus, Ohio where she finished with a round of 84-85-81…one of UE’s 2020-21 recipients of the State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award.
2019-20: Finished her sophomore campaign with an 82.07 stroke average…her best finish of the fall was a tie for 36th in the Butler Fall Invitational with a 79 in the final round…after two of her nine fall rounds were in the ’70s, she reached that mark in four of the five spring rounds, lowering her average from 84.22 in the fall to 78.20 in the spring of 2020…finished in fourth place in the spring-opening ASU Spring Classic, posting a 72 in the second round; she finished the three rounds at 9-over par.
2018-19: Saw action in 21 rounds as a freshman and finished with an 86.29 average…her top finish of the fall was a 30th at the Chi-Town Fall Classic, but she eclipsed that with a 16th at the ASU Spring Kickoff…finished the year with a 161 at the ISU Invitational with rounds of 80 and 81, the lowest scores of her freshman campaign.
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- QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Q1: I know you’ve been involved with student-athlete activism on diversity and equality. What have your efforts with that included?
“Mackenzie McFeron reached out to me at the beginning of the school year as she had the idea to start an organization on campus to increase activism on campus. She had heard from my teammate that I was very passionate about social justice and had thoughts of wearing a patch with a message of social justice on my uniform. Mackenzie and I founded ForTheAces Activism as a result, and we are focused on increasing activism as well as fostering uncomfortable conversations about diversity and inclusion. The largest thing we have been working on this past month (September), as well as this month (October), is a voting initiative. We have been working with SAAC to increase voter registration among student-athletes, with a goal to register every student-athlete possible. So far, multiple teams have 100% registration, and most teams were given educational information regarding registration. Our next step is to build educational information for learning how to fill out a ballot and where/when to turn them in. Voting is extremely important and emphasized among young people, yet they are not always given the educational material they need to vote correctly. There are a lot of steps that come with voting, and our goal is to make sure we are making educated votes and taking the correct steps to make sure our voices are heard.”
Q2: What motivated you to become involved with your fellow student-athletes with these initiatives?
“I was motivated by multiple current events as well as the actions of professional athletes to become involved with my fellow student-athletes as well as with the community. I watched professional athlete’s step up and be a voice for those who may not have one and felt motivated to use the platform I am given at UE to also be vocal about diversity and inclusion. It is extremely hard as a woman of color to ignore the situations that are taking place outside of Evansville, so I felt compelled to start an organization with Mackenzie that focuses on making a change in our community.”
Q3: What is your goal with these initiatives here on campus and in the community?
“My goal with these initiatives is to take the opportunities we are given and make a difference in our community. Often young people are loud about their opinions and what they believe should change, but words only get you so far. We want to take the opinions and turn them into actions. These small steps we take encourage large change down the line, and it is our duty to make the change that we want to see in the future.”
Q4: What makes UE unique when it comes to the ability to make and create change in the community?
“UE is unique when it comes to the ability to make and create change in the community because of its size. We are not a large school population-wise, but the support we get from the city of Evansville along with our alumni population is huge. On-campus, we can start conversations with others who have different opinions as well as come from different backgrounds and educate ourselves on important topics like inclusion and diversity. We can take these conversations and educate the entire Evansville community as well, as we are role models, especially athletes. If we encourage conversations as well as portray the steps and actions we’ve taken to better our campus community, we will see the same change in the entire community.”
