Bio

Senior (2024-25)

• Played in all seven events and 11 rounds
• Led the program with 85.1 average over the fall season, which is the second-lowest 18-hole season average
• Earned first-career win with a round of 80 for medalist at the Adrian Invitational on Sept. 9, which was a new career-low round
• Posted a team-high three top-10 finishes, including each of the last two tournaments of the fall
• Shot below 90 in 10 of 11 rounds during the fall season
• Closed college career with 59 career rounds at Defiance and carried a 90.6 18-hole average

Junior (2023-24)

• Played in all 14 events and averaged 89.48 through 25 rounds, becoming just the fifth member of the program to carry a sub-90 average for a season
• Carried an 87.7 18-hole average through 13 fall rounds
• Set a new career-best with a round of 80 on the second day of the Manchester Invite on September 24
• Recorded back-to-back tournaments with 36-hole totals of 167 at the HCAC Fall Preview and Heidelberg Invitational, which were career-best 36-hole scores
• Finished top-10 in a pair of spring tournaments, a seventh-place at the Hiram Terrier Invitational on April 7 and a sixth-place on April 19-20 at DC's Yellow Jacket Spring Invitational
• Fired three straight rounds in the 80s (86, 85, 89) to finish the season strong at the HCAC Championships at Hidden Creek Golf Club on May 10-12
• Finished under 90 strokes in 14 rounds out of 25 total
• Named Academic All-HCAC
• Named to WGCA All-American Scholar Team for the third straight year

Sophomore (2022-23)

• Played in all 14 events with an average of 94.35, 12th-lowest in program history, during her first year at Defiance
• Finished on a strong note with a 21st-place finish at the HCAC Championship by shooting career-best rounds in the final two rounds with an 87 on Saturday and 86 on Sunday to total up to 268 overall for the tournament
• Shot her best 36-hole tournament score over two days at the Manchester Invite on Sept. 17-18 with 179 (91, 88) and finished 12th
• Finished runner-up to teammate Cassi Van Dyke after a chip-off to break a three-way, 36-hole tie at the Anderson Ravens Spring Invite match play
• Named to WGCA All-American Scholar Team for the second consecutive year
• Named Academic All-HCAC

Freshman (2021-22), Bluffton University:

• Started college career at Bluffton and played in six events for the Beavers
• Averaged 97.6 per 18 holes with a season-low score of 90 at the Kuhn Invitational on Sept. 27, where she shot a two-day low of 183
• Honored by the WGCA on the 2021-22 All-American Scholar Team

Personal

• Miller City High School, Class of 2021 
• Played golf and softball at Miller City
• Finished second at the 2020 Division II sectional tournament at Moose Landing with a scorecard of 87 to qualify for districts as a senior
• Also danced for 15 years
• Daughter of Mindy Vance and Boyd Vance Jr ...Younger of two children... majoring in communications with a minor in psychology
• Member of the DC Honors program