Elyse Smidinger

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Arundel HS
Hometown:
Crofton, Md.

Career Statistics

SENIOR (2016-17): Played in 10 tournaments … Had a scoring average of 75.07 in 26 rounds, the sixth best single-season scoring average in Oregon State history … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … Shot an Oregon State record 5-under 67 in the second round of the Rose City Collegiate … Shot five sub-par rounds … Best three-round score was a 2-over 218 at the Rose City Collegiate … Best finish was seventh place at the Rose City Collegiate … Finished in a tie for 18th place at the Peg Barnard Invitational (+7, 149) … Finished in a tie for 19th place Ptarmigan Ram Classic (+8, 224) … Shot a 4-under 68 in the third round of the PING/ASU Invitational … Shot a 3-under 69 in the third round of the NCAA Regionals … Earned a half point against Amy Matsuoka of Oregon after finishing all square at the Gifford Great 8 Collegiate Match Play … Finished in a tie for 33rd place at the Pac-12 Championship (+15, 231) … Finished in a tie for 45th place at the NCAA Regionals (+9, 225).

OREGON STATE: Transferred to Oregon State in the fall of 2015 and redshirted the 2015-16 season.

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: Named First Team All-Summit League in 2014 and 2015 … Won the Summit League Championship individual title in 2015 … Received the University of Denver Strength and Conditioning Award in 2015 … Named Second Team All-WAC in 2013 … Selected to the WGCA All-America Scholar Team in 2013.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Arundel High School in Gambrills, Md., in 2012 … Lettered in golf all four years … Won the Maryland High School State Championship in 2010 and 2011 … Won the Maryland State Junior Girls Championship in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and finished second in 2010 … Led Maryland to a fourth-place finish at the 2011 USGA Women’s State Team Championship, holing eight birdies in a row to finish third individually … Competed in gymnastics for eight years before stopping at Level 9.

JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Finished as the first alternate for the 2015 U.S. Open qualifier …Qualified for the 2011 and 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur … Won a 5-for-1 spot playoff for the No. 64 seed and topped the No. 1 seed 2 and 1 in the first round of match play at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur … Qualified for the 2014 U.S. Public Links Women’s Amateur …Finished junior career with local amateur exemption into the LPGA Futures Symetra Tour Challenge where she made the cut and finished 36^th out of 136 … Qualified for the U.S. Junior Girls Championship in 2010.

PERSONAL: Born in Crofton, Md. … Daughter of Eric and Betsy Smidinger … Mother works for the United States Federal Government Environmental Protection Agency … Has one brother, Max, and one sister, Sierra … Favorite athletes are Serena and Venus Williams … Biggest athletic thrill to date is “winning a 5-for-1 spot playoff and going on to beat the No. 1 seed at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur” … Chose Oregon State “for the great program, coaches and academics offered” … Contemplated profession is a professional golfer … Majoring in management.