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2018-19 EKU Women's Golf Roster

Elsa Moberly

  • Class Senior
  • High School Pulaski County High School
  • Hometown Somerset, Ky.

Biography

AS A SENIOR IN 2018-19 AT EKU
Became a 3-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection … finished her career holding EKU records for career scoring average (73.48) and par or better rounds (36), and second in program history in wins (7) … led the team and was second in the OVC with a 73.48 stroke average … her stroke average was the second-lowest in EKU history … 5-time OVC Golfer of the Week … played in all 11 events and all 33 rounds … carded 15 rounds at par or below, a new EKU single season record … had seven top-10 performances, including four in the top-5 and two individual wins … won the Colonel Classic (March 29-30) with a total of 212 (-4), which tied for the fifth-lowest 54-hole total in program history … placed first at the Jan Weaver Invitational (April 6-7) with a season-best total of 211 (-5), which tied for the second-lowest 54-hole total in program history … placed third at the OVC Championship (April 15-17), shooting a season-best round of 67 and earning OVC All-Tournament honors … that 67 tied for the second lowest score in program history ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
AS A JUNIOR IN 2017-18 AT EKU
First EKU women’s golfer to be selected as an individual participant in the NCAA Championships … no other Ohio Valley Conference women’s golfer had been selected as an individual before 2018 … chosen All-OVC … selected to the OVC All-Tournament team after finishing fifth at the league championship … led the team and was second in the conference with a 74.88 stroke average … shot eight rounds at par or less … posted eight top-10 performances in 12 events … finished among the top-5 seven times and placed first once … was ranked No. 143 in the final regular season Golfstat poll … had a 12-6 head-to-head record this season against the top-100 players in the Golfstat rankings … in back-to-back events in the fall, Moberly excelled against some of the best golfers in the nation … in a field that included six teams ranked in the top-35 in the nation and 10 teams rated among the top-65, Moberly tied for fifth at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (Sept. 18-19) … one week later, she finished tied for second overall at the prestigious Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 25-27), 12 of the 18 teams in the field advanced to NCAA regional play the year before … broke two school records at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship, opening play with a 4-under round of 67 in the first round, tying her own school record for lowest single round … her 54-hole total of 209 broke her own school record of 211 set during the 2016-17 season … one week later, she broke her own school record with a 7-under round of 65 at the Golfweek Conference Challenge … began the spring season ranked 21st in the Arnold Palmer Cup rankings, the top six golfers in the final ranking are among the 24 individuals selected to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup … was chosen as the adidas® Ohio Valley Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week five times in 2017-18 … picked up a four-shot victory at the Losantiville Challenge (Sept. 5) … finished tied for 77th among 96 golfers at the NCAA Championships Madison Regional (May 7-9).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016-17 AT EKU
Earned All-Ohio Valley Conference honors … named to the OVC All-Newcomer Team … picked up OVC All-Tournament recognition after finishing second at the league championship … tied the program record with four individual tournament victories … led the team and the conference with a 73.47 stroke average, the lowest single season average in EKU history … played in all 11 events and finished in the top-10 on 10 occasions … also set new single season program records for national ranking (91), par or better rounds (13) and birdies (83) … in the second round of her first-ever appearance as a Colonel, set a new program record with a round of 67 at the Thundering Herd Kickoff (August 29) … broke, or tied, the Eastern Kentucky record for 54-hole tournament score three times … set the new mark of 211 twice, at the Ball State Cardinal Classic and again at the OVC Championship … finished first at the Thundering Herd Kickoff (141), the Cardinal Classic (211), the Bill Berg Invitational (217) and the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate (212) … tied for second at the USA Intercollegiate (Sept. 10) … shot rounds of 68, 70 and 73 on her way to placing second at the OVC Championship (April 17) with a total of 211.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015-16 AT MISSISSIPPI STATE
Played in four events as a freshman in 2015-16 … in 11 rounds she posted a 76.9 stroke average … shot a season-best round of 72 at the Schooner Fall Classic and finished 33rd overall with a 36-hole total of 146 (+4) … fired a round of 73 on her way to posting a season-low 54-hole tournament score of 228 at the Jim West Challenge … won the 2016 Women's Kentucky State Amateur championship in June at the Elizabethtown Country Club.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned Kentucky Miss Golf honors in 2014 as a senior at Pulaski County High School … was a three-time all-state selection (2012, 2013, 2014) and finished in the top-5 at the state tournament three times … qualified for the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship three times (2012, 2013, 2014), played in the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links twice (2013, 2014) and played in the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2015 … finished in the top-10 seven times on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Tour.

PERSONAL
Full name is Elsa Morgan Moberly ... daughter of Erich and Natasha Moberly … has one sister – Mazie and one brother – Halston ... her dad Erich played collegiate golf at EKU … majoring in special education teaching.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior