2022-2023 Women's Golf Roster

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Lauren Sims

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Skyline
  • Hometown Front Royal, Va.

Biography

2021-22 - Junior - Earned first team All-State honors (VaSID) ... Qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championships, becoming just the third Captain ever to participate in the postseason event ... Put together an historically great season, finishing second on the team with a 77.2 stroke average to rank third on the all-time single season list ... Became the first player in program history to record four rounds at par or better in her career ... Set the Captains' 54-hole record when she came in 8th with a  217 (72-74-71) at the Jekyll Island Women's ... Finished with a 23-over 238 (83-78-78) at the National Championship ... Appeared in all six events, finishing with a pair of top-ten efforts ... Added a 5th place showing at the Historic Triangle, shooting a 152 (81-71) 

2020-21 - Sophomore - Continued her award-winning tenure with a spot on the second-team All-State squad … Came in fifth at the VSGA Intercollegiate in April after collecting a two-round 162 (85-77) during the state championship in April … Notched a season-best 76 during the final round of the Golfweek Spring Invitational … Finished that tournament with a three-round 248 (86-86-76), which placed her 17th in the field … Also finished 23rd at the Savannah Invitational with a two-round 172 (90-82) during her first appearance of the year in March … Came back with a three-round 253 (81-89-83) at the Jekyll Island Intercollegiate … Wrapped up the year with an 83.5 stroke average over 10 total rounds … Also nabbed Academic All-Conference plaudits for her work in the classroom.
 
2019-20 - Freshman - Orchestrated a decorated debut while hauling in second-team All-State nods for her performance during the year … Played all 10 rounds and ranked third on the team with an 81.9 stroke average … Finished fifth at the VSGA Intercollegiate after carding a 78 during the state tournament … Posted her finest effort of the year with a 76 during the second round of the Golfweek Fall Invitational in October … Tied for 29th at that competition after registering a three-round 237 (82-76-79) … Made her collegiate debut at the NCAA Fall Preview and placed 43rd overall with a three-round 255 (88-84-83) … Came back with an 86 during the Tartan Invitational in October … Also threw down a two-round 163 (82-81) at the Savannah Invitational in March, which placed her 29th overall

At Skyline - Excelled on the golf team for four years with the Hawks … Secured All-Region accolades as a junior and senior … Also picked up All-Conference plaudits for her work during her final three seasons … Claimed the district title and tied for eighth at the VHSL State Championships during her junior season … Was a three-year team captain
 
Personal - Lauren Elizabeth Sims is the daughter of Randy and Kimberly Sims … Brooke Henderson is her favorite athlete and the most impressive person she has ever met … Arnold Palmer is the person in history she would most like to meet … “The Parent Trap” is her favorite movie, and “Gossip Girl” is her favorite TV show … Her dream vacation would be a trip to Hawaii … Majoring in business management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-2020Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2020-2021Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2021-2022Junior

    5'3"
  • 2022-2023Senior

    5'3"