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2022-23 Women's Golf Roster

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Laine Hursh

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Chardon
  • Hometown:
    Chardon, Ohio

Summary

Biography


Awards:

  • 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 WGCA All-Region Team
  • 2022-23 NCAC Player of the Year
  • 2020-21 NCAC Newcomer of the Year
  • 2020-21 & 2022-23 NCAC Tournament Medalist
  • 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 First-Team All-NCAC
  • Named NCAC Athlete of the Week four times (3/22/21, 10/11/21, 9/19/22 & 3/13/23)
  • 2021-22 & 2022-23 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
  • 2021-22 & 2022-23 NCAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021-22 Denison Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
  • Member of 2022-23 Academic All-District® At-Large Team, selected by College Sports Communicators

Career:

  • 67 rounds, 78.8 scoring average
  • Career-low of 70

2022-23 (Senior):

  • Led the Big Red with a scoring average of 77.52 (second-lowest in program history) in 21 rounds
  • Shot a career-low 70 in the second round of the IWU Fall Classic (Sept. 18)
  • Earned NCAC Tournament medalist honors for the second time in the last three seasons and was named the NCAC Player of the Year
  • Named to the WGCA All-Great Lakes Region team and First-Team All-NCAC for the third consecutive season
  • Named NCAC Athlete of the Week twice as a senior (9/19/22 & 3/13/23)
  • Led the Big Red with three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes during the regular season
  • Finished second at the Lynn Schweizer Invitational (Sept. 3-4), tied for third at the IWU Fall Classic (Sept. 17-18), and was tied for fifth at the Savannah Invitational (Mar. 6-7)
  • Shot 10-over-par during round three and finished in a four-player tie for 38th at plus-24 at the NCAA Division III Championship
  • Member of the Academic All-District® At-Large Team
  • Career-low round of 70 is tied for the third-lowest round in program history
  • Graduated as the program leader in lowest-career scoring average at 78.76

2021-22 (Junior):

  • Finished with a scoring average of 78.5 in 22 rounds
  • Had three top-five finishes and six total finishes in the top-10
  • Named NCAC Athlete of the Week (10/11/21) after improving by eight strokes and 15 spots on the individual leaderboard from round one to round two to tie for 22nd place out of 58 total players at the Generals Cup Invitational (Oct. 4-5)
  • Finished in second place at the NCAC Championship (First-Team All-NCAC)
  • Named to the WGCA All-Great Lakes Region team for the second year in a row

2020-21 (Sophomore):

  • Finished first on the team with a 80.2 scoring average in 11 rounds and over nine events
  • Carded a season low 76 v. DePauw (Mar. 16)
  • Picked up three tournament victories, highlighted by taking first place in the NCAC Championship (+20)
  • Named NCAC Newcomer of the Year
  • Finished tied for 58th at the NCAA Championships
  • Named to the WGCA All-Great Lakes Region team

2019-20 (First-Year): 

  • Enjoyed a stellar rookie campaign, finishing second on the team with a 78.6 scoring average in nine rounds while making five starts
  • Carded a season-low 73 in the second round of the OWU Fall Invitational (Sept. 8)
  • Posted two, top-five finishes and four top-10's in five starts

Personal: 

  • Communication major 
  • Daughter of Shani and Jeff Hursh
  • Member of the chamber choir, student council, and National Honor Society at Chardon High School
  • Communication Department Fellow, Senior Docent, and August Orientation Co-Coordinator on campus

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

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