My youngest daughter, Becky, competed in the 2026 NCAA D3 Women’s Golf National Championship at the Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, CA. Becky was chosen as one of 6 individual golfers in the country, who were not already competing by virtue of their team winning a conference championship, to compete. This was her 4th and final NCAA D3 Women’s Golf Championship of her college career.
She played well in the first two rounds carding a 73-73 and advancing to the final two rounds of play after the cut. She struggled on the third day of play putting up a round of +7 but then fought back to a +2 on the final round finishing at T36.
Becky finishes her college golf career with an impressive list of accomplishments (I’m sure there are some that I missed as well):
- Competed in all 4 NCAA D3 Women’s Golf National Championships during her collegiate career
- 2026 NCAA D3 Women’s Golf National Championship — T36
- 2025 NCAA D3 Women’s Golf National Championship — did not make cut
- 2024 NCAA D3 Women’s Golf National Championship — T11
- 2023 NCAA D3 Women’s Golf National Championship — T29
- NCAC Conference Championship Individual Medalist — 2025, 2024
- NCAC Conference Player of the Year — 2026, 2025, 2024
- 2022–2023 Achievements
- 2022 Ohio Dominican Classic (D2) Individual Medalist (74-75)
- 2022 OAC Preview Individual Medalist (76-78)
- 2022 Music City Shootout Individual Medalist (77-77)
- 2023 Muskingum Invitational Individual Medalist (73)
- 2023 Wooster Invite Individual Medalist (75)
- 2023 OAC Conference Championship Individual Medalist (80-75-76-78)
- 2023 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American
- 2023 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar
- 2023-2024 Achievements
- 2023 Yale Invitational (a D1 tournament), 5th Place (72)
- 2023 Wittenberg Fall Classic Individual Medalist (79-75)
- 2024 Millikin “Take Back the Night” Individual Medalist (74-69)
- 2024 NCAC Conference Championship Individual Medalist (69-64-77)
- 2024 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American 2nd Team
- 2024 NCAC Women’s Golf Player of the Year
- Four-time NCAC Athlete of the Week
- 2024-2025 Achievements
- 2024 Lynn Schweizer Invitational Individual Medalist (71-72)
- 2024 John Carroll Invitational Individual Medalist (74-71)
- 2025 Lady Jaguar Invitational (D1) Individual Medalist (68-76)
- 2025 Millikin “Take Back the Night” Individual Medalist (72-75)
- 2025 NCAC Conference Championship Individual Medalist (72-72)
- 2025 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American 1st Team
- 2025 NCAC Women’s Golf Player of the Year
- 2025 Academic All-American
- 2025-2026 Achievements
- 2025 Lynn Schweizer Invitational Individual Medalist (69-73)
- 2025 Illinois Wesleyan Fall Classic Individual Medalist (72-67)
- 2026 Music City Shootout Individual Medalist (76-76)
- 2026 Lady Jaguar Invitational Individual Medalist (76)
- 2026 DePauw Spring Clash Individual Medalist (70-70)
- 2026 NCAC Women’s Golf Player of the Year
- 2026 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American 2nd Team