HaleyMills
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Tyler, Texas
- Major Communications
- High school University of Texas at Austin Online High School
2014-15 (Sophomore): Led the team with a 73.90 scoring average, just fractions off the school record set by Liz Breed 73.87 set during the 2013-14 season … Finished in the top 20 in seven of the 10 total tournaments, placing in the top five once and top 10 three times … Recorded 10 even- or under-par rounds on the season, a single-season school record … Finished in a tie for 10th place at the NCAA South Bend Regional after firing a 2-under-par round on the final day and a 3-over-par 54-hole total … Just missed out on qualifying for the NCAA Championships at the South Bend Regional, losing in a three-hole playoff to teammate Isabelle Johansson … Finished in a tie for 10th at the Bryan National Collegiate thanks to a final-day 72 … At the LSU Tiger Classic, she finished in a tie for 16th after carding a 2-under-par 70 on the final day, her lowest 18-hole score of the spring … Also carded a 70 in the final round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Fired consecutive 1-under-par rounds at the UCF Challenge and finished at even par and a tie for 19th place for the tournament … Held team low 54-hole score of 212 (1-under-par) and tied the 18-hole round team low of 69 at the Stanford Invitational, where she tied for 16th place as an individual … Tied for 16th place at the Mason Rudolph Championship after a 6-over-par 54-hole total … Collected two more under-par rounds at the “MO”Morial Invitational for a 54-hole total score of 216 (even par), her second lowest of the season, and grab her highest finish of fourth place.
2013-14 (Freshman): Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team on May 2, becoming just the second women’s golfer in program history to earn SEC All-Freshman Team honors … Tied for the team lead with two top-10 finishes and two top-20 finishes … Ranked second on the team with a season scoring average of 74.04 … Registered her third straight top-16 finish by tying for 16th at the Rebel Intercollegiate with a score of 220 (74-74-72) … Placed seventh at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic with another 54-hole score of 220 (73-73-74) … Named SEC Freshman Golfer of the Week after the seventh place finish in Baton Rouge … Became the first UK women’s golfer to earn SEC Freshman weekly honors … Tied for 12th at one of the most difficult tournaments in the country, the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a score of 219 (73-73-73) … Recorded a first-place finish in her first collegiate tournament, “MO”Morial Invitational, with final score of 3-under par, 213 (70-72-71).
Summer of 2013: Finished runner up and low amateur with rounds of 68-75 at the Texas State Open at the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas … Also played in the North-South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst and finished T30 with rounds of 75-74-73, making the first cut but only missing matchplay (low 16) by two shots.
High School: Owned a 76.6 scoring average with her low competitive round of 66 coming at the 2012 TJGT – Galleria – Dallas Classic at Tribute, where she won the event … In 2012, she claimed the TJGT Bridlewood Junior Championship and Texas Legends Winter Classic while advancing to match play at the USGA Girls Junior Amateur Championship … Made the first cut of the North Texas LPGA Shootout after posting scores of 73-71-76 … Qualified for the LPGA Shootout after winning the qualifying round with a score of 70 … Member of the 2012 AJGA HP Scholastic Honor Roll and won the 2011 TJGT Sooner Junior Major Championship … Also lettered in basketball during her freshman year.
Personal: Born July 22, 1994 … Daughter of Steve and Claire Mills … Her father, Steve, also played golf at UK … Has twin brothers, Connor and Ryan, who attend Texas A&M University … Plans to major in communications.
Mills’ UK Scorecard
Year | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Stroke Avg. | Low 18 | Low 54 |
2013-14 | 10 | 30 | 2,224 | 74.13 | 70 | 213 |
2014-15 | 10 | 30 | 2,217 | 73.90 | 69 | 212 |
Career | 20 | 60 | 4,441 | 74.02 | 69 | 212 |