2023-24 Furman Women's Golf Roster
Biography
Morgan Career Stats
2023-24: 2023-24 SoCon Female Athlete of the Year… 2023-24 Edna Hartness Furman Female Athlete of the Year… Became the first three-time SoCon Female Athlete of the Year selection and the first three-time Edna Hartness Furman Female Athlete of the Year honoree… A WGCA first team All-American and GolfWeek second team All-American… Named the Southern Conference Player of the Year for the third-consecutive year... Won her second-straight SoCon individual championship... Overcame a 1-shot deficit after round two of the SoCon Championship by recording six birdies in the final round... Earned an All-Southern Conference nod for the fourth-straight season... Competed in her fourth-straight NCAA regional… Ranked 17th nationally, the highest ranking in the SoCon... Led the SoCon with a 70.1 stroke average over 33 rounds, the lowest single-season stroke average in the history of the Paladin program... Notched a 72.2 career stroke average, also a Furman record low… Competed in her third Augusta National Women’s Amateur... Ranked second nationally with four wins in 23-24, a Furman record: Lady Paladin Invitational, Landfall Tradition, Lady Puerto Rico Classic, and SoCon Championship, giving her eight career wins, also a Furman record... Notched seven top-five finishes in 11 events... Earned her second U.S. Arnold Palmer Cup team invitation... SoCon Player of the Month in Sept., Oct., Feb., March, and April... SoCon Player of the Week honors five times… Named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Team, the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, and the CSC Academic All-District Team.
2022-23: 2023 SoCon Female Athlete of the Year… 2023 SoCon Player of the Year… All-SoCon selection for the third-straight season… Highest ranked player (76th) in the SoCon, according to Golfstat rankings… Led the league with a 72.43 stroke average over 35 rounds after winning individual medalist honors as the SoCon Championship… Notched five top-10 finishes in 12 events … Competed in her second-straight Augusta National Women's Amateur… Shot 12-under par to win the Valspar Augusta Invitational by six strokes and finished as runner-up at the Lady Paladin Invitational… Finished tenth at the NCAA Athens Regional… Won the 2023 Women's North & South Amateur... Voted SoCon Player of the Month in April… Earned SoCon Player of the Week honors twice in 2022-23… Led Furman to the SoCon Championship and the Lady Paladin Invitational title… Named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Team, the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team, and the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22: Voted the 2021-22 SoCon Female Athlete of the Year... Finished ninth at NCAA Championships…WGCA second team All-American… 2022 Edna Hartness Furman Female Athlete of the Year… 2022 SoCon Player of the Year… Finished the season ranked 16th nationally, the highest ranking among SoCon players... Fiired a final-round 67 to finish fifth at NCAA Stillwater Regional and advance in the top individual spot to the NCAA Championships… Tied the sixth-best women’s collegiate round at Karsten Creek, the site of the Stillwater Regional… All-SoCon selection for the second-straight season… Tied for 21st at the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur… Qualified for U.S. Women’s Open… Competed on the U.S. Team in the Arnold Palmer Cup… Led the SoCon with a 72.25 stroke average over 36 rounds… Won individual medalist honors at the Lady Paladin Invitational, establishing a new tournament record at 13-under par…won individual medalist honors at the UNF Collegiate… Finished in a tie for fifth at the Valspar Augusta Invitational and the Clemson Invitational… Notched six top-five finishes and nine top-10 finishes in 12 events in 2021-22… Voted SoCon Player of the Month in September, February, and March… Earned SoCon Player of the Week honors five times in 2021-22… Led the Paladins to the SoCon Championship and the Lady Paladin Invitational title... WGCA All-America Scholar Team… SoCon Academic All-Conference Team… SoCon Academic Honor Roll… Dean’s List…Lambda Pi Eta honor society for communications studies… SoCon Pinnacle Award given to athlete with highest GPA on championship-winning team.
2020-21: Named the 2021 SoCon Freshman of the Year… Earned All-SoCon honors… Competed in 18 rounds for the Paladins… Led the team and ranked second in the SoCon with a 73.6 stroke average… Tied her career-best with a 67 in the third round of the Augusta Invitational, where she tied for sixth with a 72-69-67=208… Notched three top-10 finishes… Finished eighth at the Palmetto Intercollegiate and tied for third at the Brickyard Collegiate… Tied for 11th at the SoCon Championships… Tied for 16th at the NCAA Simpsonville Regional with a 2-over 71-75-72=218… Named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Team, the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team, and the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20: Competed in all 21 rounds for the Paladins… Ranked second on the team and seventh in the SoCon with a 73.9 stroke average… Led all freshmen in the league in stroke average… Fired a career-best 67 in the opening round of the Moon Golf Invitational, where she finished second at 6-under (67-69-74=210)… Recorded two top-10 finishes… Placed eighth at the Lady Paladin after shooting even par at 72-73-71=216.
High School/Junior Golf: A product of Spartanburg High...the third-ranked player in South Carolina...ranks 88th nationally in her recruiting class...a two-time all-region and all-state selection...honored as the Herald Journal Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2016...shot even par for three rounds to win the Peggy Kirk Bell Tour's invitational at Bermuda Run, defeating a very strong field in tough conditions...won the Blade Junior Championship the summer before her senior year and reached match play at the North South Women's Amateur...fired a season low round of 68 in the Junior Carolina PGA Championship and carded a 69 at the Judi Oppenheimer Memorial AJGA event in 2018...won the 2017 WSCJGA Junior Girls' Championship and the Junior Carolina PGA Championship...finished third in the Vicki Disantis after recording a season-low 68 and placed fourth in the SCJGA Junior Heritage...placed third at the state high school championship as a freshman and fifth as a sophomore...a member of the Beta Club...involved in Young Life...the recipient of both the President's Education Award for outstanding academic achievement and the Academic Excellence Award.
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