Summerhays is putting the finishing touches on one of the most decorated careers in program history. She has been recognized by the opposing coaches in the league as the premier student-athlete in the sport based on her accomplishments on and off the course.
"I am extremely proud of Grace for being named the Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year," Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye remarked. "This is a tremendous honor and reflects Grace's dedication to Arizona State, our golf team, and being a student-athlete. I also want to congratulate our Academic Coach Jon Erwin and his outstanding efforts to help Grace graduate in three-in-a-half years with such an incredible GPA!"
During her time with the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, Grace Summerhays has been a steady presence in the lineup, performing admirably for an Arizona State team consistently ranked in the Top-10. She has taken her game to another level each year and is now one of the best golfers in the conference. She is doing all this while maintaining a 3.99 GPA and earning her degree in Communication in just seven semesters.Summerhays is the eighth recipient of the honor from Sun Devil Women's Golf, the most of any athletic program at ASU. In their first chance since the Big 12 Conference transition, Arizona State takes home the award for the first time since Alexandra Forsterling earned the distinction after an incredible 2022 campaign. The Maroon and Gold continued a trend they started while in the Pac-12, as a member of Sun Devil Women's Golf claimed 7 of the 16 possible awards while ASU was a member of the league. Arizona State now has a total of 47 Conference Scholar Athletes of the Year, three of which have come since joining the Big 12. Learn more about the accomplishments of Summerhays...
Overview
- 2023 Pac-12 All-Conference First Team selection; 2022 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
- Eight Top-10, 18 Top-20 finishes in her career.
- Tied for first at the 2023 Patriot All-American Golf Tournament.
- No. 201-ranked female amateur in the world.
- 5-2 match play record in college.
- Played in over 110 rounds and made 44 appearances in her Sun Devil career.
- Senior leader of a team ranked No. 8 by Scoreboard and earned No. 2 seed in Gold Canyon Regional
- Currently ranked No. 180 in the nation by Clipp'd
- 467-321-30 (57.1%) head-to-head record
- 72.5 adjusted scoring averaged according to Clipp'd
- Top-20 finish (T18th) at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, helping ASU win the Team Title
- Ended her Fall and started her Spring with Top-20 finishes
- Finished 18th at Nanea Invitational in Oct.
- Finished 15th at Match in the Desert in Jan.
- Season-best 10th place finish at PING/ASU Invitational
- Her third Top-10 finish at PING/ASU in her career
- Found her way into the Top-25 at the 2025 Big 12 Championship, helping ASU finish tied for first in the team race
- Seven rounds of par or better this season
- Lowest score by a Sun Devil at the 2024 Pac-12 Championship, earning her a Top-20 finish (T16)
- Highest finisher on the team at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (7th), which Arizona State won over a field containing six of the Top-10 teams in the nation.
- Delivered a Top-10 performance at the 2023 PING/ASU Invitational.
- Opened the season with back-to-back Top-20 finishes at the McGuire Invitational (T15) and Mason Rudolph Invitational (T20)
- Took her game to another level during a sensational sophomore season.
- First Team Pac-12 All-Conference selection.
- Finished season ranked No. 49 in the country by Golfstat and No. 81 by Golfweek.
- Responsible for three Top-10 and five Top-20 finishes.
- Carded nine rounds of par or better, including two rounds in the 60s.
- Earned her second straight Top-10 finish, ending in sixth place at the Silverado Showdown.
- Shot a career-low 67 (-5) on the final day of the PING/ASU Invitational to move into the Top-10 (T-9th).
- Tied for fourth at the Nexus Collegiate, her best finish at a three-day event. She put together back-to-back rounds under par to cap the tournament.
- Opened the Pac-12 Preview with a 68 (-5).
- Spent her winter break earning a tie for first at the Patriot All-American Golf Tournament, featuring the top collegiate players from around the country.
- Added an immediate boost when she joined the program in January of 2022.
