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2018-19 Women's Golf Roster

Larry Dean
Larry Dean
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Mariah Peters

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Blue Springs
  • Hometown Blue Springs, Mo.

Biography

CAREER CHIP SHOTS:
Rounds: 59
Strokes: 4,922
Best Round: 72 at the Benbow Invitational (March 11, 2019)
Best Finish: 3rd in the Alabama State Spring Golf Kickoff (Feb. 25-26, 2019)

SENIOR (2018-19): Summit League Academic Honor Roll... Competed in a career-high 23 rounds...averaged 82.00 on the year...shot a season and team-low of 72 (E) during the second round of the Benbow Invitational as she tied for third overall... notched another top-five finish at the Alabama State Spring Golf Kickoff with a 234 (+18) for third place.

JUNIOR (2017-18): Summit League Academic Honor Roll... Competed in four rounds...averaged 86.25 on the year...shot a season low of 79 during the first round of the Dayton Flyer Invitational.

SOPHOMORE (2016-17):
2016-17 Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team... Summit League Academic Honor Roll... Competed in 19 rounds... averaged 82.11 on the year... shot six rounds of sub-80 during the fall season... matched a career-low of 76 in three consecutive fall tournaments - second round at Missouri State, third round at Ball State and opening round at Creighton... tied for 14th at Creighton (158, 14-over).

FRESHMAN (2015-16): 
2015-16 Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team... Summit League Academic Honor Roll... Finished the season with a 87.00 stroke average... Competed in five events and a total of 13 rounds, including a season-best 10th-place finish at the Bulldog Invitational with her season-low, two-round score of 154 (76-78)... Her 76 in that same invite was also a season-low... Her lowest three-round score of the season was a 261 in WIU's first invite of the year, the Redbird Invitational (Sept. 9-7).

HIGH SCHOOL: Won 17 tournament titles during her high school career highlighted by her MSHSAA Class 2 State Championship... Was the first person in her school's history to win an individual girls golf state championship... Has also been tabbed all-state four times, tallied two conference crowns (2012, 2014), three district titles (2011, 2013, 2014) and three section championships (2011, 2012, 2014)... Blue Spring High School's 2012 conference title was the program's first ever... Among several individual honors, Peters was named the Midwest PGA Section 'Player of the Year' as a junior in 2013... She also holds her schools 18-hole record of 71 (-1).

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior