Georgia Southern University Athletics

Honors and Awards
2020-21 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
2019-20 WGCA All-American Scholar
2019-20 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
2018-19 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
2018-19 WGCA All-American Scholar
2017-18 WGCA All-American Scholar
2017-18 Sun Belt Commissioner's List

Senior (2020-21): Competed in three events and played in the lineup at the UNF Collegiate • Tied for eighth at the Strutter Gus Invitational for the second-best finish of her career • Shot a season-low 73 in the final round of the Strutter • Named to GS President’s List in the fall and spring • Finished career with three top-10 finishes and four top-20s.

Junior (2019-20): Played in five tournaments and tallied a 77.33 scoring average, the third best on the team • Posted two top-25 finishes • Shot 225 (+12) and tied for 15th at the Jupiter Invitational • Shot a 231 (+15) to tie for 25th in the season opener at the Pirate Collegiate Classic • Carded a season-low 72 twice – at the Pirate Collegiate Classic and the Jupiter Invitational • Named to GS President's List in the fall and in the spring.

Sophomore (2018-19): Posted a 79.42 scoring average in nine events • Her 10th-place finish at The Strutter April 1 was her best of the season and the second best of her career • Named to the GS President's List in the fall and the Dean's List in the spring.

Freshman (2017-18): Played in all 11 tournaments and tied for the team lead with 32 rounds • Shot 76-75=151 to tie for seventh in the Terrier Intercollegiate • The 75 was her lowest round of the season • Tied for third on the team with 47 birdies • Named to the GS Dean's List in the fall and the spring. 

Prep Highlights: Won 2016 FSGA Women's Four-Ball Championship • Qualified for the 2016 US Women's Amateur • Placed fourth at 2015 Florida Junior Tour Championship • FHSAA 2015 District Champion • Top-10 finish at AJGA • Two top-3 and nine top-10 Florida Junior Tour finishes • Three-time Jr. Grapefruit Classic Champion • Qualified for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship in 2015 and 2016 • 2015 Treasure Coast Junior Tour Champion • Placed 16th individual at 2013 FHSAA 3A State Championships (lowest freshman) and helped team take third • Team took seventh at 2014 FHSAA 3A State Championships.

Golf stuff:
- What is your lowest 18 hole score? 70
- Describe the best shot of your life. I was playing in the US Women’s Amateur and I had 175 yards to the pin from the ruff. I had to go around a huge tree to a small elevated green guarded by bunkers and a huge drop off in front of the green. My caddy told me to just lay up and make my par the easy way, but I saw exactly the shot I wanted so I took out my 5 iron and hit punch shot draw right around the tree and it hit the front of the green and I had a 6 foot birdie putt, which I made.
- What is the strongest part of your game? My driver and my distance
- When did you start playing your golf? What was your inspiration? I started playing when I was 7 years old because I would always want to go hang out with my dad when he played with his work friends.
- What would be your dream golf course to play? Augusta National
- What would be your ideal foursome? Rickie Fowler, Jordan Speith, and Rory McIlroy

Random thoughts:
- Best advice you ever received. My parents always told me to try my hardest at everything I do, and if it doesn’t turn out like you planned then at least you know you did all you could.
- If you had to live off one food for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Grilled Salmon and Broccoli
- What celebrity do you get mistaken for? Carrie Underwood
- What would you name the autobiography of your life? “Carpe diem” 

Think fast:
- Favorite vacation place. Italy
- Favorite food. Steak
- Favorite book. Hunger Games series
- Favorite restaurant. El Puerto Argentinian Café 
- Favorite holiday. Thanksgiving
- Favorite type of music. Alternative and Rap/Hip Hop

Personal: Born Sarah Heather Noonan March 18, 1999, in Eutin, Germany • The daughter of Kirk and Sabine Noonan • Has dual citizenship in the United States and Germany and speaks fluid German.

Major: Psychology.  

 

Career Snapshot
Year	Starts	Rds	Strk	Avg.	Low Rd.	Low 54	Top Finish	Top-5	Top-10	Top-20
2017-18	11	32	2572	80.37	73 (Kiawah)	232 (+19)	T7-Terrier	0	1	1
2018-19	9	26	2065	79.42	74 (UNF)	230 (+14)	10-Strutter	0	1	1
2019-20	5	15	1160	77.33	72 (Pirate)	225 (+12)	T15-Jupiter	0	0	1
2020-21	3	9	729	81.00	73 (Strutter)	233 (+17)	T8-Strutter	0	1	1
Totals	28	82	6526	79.59	72 (Pirate)	225 (+12)	T7-Terrier	0	3	4

Career Scorecard
2017-18
Tournament	Scores	Par	Finish
Marilynn Smith Invite	78-86-83=247	+31	T47
Lady Paladin Intercollegiate	83-77-80=240	+24	T79
Jacksonville Classic	81-81-82=244	+28	T69
Terrier Intercollegiate	76-75=151	+7	T7
Idle Hour Collegiate	82-86-83=251	+35	59
Texas State Invitational	81-76-75=232	+19	T43
Kiawah Island Classic	82-73-81=236	+20	T137
Spring Break Shootout	79-81-85=245	+29	67
Hennsler Intercollegiate	84-81-80=245	+29	T52
Charleston Invitational	77-79-77=233	+17	T61
Sun Belt Championship	82-86-80=248	+35	T47
2018-19
Tournament	Scores	Par	Finish
Lady Paladin Invitational	79-78-87=244	+28	87
Terrier Intercollegiate	81-84=165	+21	T63
Idle Hour Collegiate	84-77-79=240	+24	T59
Amelia Island Collegiate*	79-81-81=241	+25	T60
Kiawah Island Classic	81-76-78=235	+19	T149
UNF Collegiate	79-74-77=230	+14	T55
Auenue Spring Break Classic	81-80-79=240	+24	T33
The Strutter	79-79-76=234	+18	10
Sun Belt Championship	77-76-83=236	+20	T42
*Played as an individual
2019-20
Tournament	Scores	Par	Finish
Pirate Collegiate Classic	72-74-85=231	+15	T25
Lady Paladin Invitational	84-76-78=238	+22	T68
Jupiter Invitational	72-75-78=225	+12	T15
Idle Hour Collegiate	79-76-76=231	+15	T31
Amelia Island Collegiate	84-77-74=235	+19	T65
2020-21
Tournament	Scores	Par	Finish
The Strutter Gus Invitational*	81-79-73=233	+17	T8
UNF Collegiate	84-82-81=247	+31	84
Red Rocks Invitational*	82-85-82=249	+33	94