SarahShipley

Career Stats Breakdown

2020-21 (Fifth-Year Senior): Appeared in one event in 2020-21, placing 90th at the Gamecock Intercollegiate with a score of 23-over par at Columbia Country Club in Blythewood, South Carolina … Completed Kentucky career with a 75.6 stroke average, four top-10 finishes and seven top-20 showings … Appeared in 38 career events with 102 rounds played … Graduated with a degree in integrated strategic communication … SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll member.

2020 Summer: Earned an exemption spot and made the cut at the Symetra Tour’s Firekeepers Casino Hotel Championship … Beat all other amateurs and tied for 6th at the Michigan PGA Women’s Open with a 54-hole score of 6-under par at Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville, Michigan.

2019-20 (Senior): Played in a team-high-tying six events during the shortened season … Posted a career-best 73.9 stroke average, ranked among the best marks in single-season school history …Tied her career highs with one top-10 showing and two top-20 finishes … Notched her best 54-hole career score in 2019-20 … Played key part in both of UK’s team championships … Tied for 45th with a score of 7-over par at the Moon Golf Invitational at the Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Florida … Bounced back from a rough opening round with a season-low-tying 69 in the second round at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic … The 69 helped salvage a 49th-place finish with a score of 12-over par at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico … Second-best average in the fall with 73.2 strokes per round … With a score of 224, 8-over par (71-78-75), tied for 26th at the Cardinal Cup at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky, where UK placed second … Tied for 46th place at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational at the UNC Finley Golf Course with a 54-hole score of 221 (5-over par) … Posted a season-low 69 in the second round in Chapel Hill, North Carolina … Helped lead the Wildcats to a a second straight championship at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational at the University Club of Kentucky in Lexington … Career-best outing at the Bettie Lou on a number of fronts, including tying for fifth place with a score of 2-under par … Her 214 (70-73-71) marked a college career low … Played a key part in UK’s season-opening championship at the Minnesota Invitational at Prestwick Golf Club in Woodbury, Minnesota … Tied for 17th with back-to-back rounds of 73 for her sixth career top-20 showing … SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s list spring 2020 … Inducted into the Frank G. Ham Society of Character, which honors Wildcats who have shown an extraordinary commitment to academic excellence, athletic participation, personal development, career preparation and serving as a role model.

Summer 2019: Sensational summer that included two championships … First won the Women’s Golf Association of Michigan Championship in Saginaw, Michigan … Won by four shots with back-to-back rounds of 68 and 70 for a two-round total of 4-under par … Weeks later, captured the Women’s Western Amateur in Long Grove, Illinois, with a dominating 5 and 3 victory in the championship match to finish on top in a field that featured 120 players from 30 states and 12 countries … Qualified for the 32-player individual match-play bracket at the Women’s Western Amateur after two strong rounds of stroke play … Played in the Symetra Tour’s Firekeepers Casino Hotel Championship in Battle Creek, Michigan, a Symetra Tour event … Also traveled to Nicaragua in August for a mission trip with fellow athletes.

2018-19 (Junior): Played in a team-high-tying 11 events and posted a 75.2 stroke average, second best on the team and a career low … Recorded two top-20 finishes with a top-10 showing … Notched her lowest 54-hole score of her collegiate career in 2018-19 … Team used 28 of her 29 scores … Notched four rounds of par or better … Led the Wildcats at the SEC Championship by tying for 21st with a score of 5-over par (221) at the Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama … Tied for 26th at the Clemson Invitational at Lake Keowee with a score of even par (71-73) at the Reserve at Lake Keowee in Sunset, South Carolina … Team-best showing at the Bryan National Collegiate by tying for 33rd with a score of 224 (8-over par) at the Bryan Park Champions Golf Course in Browns Summit, North Carolina … Tied for 38th with a score of 15-over par at the Clover Cup at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona … Notched her first top-10 finish of the season by tying for ninth place at the Gold Rush Invitational in Seal Beach, California, with a score of 3-over par … Her 54-hole score of 219 (76-72-71) was one off her career best … Tied for 32nd with a score of 14-over par at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Collegiate Championship in Greensboro, Georgia …  Won Kentucky’s lone point in the team portion of the match-play Battle of the Bluegrass vs. Louisville at Hoover Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama … Defeated Louisville’s Mairead Martin 1 up to improved to 4-0 in her match-play collegiate career … Also shot a 37 in the nine-hole individual shootout (score won’t count towards official NCAA stats) … Played in all four tournaments in the fall and posted a 75.9 stroke average … Tied for 60th at the Trinity Forest Invitational at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas with a score of 25-over par … Helped Kentucky to the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational championship, UK’s first in five years … Team used her score in all three rounds en route to a 54-hole school record team score of 858 … Shot a career-best 218 with rounds of 69-74-75 to tie for 14th, her first top-20 finish of the season … Tied for 59th with a score of 231 (18-over par) at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship at the Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee … Continued her strong play from late in the 2017-18 season by tying for 22nd at the Minnesota Invitational at Prestwick Golf Club in Woodbury, Minnesota, with a three-day total of 221 (5-over par) … SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in fall 2018.

