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Cassi Van Dyke
Cassi Van Dyke
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Marysville, Ohio
  • High School:
    Marysville

Bio

Sophomore (2023-24): Led the program during the fall season with an 84.2 average over 13 rounds...Shot under 90 in 12 of 13 rounds during the fall season, including six rounds of 82 or better...Tied the program 18-hole record with a round of 78 at Hidden Creek Golf Club on September 30...Set a then-program record for the lowest individual 36-hole tournament score with a two-day score of 161 at the Heidelberg Invitational on September 16-17...Recorded three top-10 finishes in the fall season with a 10th at the Stateline Shootout, eighth at the Manchester Invite, and a season-best sixth place the Beaver Fall Classic

Freshman (2022-23): Played in all 14 events and 23 rounds while leading the program with a 91.3 average, the fifth-lowest 18-hole season average in program history...Made her college debut at DC's Yellow Jacket Invitational at Moose Landing and fired rounds of 95 and 93 for a 188 two-day total...After shooting 85 to start the Kyle Campbell Invitational on Sept. 9, shot her only triple-digit round with an even 100 in that tournament's final round...Responded with the best round of the year the next weekend to open the Manchester Invite on Sept. 17 with an 84, tied for 12th-lowest in program history...Closed out a top-10 finish at the Manchester Invite with a round of 91 the next day to total 175, tied for the eighth-best 36-hole score in team history...Turned in a top-15 performance at the HCAC Fall Preview on Oct. 8-9 with a two-day total of 188 and finished 14th...Tied her 36-hole tournament score with rounds of 88 and 87 for 175 at The Woods Invite on Mar. 10-11 and finished ninth, her third top-10 finish of the year...Picked up her first tournament victory at the Ravens Spring Invitational at Anderson in a match play format, which was won in a chip-off to break a three-way tie after 36 holes in which Van Dyke, teammate Isabelle Vance and Anderson's Chloe Renihan were tied with 20.5 points...Improved over all three days of her first HCAC Championship with rounds of 93, 91, and 88 for 272 and a 24th-place finish at Moose Landing...Named to WGCA All-American Scholar Team

High School, Marysville (Class of 2022): Four-year letterwinner in golf at Marysville Early College High School and also played on the JV softball for two years...Class valedictorian and honor roll student...Also a recipient of the school's Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award and the Le Herron Rising Leadership Award

Personal: Full name is Cassady...Daughter of Steve and Staci Van Dyke...Has three brothers: Alex, Brady and Dylan...Brady competed in eSports during his time at Utah Valley University...Majoring in business administration and nursing...Also competes on the Defiance College eSports team playing Valorant