Career Notes & Records
Career: Set a 54-hole Penn State program record as a freshman posting an 11-under, 205, to secure medalist honors at the 2018 Nittany Lion Invitational...Along with her lone tournament victory, has five top-10s, and a pair of top-five finishes in her career.
Season: Her 73.50 stroke average as a freshman (2018-19) and 73.57 as a sophomore (2019-20) rank third and fifth lowest all-time in program history
Event: Recorded career-low 5-under, 67, and 54-hole tournament and Penn State record of 205 at 2018 Nittany Lion Invitational to earn individual medalist honors.
2022-23 • GRADUATE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors…Named a 2022-23 B1G Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Competed in all 12 events registering three top-10’s and a pair of top-5 finishes…Finished second on the team with a 73.14 stroke average in 35 rounds of competition, the third-lowest single-season average in program history.
Nittany Lion Invitational (9/17-9/18): Finished tied for fourth at 1-over (71-73-73—217). UCF Challenge (2/5-2/7): Carded three-straight rounds of 2-under, 70, en route to a 6-under, 210, to tie for 17th…Her score of 210 is the eighth-lowest 54-hole score in program history. Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/15-4/16): Opened the tournament with rounds of 67 and 68 to set a Penn State 36-hole scoring record of 9-under, 135…The rounds in the 60’s mark the 12th and 13th sub-70 rounds of her career…Finished the week 4-under, 212, and in a tie for fourth. National Golf Invitational (5/12-5/14): Finished the week 4-over, 220, and tied for ninth in the inaugural event.
2021-22 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Competed in nine events this season finishing second on the team with a 74.04 stroke average and one top-5 finish.
Nittany Lion Invitational (9/4-9/5): Registered her seventh-career top-10 finish and fourth top-5 finish with a 4-under, 212, showing to earn solo fifth place...Carded a new career-low 6-under, 66, during the second round going bogey-free for the lowest 18-hole score in Nittany Lion program history. Cougar Classic (9/13-9/14): Used back-to-back 1-under, 71’s, to finish the tournament at even-par, 216, and tie for 24th position. Boston College Intercollegiate (9/20-9/21): Finished the week tied for 16th at 11-over, 227. Landfall Tradition (10/29-10/31): Carded a final-round 4-under, 68, to climb into a tie for 19th at 1-over, 217. Briar’s Creek Invitational (3/14-3/15): Finished the week tied for 24th at 5-over, 221.
2020-21 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Competed in all six events and registered one top-10 finish and led the team with a 74.22 stroke average over 18 rounds.
Briar’s Creek Invitational (3/15-16): Climbed 40 spots after the opening round to finish tied for 20th at 7-over (81-74-68--223) following a final round 4-under, 68. Pinetree Women’s Collegiate (3/22-23): Finished the event 9-over (79-71-75--225) and in a tie for 20th position. Big Ten Championship (4/23-25): Paced the Nittany Lions to their fourth-best finish all-time in the Big Ten Championship, sixth-place, their highest finish since 2014...Finished the tournament tied for sixth at 3-under (75-67-71--213)...Tied her career-low with a 5-under, 67, in the second round...Named to the All-Championship Team.
2019-20 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Competed in all seven events with a pair of top-10 finishes...Averaged 73.57 strokes per 18 holes in 21 rounds of competition...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Nittany Lion Invitational (9/21-22): Secured a 13th-place finish at 5-over, 221. Bettie Lou Evans Invitational (9/27-29): Had best finish of the fall, tying for second following a pair of rounds under par...Opened the tournament with a 2-under, 70, and concluded with a 1-under, 71, shooting 3-under, 213, the sixth-lowest 54-hole total in Penn State history. Landfall Tradition (10/25-27): Concluded the fall with a 10th place finish shooting 1-under, 215...Opened the tournament with the low-round of the fall carding a 3-under, 69. UCF Challenge (2/2-4): Tied her lowest 54-hold score of the season firing 3-under, 213, to finish tied for 21st...Shot 2-under, 70, and 3-under, 69, her two lowest rounds of the year, during the first and second rounds. Lady Gator Invitational (3/7-8): Finished the season tied for 19th at 10-over (73-75-72-220).
2018-19 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/26/18).
Season: Competed in all 11 tournaments with a 73.50 stroke average in 28 rounds and a low-round score of 5-under, 67.
Nittany Lion Invitational (9/23-24): Registered three-straight rounds under par en route to the individual championship shooting 68 (4-under), 70 (2-under) and 67 (5-under) to card a tournament-record 11-under, 205, the lowest 54-hole score in Penn State history. Bettie Lou Evans Invitational (10/5-7): Tied for 11th following a bogey-free final round of 3-under, 69. UCF Challenge (2/3-5): Finished with a 3-under, 69, in the final round. Gator Invitational (3/9-10): Registered another 69 (3-under) followed by a 2-under, 70, to finish tied for ninth with a 54-hole total of 2-over, 212. Briar’s Creek Invitational (3/18-19): Finished tied for 26th with a score of 6-over, 222. Big Ten Championship (4/19-21): Finished tied for 42nd with rounds of 73 and 78 at the Par 72 TPC River’s Bend course.
JUNIOR/AMATEUR CAREER
Ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of Ohio and 28th in class of 2018…Competed in the American Junior Golf Association, earning runner-up honors at the 2016 AJGA Junior Forest Lake, the 2017 AJGA Scott Stallings and the 2018 AJGA City of London Championships…Posted three other top-five finishes…Was the 2017 Ohio Girls Junior Champion…Won the 2015 Hudson Junior Championship...Competed in the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt at Augusta National in 2013.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Eaton High School in 2018…Earned four letters as a member of the varsity boys team, playing as an individual against girls in postseason play…A four-time First-Team Boys Southwest Ohio Buckeye League selection…Finished second to her brother, Cameron, as a junior during the 2016 Boys Southwestern Ohio Buckeye League Championship…Earned the 2017 Southwestern Ohio Buckeye League Championship as a senior shooting an even-par, 70…Won Girls Southwestern Ohio Sectional Championship three times (2015-17) and the Girls Southwestern Ohio District Championship twice (2016, 2017)…Finished 10th at the 2014 Ohio High School Girls State Championship as a freshman…Set a new two-day state record for all divisions shooting 136 (8-under) for the 2016 Ohio Division II State Championship as a junior…Repeated as Ohio Division II State Champion as a senior in 2017…Set a one-day state record with a round of 67 (5-under)…Picked as a first-team All-Ohio (2016 and 2017) honoree and made second team in 2014.
PERSONAL
Parents are Mark and Kathy Willis…Has an older brother, Cameron…Both her father and brother played golf at the collegiate level...Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.