Honors and Awards
GS Honor Roll Spring 2024
GS Honor Roll Fall 2023
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
GS Dean's List Spring 2022
Senior (2024-25): Competed in two tournaments for the Eagles • Recorded a 79.42 season scoring average • Shot a season-low round 75 at The Southern to finish T48 • Tallied five birdies over five rounds
Junior (2023-24): Competed in six tournaments • Posted a season scoring average of 77.71 • Notched a top-20 finish at the Spartan Suncoast Invitational and shot a season-low 69 in the second round.
Sophomore (2022-23): Played in all 11 tournaments and posted a 76.27 scoring average • Notched four top-20 finishes, including a T14 in the Sun Belt Championship • Best finish was eighth at the Ford Invite • Best round was a 70 at the Yale Invite.
Freshman (2021-22): Played in the first two events of the season • Shot a season-best 73 in the second round of the Lady Paladin Invitational.
Athletic Highlights:
Ranked as high as second in South Carolina
Placed sixth in the 2020 5A State Championship
Tied for 12th at the 2021 CGA Vicki DiSantis Girls
Tied for 16th at the 2021 PKBGT National Tar Heel Classic
Tied for 26th at the 2021 SCJGA Junior Heritage
Named to South Carolina All Region Team from 2015-20
Named to South Carolina All State Team from 2016-20
Led Lexington High School to South Carolina AAAAA State title in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020
Was the South Carolina AAAAA Individual State Champion in 2019
Named SCAWS South Carolina Player of the Year in 2019
Named HSSR South Carolina Player of the Year in 2019
Tied for 10th at the National High School Golf Association Invitational
Posted five top-5 finishes in SCJGA events in 2016
Personal: Born Karlee Marie Vardas Oct. 6, 2002, in Destin, Florida • The daughter of Steve and Kathy Vardas • Has an older brother, Alec.
Major: Plans to major in business management.
| Career Snapshot |
| Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Strk |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low 54 |
Top Finish |
Top-5 |
Top-10 |
Top-20 |
| 2021-22 |
1 |
3 |
230 |
76.67 |
73-Paladin |
230 (+14) |
48-Paladin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2022-23 |
11 |
30 |
2288 |
76.27 |
70-Yale |
220 (+7) |
8-Ford |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| 2023-24 |
6 |
17 |
1321 |
77.71 |
72-Puerto Rico |
226 (+10) |
T20-Spartan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 2024-25 |
2 |
5 |
397 |
79.42 |
75-The Southern |
238 (+22) |
T48-Southern |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
20 |
55 |
4236 |
77.52 |
70-Yale |
220 (+7) |
8-Ford |
0 |
1 |
5 |
| Career Scorecard |
| 2021-22 |
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| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Lady Paladin Invitational |
80-73-77=230 |
+14 |
48 |
| 2022-23 |
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| Tournament |
Score |
Par |
Finish |
| Yale Invitational |
70-74-76=220 |
+7 |
T19 |
| Mason Rudolph Invitational |
82-75-74=231 |
+15 |
T66 |
| Edisto Island Invitational |
80-72-75=227 |
+14 |
T35 |
| The Southern |
77-81-77=235 |
+19 |
T26 |
| FAU Paradise Invitational |
74-74-81=229 |
+13 |
T61 |
| Reynolds Lake Oconee Invite |
76-78-78=232 |
+16 |
T36 |
| Ford Invitational |
73-76=149 |
+5 |
8 |
| Valspar Augusta Invitational |
78-78=156 |
+12 |
T65 |
| Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic |
77-79=156 |
+12 |
T71 |
| Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate |
73-78-79=230 |
+14 |
T13 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
72-77-74=223 |
+7 |
T14 |
| 2023-24 |
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| Tournament |
Score |
Par |
Finish |
| Edisto Island Invitational* |
83-75-73=231 |
+21 |
T62 |
| The Southern* |
83-74-79=236 |
+20 |
T46 |
| Lady Puerto Rico Classic |
77-77-72=226 |
+10 |
T58 |
| Spartan Suncoast Invitational |
77-69=146 |
+2 |
T20 |
| Valspar Augusta Invitational |
84-73-73=230 |
+14 |
T75 |
| Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic |
87-77-88=252 |
+36 |
89 |
| 2024-25 |
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| Tournament |
Score |
Par |
Finish |
| Tiger Classic* |
81-78=159 |
+15 |
T78 |
| The Southern* |
80-83-75=238 |
+22 |
T48 |
| *Played as an individual |
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