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2017-18 Women's Golf Roster

Ryan Meyer
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Emily Mills

Emily Mills

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Colts Neck
  • Hometown:
    Colts Neck, N.J.

Summary

Biography

-2017-18 Member of Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)

Fourth-year senior from the Garden State ... Big Ten's female recipient of the prestigious Wayne Duke Postgraduate Scholarship ... three-time team captain and one of the most accomplished players in the history of Rutgers women's golf ... the program's career leader in scoring average, birdies and par or better rounds ... set program record with a 74.94 scoring average over 32 rounds and 11 events during senior campaign ... recorded program-high 76 birdies during the fall and spring seasons ... set a program-record with a 67 in the opening round of the 2016 Big Ten Championship ... 2016-17 Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar ... 2016-17, 2015-16 and 2014-15 Women's Golf Coaches Association Division I All-America Scholar ... 2017 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner ... 2017-18 and 2016-17 Big Ten Conference Player to Watch ... 2016-17 and 2015-16 Big Ten All-Academic selection ... led the program with a 75.70 stroke average as a junior,  75.57 average as a sophomore and with a 78.27 average as a freshman ... 2017-18 Rutgers Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member ... was a 2014 Newark Star-Ledger First Team All-State selection ... a 2013 AJGA HP Scholastic All-American.



SPRING 2018: Started in all six events … averaged a team-low 74.41 over 17 rounds … tied for 46th (81-73-73) at the Big Ten Championship (4/20-22) … placed T-13th (72-76) in the rain-shortened Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/14-15) … carded 219 (73-73-73) and tied for 15th at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (4/2-3) … finished 25th (78-79-75) at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (3/13-14) … earned medalist honors with a career-low, two-day total of 212 (76-69-67) at UNCW’s River Landing Classic (3/5-6) … opened the spring with a 227 (75-74-78) to finished T-35th at Louisville’s Moon Golf Invitational (2/19-20).

FALL 2017: Started in all five events … averaged a team-best 75.53 over 15 rounds … finished T-13th (79-77-75) at Mercer’s Idle Hour Intercollegiate (10/30-31) … tied for 16th (73-74-78) at Washington’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (10/10-11) … carded a season low 221 (74-76-71) to place 14th at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/23-24) … totaled 226 (76-74-76) to finish 15th at Kansas State’s Marilynn Smith Invitational (9/17-19) … tied for 12th (76-77-77) at the Rutgers Invitational (9/9-10).


SPRING 2017: Started all five spring events … averaged a score of 76.4 over 15 rounds … placed 23rd at the Big Ten Championships (4/21-23), carding a 226 (74-79-73) … finished 20th at the Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/15-16) with a 228 (78-73-77) … tied for 12th and recorded a 220 (76-75-69) at the Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational (4/2-4) … totaled a 236 (80-72-84) at the BYU at Entrada Classic (3/13-14), with a 233 (76-77-80) … began the spring season with a 236 (85-80-71) at the Central District Invitational (2/20-21).

FALL 2016: Started all five fall events … averaged a 75.00 over 15 rounds … carded a 227 (76-75-76) at the Idle Hour Collegiate (10/31-11/1) … finished in the top-15 at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/22-23) … tallied a two-over par score of 218 (72-72-74) at the Johnie Imes Invitational (10/3-4) … finished in the top-10 at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/24-25) with a 224 (76-76-72), including 38 pars … kicked off the season with a 1st place win at the 70-player Rutgers Women’s Invitational (9/16-17), carding a 220 (74-71-75).

SPRING 2016: Achieved a team-leading scoring average of 75.57 after starting in 10 events during her sophomore campaign … carded a career-best and program record 214 (67-72-75) to tie for 12th place at the Big Ten Championship (4/22-24) … finished tied for 28th after shooting 229 (78-77-74) at the Lady Buckeye Invitational (4/16-17) … posted a 235 (81-79-75) to tie for 33rd at the River Landing Classic (4/9-10) … notched her first top-10 finish of the season after carding a 226 (75-74-77) at the BYU Entrada Classic (3/14-15) … kicked off the spring season with consecutive rounds of 76 to place 36th at the Fresno State Classic (3/7-8).

FALL 2015: Started in all five fall events, averaging 75.71 over 14 rounds to lead the program … posted a 15th place finish at the Rutgers Women’s Invitational (10/16-17) … led Rutgers with a 155 (79-76) to finish tied for 8th at the Princeton Invitational (10/3-4)… recorded a 222 (75-74-73) which led to a program low 893 three-day total at the Johnie Imes Invitational (9/28-29) … tied for 13th helping Rutgers place second at the Diane Thomason Invitational (9/12-13) … opened the fall with a 220 (73-75-72) to earn third-place at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/5-6).

SPRING 2015: Competed in all seven spring events, totaling 17 rounds … Co-led RU with a 229 (78-76-75) score, finishing tied for 46th at the Big Ten Championship (4/24-26) … led RU with a 229 (79-74-76), finishing tied for 27th at the River Landing Classic (4/11-12) … picked up two victories at the St. John’s NY Match Play (4/8) … finished tied for 35th at the Seton Hall Pirate Invitational (4/2-3) … produced a top-35 finish (31) at the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate (3/30-31) … placed 40th with a 238 (80-82-76) score at the Bearcat Spring Classic (3/20-22) … paced Rutgers with a 234 (80-78-76) to tie for 66th in the 210-player field at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic (3/1-3).


FALL 2014: Participated in all five events, totaling 13 rounds … led Rutgers with a tied for 13th-place finish at the Fighting Camel Fall Classic (10/20-21) … finished tied for 32nd at the Rutgers Women’s Invitational (10/10-11) … began her career with a first-place victory at the Bucknell Women’s Invitational (9/6-7), carding a 220 (70-76-74) to help Rutgers finish second at the tournament … 70 opening-round score was personal best.

HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Colts Neck (N.J.) High School ... arrived "On the Banks" ranked 36th in the Golfweek rankings for the class of 2014 ... 66th in the Polo golf rankings ... the third ranked golfer in the state for the class of 2014 according to Golfweek ... won the 2014 Monmouth County Tournament by nine strokes ... a two-time Shore Conference Tournament champion and was a top-10 finisher at the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions twice ... had nine career top-10 AJGA finishes, including two top-three finishes and three top-five finishes ... two time NJPGA Player of the Year ... two-time winner of the IJGT Championship at Architects golf club ... placed second at the 2013 Monmouth County Tournament ... placed fifth at the 2014 New Era Junior Championship and third at the 2013 AJGA Philadelphia Junior ... carries a USGA handicap of +1.7 ... was a National AP scholar and a National Merit Commended Student.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Greg and Maggie Mills ... has a brother named Matthew ... majoring in Cell Biology and Neuroscience.... enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program ... maintains a 3.958 GPA and will attend the New York University School of Medicine ... has served as a volunteer with the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children in Peru and has completed more than 250 hours of research with the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Undergraduate program ... has invested numerous hours in Rutgers Leadership Academy community service initiatives. 

CAREER STATISTICS

Year Scoring Average Rounds Tournaments National Rank WAGR Wins Top 5 Finishes Top 10 Finishes Top 20 Finishes
2014-15 78.27 32 12 735 901 1 1 1 2
2015-16 75.57 28 10 355 550 0 1 3 6
2016-17 75.70 32 11 314 399 1 1 2 7
2017-18 74.94 32 11 300 334 1 1 1 8
CAREER 76.14 124 44   3 4 7 23

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