Summer 2018: Won medalist honors in the stroke-play portion of the Michigan Women’s Amateur with back-to-back 72s to earn the top overall seed in match play … Advanced to the semifinals of match play before bowing out at the Western Golf & Country Club in Redford, Michigan … Tied for second among all amateurs and fourth overall at the Ohio Women’s Open … Her 69 in the first round was tied for the second-best score among all players in the field at Eagle Rock Golf Club in Defiance, Ohio … Finished fifth among all amateurs at the Michigan PGA Women’s Open at Crystal Mountain Resort in Mountain Ridge, Michigan … Received an exemption spot for the second year in a row in the Symetra Tour’s Firekeepers Casino Hotel Championship but was playing in the Michigan Women’s Amateur at the same time.

2017-18 (Sophomore): Enjoyed a breakout sophomore season, posting a then-career best stroke average (75.3), her current 18-hole low (68) and top-20 finishes (two) … Team used all 17 of her scores towards the team total … Her 75.0 stroke average in the spring was tops on the team … Notched her second top-20 showing of the season by tying for 13th place at the SEC Championship in Birmingham, Alabama … Her 220 (75-71-74) just missed her then-career-low 54-hole score by a stroke … Tied for 58th at 19-over par at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, North Carolina … Improved to 3-0 in match play with a 3 & 2 victory in the 3-2 win vs. No. 16 Kent State at the University Club of Kentucky … Career tournament at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona … Moved up 31 spots in the second round of the Clover Cup with a career-best 68 … Finished in a tie for ninth, her second career top-10 finish in a tournament and first of the season, with a career-best 3-over-par 219 …Tied for 39th at the Florida State Challenge in Tallahassee, Florida, at 10-over par … Recorded a 75.5 stroke average in the fall … Matched her season low with a 73 in the final round of the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, North Carolina, to tie for 55th at 7-over par overall (151) … Tied for 37th at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, at 14-over par (230) … Tied for 32nd thanks to a final-round 74 at UK’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational … Opened the season at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a then-54-hole career-best score of 221 (73-73-75) … Tabbed to the 2018 SEC Community Service Team for his contributions in the community.

Summer 2017: Played in the Symetra Tour’s Firekeepers Casino Hotel Championship in Battle Creek, Michigan, her first time playing in a professional tournament … Teamed up with teammate Josephine Chang at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and made it to the round of 16 before falling in a playoff hole … Qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship by winning a local qualifier … Traveled to Panama as part of a UK Athletics service trip where she served people by serving lunch and playing games with at-risk youth that attend an inner-city school in Panama City, participated in building a community center in a poor neighborhood just outside the city, traveled to a rural school and ran a daylong sports clinic, and interacted with indigenous people from the Embera group along the Chagres River.

2016-17 (Freshman): One of two Wildcats to play in all 11 events … Freshman highlight was winning the individual match-play bracket at the East & West Match Play Challenge in Ann Arbor, Michigan … Closed out the Southeastern Conference Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, with a final-round 72 … One of five Wildcats to play at the NCAA Columbus Regional … Tied for 42nd at the SEC Championship with a season-best-tying 224 … Carded a 225 (73-77-75) at the PING ASU Invitational in Tempe, Arizona, and tied for 45th … Bounced back in the final round of the LSU Tiger Golf Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with an even-par 72 in the final round … Opened the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona, with a pair of 75s … Shot a 71 on the first day of the UCF Challenge in Orlando, Florida, and finished up with a 54-hole season best of 224 … Placed fifth in the dual match vs. Louisville in the Battle of the Bluegrass thanks to a first-round 72 … Fired a then-career-best 54-hole score of 229 at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, to close the fall … Competing as an individual only, went 2-0 in match play at the East & West Match Play Challenge to win the individual bracket championship … Qualified as the No. 1 seed for match play by shooting a 73 and a 72 in the first and second rounds of the stroke-play portion of the event, good for seventh place overall … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in spring 2017.

Summer 2016: Finished first on the Golf Week Junior Tour … Placed 10th at the American Junior Golf Association Coca-Cola Junior Championship … Played in the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions and the AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship.

Before UK: Named the 2015 Golf Association of Michigan Girls’ Player of the Year … A five-time champion at the junior level, including the Michigan Girls’ Amateur Championship … Also won the GAM Junior Invitational, the AJGA Coca-Cola Championship and the Michigan PGA Junior … Posted a third-place and qualifying finish at the 2015 U.S. Girls’ Junior Qualifier in West Chester, Illinois, in addition to several other top finishes … Ended her high school career ranked No. 37 overall in Golfweek’s 2016 rankings.

Personal: Born June 27 … Daughter of Todd and Laurie Shipley … Has an older sister, Gabrielle, who played golf at Grand Valley State … Nicknames include Ship, Chick, Ship-Fly and Ship-Shape … Played basketball until her sophomore year of high school … Was a part of her school’s yearbook staff in high school … Major is integrated strategic communication … Considers her most memorable moment of her golfing career to be a 67 she shot at a PGA junior qualifier at her home course.

Why she chose UK: “I chose to become a Wildcat because of the entire package, the coaches, the team members, the university, the location and everything they have to offer.”

Shipley’s Scorecard