- A midseason addition that helped Arizona State climb the rankings during the Spring season.
- Wasted no time becoming a mainstay in the lineup, competing in eight of the final nine tournaments.
- Showed the moment was not too big in her NCAA Championship debut, delivering a 70 (-2) in the fourth round attempting to secure the Sun Devils a spot in Match Play.
- A big reason why Arizona State qualified for the 2022 NCAA Championship, as she finished Top-10 (T-10th) at the Stillwater Regional thanks to three straight rounds of 73.
- Nearly cracked the Top-25 (T-26th) in her Pac-12 Championship debut, battling rainy conditions in Eugene.
- Finished in the Top-25 at the PING/ASU Invitational (T-24th).
- Made her Sun Devil debut at the Match in the Desert, finishing in fourth place after firing back-to-back rounds under par.
Grace Summerhays, Women's Golf
Patrick Sammon, Men's Swimming
Bella Ingrao, Lacrosse
Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year Winners from Sun Devil Women's Golf (8)
Big 12 Era
Grace Summerhays, 2025
Pac-12 Era
Alexandra Forsterling, 2022
Olivia Mehaffey, 2021
Roberta Liti, 2018
Noemi Jimenez, 2015
Giulia Molinaro, 2012
Jiuliana Murcia, 2010
Azahara Munoz, 2009
In order to be eligible for the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, student-athletes must be a junior senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher, participate in at least 20 percent of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum one year in residence at the institution. Each Big 12 institution had the chance to nominate one individual per sport, and the winners were selected by the opposing coaches in the league. Both the academic and athletics accomplishments of the nominees are a consideration in voting for the award.
A Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be named in each of the Big 12's 25 sponsored sports: baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, beach volleyball, men's cross country, women's cross country, equestrian football, men's golf, women's golf, women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's rowing, women's rowing, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track & field, women's track & field, women's volleyball, and wrestling. The award was first established during the 2007-08 academic year.
Gold Canyon Regional
The eight-time national champion Sun Devil Women's Golf team will remain in the state of Arizona after being selected to the Gold Canyon NCAA Regional, hosted by Arizona State University running May 5-7.
Arizona State is one of six programs hosting a NCAA Regional with the event being held at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Gold Canyon, Arizona. Each regional will feature 12 teams and six individuals, with a total of 30 teams advancing to the National Championships to be played May 16-21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. The top two individuals (12 total) from non-qualifying teams from each regional will also advance to the Championship. It will be the first time that Sun Devil Women's Golf has hosted a regional since 2009. ASU hosted the NCAA West Regional at Karsten Golf Course and advanced to the NCAA Championship, where they would go on to win the title in Owing Mills, Maryland.
This is the 32nd consecutive year that Sun Devil Women's Golf has qualified for a regional, doing so every time since the format was instituted. ASU has not missed a NCAA postseason since 1991. The program earned their 33rd straight NCAA postseason berth and will be making its 42nd overall appearance.
The program has claimed or shared a total of five Regional team championships, with the last coming during their National Championship run in 2017. In 2024, the Sun Devils had an impressive showing at the Cle Elum Regional, finishing fourth on their way to reaching the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad. ASU put together second place finishes at regionals in two of the last four years, also doing so at the 2023 Stillwater Regional and 2021 Columbus Regional as part of their run to NCAA Match Play that season.
Arizona State will be the No. 2 seed in a regional that features No. 1 seed Oregon (Big 10 Champion). The regional also includes No. 3 seed Auburn, No. 4 Mississippi State, No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 6 California, No. 7 Virginia Tech, No. 8 San Jose State, No. 9 Sacramento State (Big Sky Champion), No. 10 Cal State Fullerton (Big West Champion), No. 11 Navy (Patriot League Champion), and No. 12 Quinnipiac (MAAC Champion).
2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
For the second consecutive year, the NCAA Women's Golf Championship will take place near San Diego at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course. Arizona State made the 2024 NCAA Championship and finished tied for 16th, missing the Top-15 cut by just one stroke. Should they advance from a regional again, Sun Devil Women's Golf will attempt to win the program's NCAA record ninth national championship. Missy Farr-Kaye was in charge the last time that ASU won a title, defeating Northwestern at Rich Harvest Farms in Chicago for the 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. The program also brought home NCAA titles in 2009, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993, and 1990.
GOLF Channel Coverage
GOLF Channel will present the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's (May 19-21) and Men's (May 26-28) Golf Championships, totaling over 50 hours of comprehensive coverage. The women's championship will be held May 16-21, with GOLF Channel providing live coverage of the final day of individual championship play on May 19 as well as the team match play on May 20-21. GOLF Channel and Peacock will present live tournament coverage all three days. Visit NBCSports.com full programming schedule.
Team Championships under Missy Farr-Kaye (21)
---> 2025 PING/ASU Invitational
---> 2025 Clover Cup
---> 2024 Windy City Collegiate Classic
2024 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
2024 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
2022 Match in the Desert
2022 PING/ASU Invitational
2021 Bruin Wave Invitational
2021 Clover Cup
2021 PING/ASU Invitational (Co-Champs)
2020 Stanford Intercollegiate
2020 Tri-Match vs. UCLA & Denver
2020 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
2019 Wildcat Invitational
2019 Tri-Match against Denver & Georgia
2018 Windy City Collegiate
2017 NCAA Championships (NATIONAL CHAMPION)
2017 NCAA Regional Championships
2017 PING/ASU Invitational
2017 Clover Cup
2016 Pac-12 Preview
Rhodes on ANNIKA Award Final Watch List
Sun Devil Women's Golf redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes earned a spot on the ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List. The Haskins Foundation released their final watch list of the Fall season for the ANNIKA Award, given annually to the top female collegiate golfer. One of the 25 names included on the list was Patience Rhodes from Arizona State. Rhodes is one of only 11 underclassmen under consideration for the award. A Sun Devil has landed on this list in five of the past seven seasons, as Rhodes joins the company of program greats Linn Grant, Olivia Mehaffey, and Ashley Menne.
Azahara Munoz Inducted into ASU Hall of Fame
Sun Devil Women's Golf legend Azahara Munoz is part of the 2024 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame class. Munoz is one of six Hall of Fame inductees as a part of a loaded 2024 class, joined by one Hall of Distinction selection. A luncheon honoring the class was held on Friday, Oct. 4, at ASU's Old Main, while honorees were introduced at Sun Devil Football's win over Kansas. Munoz becomes the 20th individual from Sun Devil Women's Golf to enter the Hall of Fame and is the 21st overall inductee with ties to the program. Women's Golf has been represented in three of the past four Hall of Fame classes (2019, 2022, 2024). The most recent representative from Women's Golf entered back in 2022, when Anna Nordqvist was honored.
"We are extremely proud of Aza for all that she has accomplished in her illustrious career," Sun Devil Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye remarked. "She is a proud Sun Devil and is very deserving of this honor. There is no doubt she is one of the best players we have ever had come through our program."
Azahara Munoz left Arizona State as one of the most decorated golfers in program history.
- Captured the 2008 NCAA Individual Title in dramatic fashion, winning in a playoff to become the ninth Sun Devil to win the National Championship.
- Buried a clutch 25-foot putt to defeat UCLA's Tiffany Joh in the winner-take-all playoff.
- Helped lead Arizona State to the 2009 NCAA Championship, its seventh in school history and first since 1998.
- One of only four four-time All-Americans in the illustrious history of the Sun Devil Women's Golf Program.
- The top-placing Sun Devil at the 2009 NCAA Championships, earning her second-career Top-5 National finish by finishing in fourth place.
- Landed on the Pac-10 First Team All-Conference in each of her four seasons in Tempe.
