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2016-17 Women's Golf Roster

Taylor Dodson

Taylor Dodson

  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Aiken, S.C.

Summary

Biography

2015-2016 at Gardner-Webb: Played in nine tournaments, with four coming in the spring … A 2016 All-Big South Conference choice … Also a member of the Big South’s annual All-Academic Team … Had a strong of 15 consecutive top-15 finishes snapped at the 2016 Big South Conference Championships … Finished in a tie for 15th at that event … Posted eight top-10 finishes on the season, with five finishes in the top-5 … Earned co-medalist honors the 2015 Winthrop Intercollegiate Tournament (77-71-148) … Named Big South Conference Golfer of the Week three times … Posted a scoring average of 74.36 strokes … Best round of 65 came during the second round of the 2015 Fall CSU Invitational … Finished in a tie for eighth in that tournament … Finished second at the 2015 Golfweek Program Challenge, firing a 5-under par score (208) over three rounds … Had six rounds under par during the fall season … Tied for second at the 2016 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate … Led or was tied for the team’s best in scoring in all nine tournaments.

2014-15 at Gardner-Webb: Followed up a strong freshman year with another standout year playing in all 10 events on the Gardner-Webb schedule… Second year in a row with seven top-10 finishes, including a streak of six tournaments straight to end the year… Top individual finisher for Gardner-Webb in eight out of the 10 events played… Best finish came at the Golfweek Program Challenge where she finished tied for third with a 54-hole score of 216, +3… Shot the low round of her season in the second round at the Golfweek shooting 69, -3 under-par… Tied for fifth-place at the Winthrop Women’s Intercollegiate with the 18-hole score of 81, +9… Also tied for fifth at the Cape Fear Intercollegiate with the two-round score of 156, +12… Finished solo fifth at the Low Country Intercollegiate shooting a pair of 76’s to end at 156, +8… Earned a finish in 10th-place at the Seminole State Intercollegiate and the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate where she shot 154, +10, and 150, +6 respectively… Placed in a tie for 10th on the leaderboard at the 2015 Big South Women’s Golf Championship with the 36-hole combined score of 158, +14… Member of the 2014-15 Big South Women’s Golf All-Academic Team.

2013-14 Gardner-Webb: Standout year as a freshman playing in all 11 tournaments on the season… Seven top-10 finishes out of 11 tournaments played, including a stretch of 4 top 10’s in a row during the spring season… Finished tied for second-place overall at the Winthrop Intercollegiate shooting a combined score of 153, +9… Also, finished in a tie for second-place at the Wofford Women’s Spring Invitational shooting rounds of 74 and 76 to finish one stroke behind the winner with the total score of 150, +6…Carded a low round of 70 in a fourth-place finish at the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic… Also, end up in a tie for fourth-place at the Myrtle Beach National Intercollegiate with a total score of 150, +6… Placed seventh overall at the Low Country Intercollegiate with a total combined score of 160, +16… Finished in ninth-place overall at the Pinehurst Challenge… Claimed last top-10 of the year at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate where she also finished in ninth-place overall shooting a final score of 156, +12… Honored as Big South Freshman of The Week on two separate occasions… Awarded a spot on the 2013-14 Big South All Freshman Team… Earned a spot on the 2013-14 Women’s Collegiate Golf Coaches All-America Scholar Team.

High School: Attended and lettered at South Aiken High School in Aiken, S.C. under head coach Kristen Holmes … A four-time All-Region selection … A three-time All-State honoree … Finished as the State Runner-Up her senior season at the 4A State Championship Tournament with rounds of 74 and 71 … Won the 2012 Traditional Four Ball Tournament with her teammate Sydney Legacy with rounds of 66 and 72 … Finished second at the 2012 Jimmy Self Invitational with back-to-back rounds of 71 … Placed in a tie for seventh-place overall at the 2012 Beth Daniel Junior Azalea with rounds of 72 and 74 …  Was a four-year Scholar-Athlete … Also a member of the National Honors Society.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'7"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'7"