PLAYER PROFILES
SARAH WILLIS FALL 2019
Competed in all four events with a pair of top-10 finishes...Averaged 73.00 strokes per 18 holes in 12 rounds of competition. Nittany Lion Invitational (9/21-22): Secured a 13th-place finish at 5-over, 221. Bettie Lou Evans Invitational (9/27-29): Had best finish of the fall, tying for second following a pair of rounds under par... Opened the tournament with a 2-under, 70, and concluded with a 1-under, 71, shooting 3-under, 213, the sixth-lowest 54-hole total in Penn State history. Landfall Tradition (10/25-27): Concluded the fall with a 10th place finish shooting 1-under, 215...Opened the tournament with the low-round of the fall carding a 3-under, 69.
SOPHOMORE Height: 5' 6"
2018-19 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Hometown: Eaton, Ohio
Nittany Lion Invitational (9/23-24): Registered three-straight rounds under par en route to the individual championship shooting 68 (4-under), 70 (2-under) and 67 (5-under) to card a tournament-record 11-under, 205, the lowest 54-hole score in Penn State history. Bettie Lou Evans Invitational (10/5-7): Tied for 11th following a bogey-free final round of 3-under 69. UCF Challenge (2/3-5): Finished with a 3-under 69 in the final round. Gator Invitational (3/9-10): Registered another 69 (3-under) followed by a 2-under, 70, to finish tied for ninth with a 54-hole total of 2-over, 212. Brair’s Creek Invitational (3/18-19): Finished tied for 26th with a score of 6-over, 222. Big Ten Championship (4/19-21): Finished tied for 42nd with rounds of 73 and 78 at the Par 72 TPC River’s Bend course.
Season: Competed in all 10 tournaments with a 73.35 stroke average in 26 rounds and a low-round score of 5-under, 67…Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/26/18).
High School: Eaton
JUNIOR/AMATEUR CAREER Ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of Ohio and 28th in class of 2018…Competed in the American Junior Golf Association, earning runner-up honors at the 2016 AJGA Junior Forest Lake, the 2017 AJGA Scott Stallings and the 2018 AJGA City of London Championships…Posted three other top-5 finishes…Was the 2017 Ohio Girls Junior Champion…Earned the 2015 Hudson Junior Championship...Competed in the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt at Augusta National in 2013. HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Eaton High School in 2018…Earned four letters as a member of the varsity boys team, playing as an individual against girls in postseason play…A four-time First-Team Boys Southwest Ohio Buckeye League selection…Finished second to her brother, Cameron, as a junior during the 2016 Boys Southwestern Ohio Buckeye League Championship…Earned the 2017 Southwestern Ohio Buckeye League Championship as a senior shooting an even-par, 70…Won Girls Southwestern Ohio Sectional Championship three times (2015-17) and the Girls Southwestern Ohio District Championship twice (2016, 2017)… Finished 10th at the Ohio High School Girls State Championship in her freshman year…Set a new two-day state record for all divisions shooting 136 (8-under) for the 2016 Ohio Division II State Championship as a junior…Repeated as Ohio Division II State Champion as a senior in 2017…Set a one-day state record with a round of 67 (5-under)…Picked as a first-team All-Ohio (2016 and 2017) honoree and made second team in 2014. PERSONAL Full name Sarah Kathryn Willis...Parents are Mark and Kathy Willis…Intends to major in Business…Has an older brother, Cameron…Both her father and brother played golf at the collegiate level...Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies...Born June 30, 2000 in Eaton, Ohio.
Willis’ Career Statistics
Total Season Best Season Rounds Strokes Average Round 2018-19 28 2058 73.50 67 Fall 2019 12 876 73.00 69 Career 40 2934 73.35 67
Top Career Finishes Year 2018 2019 2019 2019 2018 2019 2018 2018 14
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Place 1 T2 T9 10 T11 13 T24 T24
Tournament Nittany Lion Invitational Bettie Lou Evans Invitational Gator Invitational Landfall Tradition Bettie Lou Evans Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Landfall Tradition Princeton Invitational
PENN STATE 2019-20 • WOMEN’S GOLF
Best Career Rounds Year 2018 2018 2019 2019 2018 2019 2019 2019 2018 2019 2019 2018 2019 2019
Score Tournament 67 Nittany Lion Invitational 68 Nittany Lion Invitational 68 Gator Invitational 69 Gator Invitational 69 Bettie Lou Evans Invitational 69 UCF Challenge 69 Landfall Tradition 70 Bettie Lou Evans Invitational 70 Nittany Lion Invitational 71 Bettie Lou Evans Invitational 71 Briar’s Creek Invitational 72 Princeton Invitational 72 Bettie Lou Evans Invitational 72 Landfall Tradition