- Compiled an incredible 31 Top-10 finishes in 39 career appearances as a Sun Devil.
- The first two-time recipient of the prestigious Edith Cummings Munson Award, which is given to the top collegiate female golfers nationally who also excel in academics.
- Graduated summa cum laude with a 3.98 in psychology.
- 2009 Pac-10 Scholar Athlete of the Year.
- Four-time NGCA Academic All-American and two-time ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-American.
- While attending Arizona State, she competed internationally as one of the top-ranked amateurs in the world.
- Finished as the runner-up at the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur, won the 2009 Ladies British Amateur Championship, and competed for Spain in the 2006 Women's World Amateur.
Five Sun Devils at the Paris Olympics
Sun Devil Women's Golf had more representatives than any other collegiate women's golf program at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Five Arizona State products competed in the most prestigious international event on the golf calendar. Both of the Spanish qualifiers were Sun Devils, with Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz each making their third Olympic appearance. The other three Sun Devils made their Olympic debut, as Linn Grant (Sweden), Alessandra Fanali (Italy), and Alexandra Forsterling (Germany) each earned a spot in the iconic competition.
Anna Nordqvist Named Team Europe Captain for Solheim Cup
Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Famer and women's golf legend Anna Nordqvist (2007-09) was named the captain for Team Europe for the 2026 Solheim Cup, to be held 7–13 September at Bernardus Golf in North Brabant, Netherlands. Nordqvist has already established herself as one of the premiere competitors in Solheim Cup history and will look to add to her lore in the iconic event.
Tatman Elevated to Associate Head Coach
Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman was promoted to Associate Head Coach earlier in the season. In the midst of her second season in Tempe, Tatman has been critical to the success of the program during her tenure. Arizona State has won four tournaments in her two seasons and qualified for the 2024 NCAA Championship.
2024-25 Arizona State Women's Golf Schedule
Arizona State will be tested throughout the campaign as Coach Farr-Kaye built one of the nation's toughest slates once again. The Maroon and Gold will compete in a total of ten regular season events, five in the Fall and five in the Spring. The postseason begins April 15 at the Big 12 Championship, with NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships scheduled for the month of May.
ANNIKA Intercollegiate – Sept. 9-11 (Lake Elmo, MN)
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept. 20-22 (Franklin, TN)
Windy City Collegiate Classic – Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 (Wilmette, IL)
Stanford Intercollegiate – Oct. 18-20 (Stanford, CA)
Nanea Invitational - Oct. 28-30 (Kailua-Kona, HI)
Match in the Desert – January 27 (Gold Canyon, AZ)*
Therese Hession Regional Challenge – Feb. 2-4 (Palos Verdes, CA)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate – March 3-5 (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Clover Cup – March 10-12 (Litchfield Park, AZ | Wigwam Golf Club)*
PING/ASU Invitational – March 28-30 (Phoenix, AZ | Papago Golf Club)*
Big 12 Championship – April 15-17 (Hockley, TX)
NCAA Regionals – May 5-7 (Columbus, Ohio; Lexington, Kentucky; Norman, Oklahoma; Lubbock, Texas; Charlottesville, Virginia; Gold Canyon, Arizona)*
NCAA Championship – May 16-21 (La Costa, CA; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course)
Italicized = Home Tournament
*Held in the state of Arizona
Empty the notebook
- Arizona State is one of ten teams that made the 2024 NCAA Championship and returns four members from that team.
- The Sun Devils are 115-23-3 overall in head-to-head matchups.
- Missy Farr-Kaye enters her tenth season as the Head Coach of Sun Devil Women's Golf. She is tied with Bobby Hurley (Men's Basketball) and Greg Powers (Hockey) as the second-longest tenured Sun Devil Athletics Head Coach. She trails only Zeke Jones, who just completed his 11th year at the helm of the Sun Devil wrestling program.
