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 |
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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 |
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|
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 |
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