Kelly Beard
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- Hometown:
- Waterville, Ohio
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- Year:
- Jr
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- High School:
- Anthony Wayne
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- Major:
- Graphic Design
Bio
Junior (2011): One of three Yellow Jackets to compete in all nine rounds over seven tournaments … Logged trio of top-20 performances … Posted an average finish of 20.4 … Improved averaged round to 99.3 … Fired DC’s lowest round of season with an 81 at Anderson on September 3 … Ended two-day AU Invite with a 177 for team’s lowest 36-hole total of season … Turned in DC’s best finish at Anderson and Manchester … Also carded a sixth-place finish at Defiance Invite on September 19 … Named Academic All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Sophomore (2010): Cracked lineup in eight-of-nine tournaments during second season with Jackets … Turned in an average finish of 24.5 … Carded an average round of 103.4 … Tied for DC’s highest finish of the season by taking fourth at Jon Spiess Memorial on September 14 … Earned All-Tournament honors at the event with a season-low score of 93.
Freshman (2009): Played in all eight events as a freshman … Logged pair of top-15 performances … Carded personal-best finish by taking 10th at Jon Spiess Memorial on September 15.
High School: Earned trio of varsity letters at Anthony Wayne under head coach Rob Schmidbauer … Named team’s Most Valuable Golfer as a junior.
Personal: Daughter of Tom and Jerri Beard … Majoring in graphic design with a minor in marketing.
News mentions
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College shaved 13 shots off of its opening round score from Saturday, when it fired a 385 in Sunday’s final round of the 2011 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The 2011 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Championships got underway on Saturday at the Eagle Rock Golf Club, with Defiance ending the opening 18 holes of action just five strokes outside of the top five.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Defiance College women’s golf team wrapped up its regular season schedule on Sunday, with a sixth-place showing at the Capital Invitational.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – A trio of Yellow Jackets notched top-10 finishes for the women’s golf team, leading DC to a second-place showing at its three-team Defiance Invitational at Eagle Rock Golf Club.
WABASH, Ind. – The Defiance College women’s golf team continued its fall season on Saturday, with a single-round at the Manchester Invitational.
WAUSEON, Ohio – Sarah Westfall’s round of 96 at Tuesday’s four-team Jon Spiess Memorial was good for a ninth-place finish and paced the Defiance College women’s golf team in its second event of the fall season.
ANDERSON, Ind. – The Defiance College women’s golf team turned in its best performance since the program was reinstated for the 2006 campaign by firing a 735 over two rounds at the Anderson Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.