Danielle Nicholson

Photo by: Ernie Aranyosi

Photo by: Ernie Aranyosi

Class:
Senior
High School:
Geneva
Hometown:
Geneva, Ohio

as a senior (Spring 2019) Led the Zips’ scoring efforts in 4-of-6 spring tournaments … posted a team-low 75.38 spring stroke average … recorded three rounds of par or better … carded one under-par tournament total (142, -2) … posted one tournament win at the Bucknell Spring Break Invitational … earned runner-up at the Hoya Invitational (219, +3) … finished in Top 25 in last 5-of-6 outings … went 2-0-1 in MAC Match Play Challenge … placed 28^th overall at the MAC Championships … finished the season with a team-best 75.43 stroke average (28 rounds) … recorded four rounds of par or better … landed in the Top 25 eight times … landed in Top 10 four times ... earned MAC Golfer of the Week (March 21) … selected to All-MAC second team … earned Academic All-MAC ... earned second Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar award

as a senior (Fall 2018): Appeared in all four fall events … posted two Top 10 and a Top 25 finish … carded one round of par or better … posted a team-best 75.5 fall stroke average (12 rounds) ... led Zips’ scoring efforts in 3-of-4 tournaments

as a junior (Spring 2018) Led the Zips’ scoring efforts is 5-of-6 spring tournaments … posted a team-low 74.25 spring stroke average … recorded three rounds of par or better … successfully defended her 2017 Rio Verde Championship with a 2018 win, improving by one stroke with a 214 (-2) score … fired a career-low 68 (-4) and 70 (-2) to secure title … posted two runner-up performances at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate (222, +6) and the Colonel Classic (144, E) … finished runner-up or better in last 3-of-5 tournaments … finished in Top 11 in last six outings … went 3-0 in MAC Match Play Challenge … placed 7^th overall at the MAC Championships … finished the season with a second-best 74.88 stroke average (27 rounds) … recorded five rounds of par or better … landed in the Top 12 eight times … three MAC Golfer of the Week awards in final six weeks of the season (March 1, March 22 and April 6) … Second Team All-MAC … earned Academic All-MAC … named 2018 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar … won 2018 Women’s Ohio State Amateur Championship

as a junior (Fall 2017): Appeared in all four fall events … posted two Top 15 finishes … carded two rounds of par or better … posted a second-best 75.82 fall stroke average (11 rounds)

as a sophomore (Spring 2017): earned medalist honors at Rio Verde Invitational during the spring season, 73-70-72 – 215 (-1), tying the all-time White Wing Individual Course record with the 1-under par 215 tournament total … finished the season with a 74.13 stroke average (31 rounds) … led the Zips’ scoring in 8-of-11 tournaments … captured two first place finishes and 10 Top 25 performances … placed seventh at the MAC Championships ... 12 rounds of par or better, including four 2-under 70 performances and a season-low 3-under 69 effort … earned MAC Golfer of the Week accolades twice, Oct. 6 and March 2 … selected First Team All-MAC … 2017 UA Female Athlete of the Year … earned Academic All-MAC … named 2017 MAC Women’s Distinguished Scholar Athlete

as a sophomore (Fall 2016): Led Akron’s scoring at 4-of-5 tournaments … posted a win at the Roseanne Schwartz Invitational (142, -2) and a runner-up finish at The Johnie Imes Invitational (213, -3) … finished in the Top 15 at all fall events … posted six rounds of par or better … fired under-par scores at two tournaments … recorded a 73.23 fall stroke average (13 rounds)

as a freshman (Spring 2016): Became Akron’s first Mid-American Conference Champion, winning individual medalist honors at the MAC Championships with a 5-under par 211-stroke three-round performance … Led the Zips’ scoring efforts in all five stroke-play events and posted a 3-0 match play record … Carded a team-best 75 stroke average over 15 rounds and finished in the Top 10 four times … Posted two school records with a career-best low-score 69 (-3) and low-round 211 (-5) … Completed the 2015-16 season with a team-low 74.96 stroke average, ranking eighth overall in MAC play … Finished in the Top 25 in 8-of-9 events, including six Top 10 finishes and two wins … Earned First-Team All-MAC, MAC Freshman of the Year, and All-Tournament Team honors … Named MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week (4/14/16)

as a freshman (Fall 2015): Appeared in All four events … Posted a second-best 74.91 stroke average over 11 rounds … Recorded her first collegiate tournament win at the Roseanne Schwartz Invitational (Oct. 4-5) … Established low round and low tournament scores of 73 (3^rd) and 224 (54 holes) at the Johnie Imes Invitational

at Geneva High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at GHS … was a four-time All-Ohio honoree, including a First-Team selection in 2011, 2013 and 2014 … won the 2011 Division I individual state championship with a score of 143, as well has helping Geneva to the team title in 2011 … led GHS to four top-10 finishes at the Division I state championships, including three top-five performances … earned nine medalist honors during her high school career … named the News Herald, Star Beacon and Premier Athletic Conference Player of the Year all four years of her career … also named NEOGGCA Player of the Year four-straight years … owns a career-low round of 65, which is the Erie Shores Golf Course and GHS record … also owns the Quail Hollow Country Club and Tamer Win Golf and Country Club course records

Personal: Born Feb. 15, 1997, in Geneva, Ohio … daughter of David and Linda Nicholson … comes from a golfing family, with her father and two cousins working as PGA golf course pros … her grandfather also works at a golf course … was featured on the Golf Channel at the age of nine for winning a skills challenge at the Junior PGA Championships … adolescent to young adult (AYA) biology/chemistry major.