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2014-15 Women's Golf Roster

Abby Ball

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Knoxville
  • Hometown Knoxville, Ill.

Biography

Career Chip Shots
Rounds - 33
Strokes (total) - 2,934
Strokes (average) - 88.91
Best Round - 79 at Butler Fall Invitational (Oct. 3-4, 2011)
Best Finish - T17th at WIU Autumn Invitational (Oct. 14-15, 2012)


At Western Illinois

2014-15 (SENIOR): 2015 Summit League Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholar
... Golfed in three of the team's 10 events, eight of 27 rounds... Lone two-round score was a 170 (81-89) in the WIU Autumn Invitational (Sept. 13-14), also her best finish (20th)... Best three-round score was a 254 (87-80-87) in the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (March 10-11, 2015).

2013-14 (JUNIOR): Golfed in three events, and six total rounds... Finished the season with a 91.33 stroke average... Lowest round of the season was an 85, her first round of the year (MAC Preview - Oct. 7-8)... Her score of 177 in the MAC Preview was also a season-best... Best finish of the year was T38th-place in the Butler Bulldog Invitational (March 12-13) with a score of 185 (86-99).

2012-13 (SOPHOMORE): 2012-13 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Distinguished Honor Roll...Golfed in two events for the Leathernecks, five total rounds, while using 452 total strokes and holding a 90.4 average... Best round of the season was an 82... Best two-round score was a 177, while her best three-round score was a 275...Best finish was T17th at Western's home meet.

2011-12 (FRESHMAN): 2012 Winter/Spring Academic All-Summit League Distinguished Scholar...Played in14 rounds, carrying a stroke average of 88.8 per round...Best finish came in the WIU Autumn Invitational when she finished tied for 28th with a score of 174 (84, 90)...Finished with one round in the 70s and a low-round of 79.

High School
Three-year letter winner in golf and basketball...Also earned a letter in tack & field...Two-year team captain... All-Conference...Conference Champion...Regional Champion...Three-time state qualifier...Also an Academic All-Conference selection...Two-year team captain for the basketball program while an All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-Conference selection...Also named Academic All-Conference during basketball season...Was Valedictorian of her class with a 4.0 GPA...Member of National Honor Society and an Illinois State Scholar...Earned Illinois Principal's Association Award...Student Council Scholarship Award...President's Award for Education Excellence...Four-year academic letter winner...Prairieland Conference Scholar Athlete Award and was on high honor roll all four years.

Personal
Born July 17, 1993...Daughter of Jack and Barbara Ball...Majoring in Spanish Education with a minor in International Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

  • 2012-13Sophomore

  • 2013-14Junior

  • 2014-15Senior