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2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

AJ Hednerson / Georgia Southern
AJ Hednerson / Georgia Southern
AJ Hednerson / Georgia Southern

Haley Yerxa

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Ottawa, Ontario
  • High School Hillcrest

Biography

PRONUNCIATION

Honors and Awards

2023-24 CSC Academic All-District 
2023-24 First Team All-Sun Belt 
GS President's List Spring 2024
GS President's List Fall 2023
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2022-23 CSC Second-Team Academic All-American
2022-23 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
2022-23 second-team All-Sun Belt
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District
GS President’s List Spring 2023
GS President's List Fall 2022

Fifth Year (2023-24): Competed in ten events for the Eagles including one as an individual • Posted a 73.03 scoring average for the second-best in program history • Best finish was T6 at the Edisto Island Invitational • Notched five top-10 finishes and six top-20 finishes • Recorded 13 rounds of par or better and finished three tournament at even or under par 

Senior (2022-23): Posted a 74.96 scoring average in 10 events • Collected two top-5 finishes and six top-20s • Best finish was second place at Ford Invite • Best round was a 67 at Edisto Island.

Before Georgia Southern: Played three seasons at FGCU • Posted a 74.24 scoring average, good for second on the team, in 10 tournaments and 29 rounds last season • Had four top-10 and three top-5 finishes, including a win at the 44th Annual Pat Bradley • Shot 72-71 in the final two rounds of the First Coast Classic to take third and shot a pair of 68s to place third at the Spring Break Shootout • Took seventh at the Pinetree Country Club Women’s Collegiate • Named CoSIDA Academic All-District last season and is a two-time WGCA All-American Scholar and ASUN All-Academic selection.

Personal: Born March 24 • The daughter of Barry and Janice Yerxa • Has a sister, Meagan • Plays many instruments, including the flute, clarinet, oboe, piccolo, tenor saxophone and violin • Advanced piano player who teaches lessons on the side • Has a black belt in taekwondo.

Major: Graduated from FGCU with a degree in bio engineering • Working towards a graduate degree in biomedical engineering and plans to pursue a career in robotic technologies, most likely within the surgical industry.
 
Georgia Southern Career Snapshot
Year Starts Rds Strk Avg. Low Rd. Low 54 Top Finish Top-5 Top-10 Top-20
2022-23 10 27 2024 74.96 67-Edisto 214 (+1) 2-Ford 2 2 6
2023-24 10 29 2118 73.03 69-Edisto 212 (-4) T6-Edisto 0 5 6
Total 20 56 3922 74.00 67-Edisto 212(-4) 2-Ford 2 7 12
 
Georgia Southern Career Scorecard
2022-23
Tournament Score Par Finish
Mason Rudolph Invitational 75-76-76=227 +11 T55
Edisto Island Invitational 75-67-72=214 +1 5
The Southern 76-77-75=228 +12 11
FAU Paradise Invitational 79-80-73=232 +16 T67
Reynolds Lake Oconee Invite 75-76-73=224 +8 T12
Ford Invitational 73-72-145 +1 2
Valspar Augusta Invitational 72-73=145 +1 T14
Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic 73-77=150 +6 T42
Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate 74-78-83=235 +19 34
Sun Belt Championship 72-76-76=224 +8 T16
2023-24
Tournament Score Par Finish
Boilermaker Classic 73-71-71=215 -1 T9
Pacific NW Women's Invitational 70-75-74=219 +3 T20
Molly Invitational  73-73-70=216 E T23
Edisto Island Invitational 72-69-72=213 +3 T6
The Southern 78-72-73=223 +7 T9
Lady Puerto Rico Classic 72-70-70=212 -4 9
Spartan Suncoast Invitational 77-69=146 +5 T37
Valspar Augusta Invitational* 84-73-73=230 +6 T44
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 87-77-88=252 +13 T51
Sun Belt Championship 78-71-71=220 +4 T10
*Played as an individual

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Redshirt Senior

  • 2023-24Fifth Year