GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman head women's golf coach Jeff Hull announced today that Kelsi Mauzy and Audrey Ryu have signed to join the Paladins in the 2023-24 season.  

"Audrey and Kelsi epitomize all that is a Furman student athlete," said Hull.  "We are very excited to have both of them join our family and are looking forward to their contributions to our success."

A native of Lakeville, Minn., Mauzy earned All-State and all-conference accolades as a student at Lakeville South High.  The varsity team captain as a junior and senior, she finished as runner-up at the South Suburban Conference Championships.  Mauzy, who won the Minnesota PGA Tournament of Champions at Royal Golf Club as a junior golfer, is a member of the National Honor Society and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.  A girls golf e-leader, she serves as the Normandale Philosophy Club organizer and the Business Club manager.

Ryu, a native of Dublin, Ohio, was honored as the Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year for three consecutive seasons from 2020 through 2022.  She earned Central Ohio Player of the Year accolades in 2021 after claiming the state individual championship and was voted to the All-OCC first team from 2019 through 2022.  Ryu was also named to the Central Ohio first team in 2022, when she finished as the runner-up at the state championship.  Ryu, who recorded a low round of 65 as a high school athlete, was the AJGA 2022 Dana Inc Junior champion and competed in the LPGA Dana Open.  An AJGA Rolex Scholastic All-American, she is a National Merit Commended Scholar and an IB diploma candidate.  She has played in the Columbus Youth Symphony Orchestra for two years and is involved in the leadership of the Dublin Tennis Outreach tutoring branch.