- ASU will play in the state of Arizona for the fourth time this year. Regular season events already had them playing Superstition Mountain Golf Club (Gold Canyon), Wigwam Golf Club (Litchfield Park), and Papago Golf Club (Phoenix). The Sun Devils will now compete at Superstition Mountain Golf Club a second time, serving as one of six regional hosts.
Top Finishes in 2024-25
2nd - Patience Rhodes, PING/ASU Invitational
T2nd - Beth Coulter, Big 12 Championship
T2nd - Beth Coulter, Clover Cup
T2nd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Match in the Desert*
3rd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, PING/ASU Invitational
4th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Match in the Desert*
T4th- Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Clover Cup
T5th - Beth Coulter, PING/ASU Invitational
T5th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, PING/ASU Invitational
T5th - Beth Coulter, Stanford Intercollegiate
T5th - Patience Rhodes, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T5th - Patience Rhodes, Mason Rudolph Championship
T6th - Patience Rhodes, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T6th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Nanea Invitational
T6th - Patience Rhodes, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
7th - Patience Rhodes, Clover Cup
T8th - Patience Rhodes, Therese Hession Regional Challenge
9th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Big 12 Championship
T9th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Nanea Invitational
T9th - Beth Coulter, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
10th - Grace Summerhays, PING/ASU Invitational
T10th - Beth Coulter, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T10th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T12th - Patience Rhodes, Nanea Invitational
T13th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Clover Cup
T13th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T13th - Beth Coulter, Therese Hession Regional Challenge
14th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
T14th - Patience Rhodes, Big 12 Championship
T15th - Grace Summerhays, Match in the Desert*
T15th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T16th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Mason Rudolph Championship
T17th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T18th - Grace Summerhays, Nanea Invitational
T18th - Grace Summerhays, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T18th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Stanford Intercollegiate
T20th - Beth Coulter, Nanea Invitational
37 total Top-20 finishes; 23 Top-10 finishes by Sun Devils in 2024-25
*One-day, 18-hole event
Best rounds in 2024-25
66/-6 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
66/-5 Beth Coulter (Big 12 Championship Third Round/Apr. 17, 2025)
66/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
67/-6 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Nanea Invitational First Round/Oct. 28, 2024)
67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Championship Third Round/Sept. 22, 2024)
67/-5 Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship Second Round/Sept. 21, 2024)
67/-3 Patience Rhodes(Clover Cup Second Round/March 11, 2025)
67/-3 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
68/-4 Beth Coulter (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Mason Rudolph Championship Third Round/Sept. 22, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
68/-4 Beth Coulter (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11, 2024)
68/-4 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (ANNIKA Intercollegiate First Round/Sept. 9, 2024)
68/-3 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
68/-2 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup Second Round/March 11, 2025)
68/-2 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
69/-3 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Windy City Collegiate Classic Second Round/Sept. 30, 2024)
69/-2 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Big 12 Championship Second Round/Apr. 16, 2025)
69/-2 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate Second Round/Oct. 19, 2024)
69/-1 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
69/-1 Patience Rhodes (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
69/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
70/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Nanea Invitational First Round/Oct. 28, 2024)
70/-3 Patience Rhodes (Nanea Invitational Third Round/Oct. 30, 2024)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
70/-2 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
70/-2 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Match in the Desert/Jan. 27, 2025)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (Windy City Collegiate Classic Third Round/Oct. 1, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (Windy City Collegiate Classic Second Round/Sept. 30, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Second Round/Sept. 10, 2024)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11 2024)
70/-2 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
