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2015-16 Women's Golf Roster

Morgan Smith

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Mona Shores
  • Hometown Muskegon, Mich.

Biography

2016-17 HIGHLIGHTS
 Horizon League Player of the Year
 First-Team All-Horizon League selection
 Recorded six top-5 finishes including placing runner-up at the Benbow Invite on March 7
 Ranked second in the league with a stroke average of 76.58
 Finished her career ranking fifth all-time at Oakland in career stroke average (79.81)
 Shot a total score of 233 (+17) to place seventh at the Horizon League Championships (April 22-25)
 Matched a career-low 36-hole score of 149 (+9) at the Dayton Flyer Invitational (Oct. 17-18)
 Named Horizon League Golfer of the Week on Feb. 22
 Appeared in all nine tournaments

2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS
▪ All-Horizon League Second Team selection
▪ Recorded four top-10 finishes
▪ Recorded a runner-up finish at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational (Sept. 28-29)
▪ Became the first player in program history to shoot back-to-back rounds under par at the Cardinal Classic (Sept. 21-22) and the Golden Grizzlies Invitational
▪ Her final round of 70 (-2) at the Cardinal Classic was the second-lowest individual round under par in program history
▪ Ranked eighth in the league in scoring average at 79.05
▪ Competed at the NCAA regional in Shoal Creek, Ala. shooting a three-day score of 258 (+42)

2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS
▪ Played in 10 events, totaling 26 rounds
▪ Third on the team with a 79.58 stroke average
▪ Finished runner-up at the Horizon League Championship (April 24-26)
▪ Named to the league's All-Tournament Team

▪ Shot third-best conference championship score in program history with a 225 (+9) (April 24-26)
▪ Carded first round under par in the opening round of the Horizon League Championship with a 1-under-par 71 (April 24)
▪ Placed third at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational with a 153 (+9) (Sept. 27-28)
▪ Carded 230 (+14) at the Jackrabbit Invitational to place T35 (March 16-17)

2014 SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS
▪ Qualified for match play in Women's Michigan Amateur
▪ Tied for runner-up at Taylor Made Collegiate Series at Michigan State with a 151
▪ Shot second round 71 at women's Michigan Open to finish T40, 15th among amateurs

2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS
▪ Played in seven of 10 tournaments
▪ Recorded a season-low 73 in Round one of Redbird Invitational (Sept. 8-9)
▪ Carded career-low 36-hole score of 160 (+16) at Red Rocks Invitational (March 1-2)
▪ Finished T55 at Dolores Black Falcon Invitational (April 12-13)
▪ Tallied a T27 finish at Redbird Invitational with an overall score of 232 (+16)

2013 SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS
Finished T18 at GAM Women's Championship (79-77)

Tallied a T58 finish at the Michigan Women's Amateur (84-85)
Posted a T14 finish at Taylormade Collegiate held at Forest Akers West (83-79)

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
▪ Four-year letterwinner in golf for Coach John Brainard
▪ Guided her team to four straight Division 2 state championships
▪ Four-time all-state honoree
▪ Posted four straight top-10 finishes at the state tournament
▪ Carded rounds of 81 and 79 to finish third at the state tournament as a junior
▪ Earned three varsity letters in both basketball and soccer
▪ Three-time all-area and all-conference in soccer
▪ Garnered all-conference and all-area honorable mention accolades in basketball
▪ Two-time captain for the golf program
▪ Broke school records for lowest 9- and 18-hole scores as a senior
▪ Set the single-season school record in soccer for assists as a senior

TOP ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
▪ Recording a hat trick in a soccer game and breaking my high school records for lowest 9- and 18-hole scores

PERSONAL
Full Name: Morgan Louise Smith
Parents: Thomas and Jamie Smith
Siblings: Kyle, Lauren and twin sister Meredith

TOP THREE REASONS FOR CHOOSING OAKLAND
1. Academics
2. Golf program
3. Location

Low Tournaments
Low Par/- Finish Top
Season Rounds Strokes 54-holes 36-holes Round Rounds Events  1  5 10 W-L Average
2013-14 18 1493 232 160 73 - 7 - - - 205-427 82.94
2014-15 26 2069 225 153 71 1 10 - 2 2 390-375 79.58
2015-16 25 1997 221 150 70 2 11 - 1 4 365-280 79.88
2016-17 20 1538 223 149 72 - 9 1 6 7 339-53 76.90
Totals 89 7097 221 149 70 3 37 1 9 13 1299-1135 79.74

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'6"