70/-1 Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Second Round/Mar. 4, 2024)
70/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate First Round/Mar. 3, 2024)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Therese Hession Regional Challenge Third Round/Feb. 4, 2025)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Therese Hession Regional Challenge First Round/Feb. 2, 2025)
70/-1 Patience Rhodes (Therese Hession Regional Challenge First Round/Feb. 2, 2025)
70/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
70/-1 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
70/-1 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Stanford Intercollegiate Second Round/Oct. 19, 2024)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate Third Round/Oct. 20, 2024)
70/E Grace Summerhays (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
70/E Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
51 total rounds of 70 or lower
Birdies by Sun Devil (2024-25 Season totals)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 111 birdies
Isla McDonald-O'Brien - 109 birdies; 1 eagle
Beth Coulter - 98 birdies; 1 eagle
Patience Rhodes - 95 birdies; 2 eagle
Grace Summerhays - 80 birdies; 5 eagles
Total - 489 birdies; 9 eagles
Career Appearances
Grace Summerhays, 44 (41 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 35 (32 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 35 (32 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 21 (19 stroke; 2 match)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 12 (12 stroke)
Total 141 (130 stroke; 11 match)
Career Top-20 Finishes
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 19 (9 Top-10)
Grace Summerhays, 18 (8 Top-10)
Beth Coulter, 16 (8 Top-10)
Patience Rhodes, 13 (8 Top-10)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 7 (4 Top-10)
Total 74 (37 Top-10)
A Tradition Like No Other
During the past five decades, many of the premier amateur women's golfers have called Arizona State University home. Arizona State won its NCAA-leading eighth national championship title in 2017 to reinforce its standing as the premier women's golf school in the United States. Under legendary Head Coach Linda Vollstedt, the program became the first in women's collegiate golf to win six championships in a decade (1990, '93, '94, '95, '97, '98). ASU remains the lone program to ever capture three national titles in a row (1993, '94, '95). The Sun Devil Golf programs did something in 1990 that had never been done before and hasn't been accomplished since. ASU swept both the Men's and Women's Team National Titles in 1990, becoming the first school to capture both championships in the same year.
Here for the Long Haul
Sun Devil Athletics was thrilled to extend four of its head coaches back in December of 2023, including Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye. Entering her ninth year with ASU, Farr-Kaye has been extended through the 2027-28 athletic calendar. She completed the trifecta in 2017, becoming the first individual in NCAA history to win a National Championship as a player, assistant coach, and head coach at the same school.
"The Bird"
The Thunderbirds Golf Complex, designed by Douglas Fredrickson Architects and built by Rummel Construction Inc., is a 7,000-square foot facility featuring a grand entry lobby, national championship displays, a team gym and locker rooms for both men's and women's teams, a fueling station, study lounge, team lounge, indoor hitting bays and more. Designed by Sun Devil alumnus and five-time PGA Major Championships winner Phil Mickelson, who is known for his short-game expertise, the four-acre practice area consists of five practice greens, four practice bunkers and a three-acre fairway and rough designed to practice every possible golf shot. On Nov. 1, 2018, Papago Golf Course became the new home for Sun Devil Men's & Women's Golf with the unveiling of their new state-of-the-art practice facility -- The Thunderbirds Golf Complex -- through the generous commitment by The Thunderbirds organization. Arizona State, in partnership with The Thunderbirds, Arizona Golf Community Foundation, the City of Phoenix and Phil Mickelson Design, revitalized the course and helped build the Lou Grubb Clubhouse and Lou's Bar & Grill.
Fantastic Five
Patience Rhodes, Grace Summerhays, Paula Schulz-Hanssen, and Beth Coulter all return having gained another year of valuable experience. Highly-touted freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien has made an immediate impact on the program, forming a talented 2024-25 roster under the direction of Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye and Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman.
Stay tuned for more details about the Gold Canyon Regional including live scoring links, which will be provided by Scoreboard. For the latest updates and information on the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, follow our Twitter/Instagram accounts (@SunDevilWGolf), like our Facebook page (facebook.com/sundevilwgolf/), and visit our website (sundevils.com). Find Coach Farr-Kaye (@missymkaye) and Coach Tatman (@CoachMikayla_) on X as well.