Elise Fennell

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Caledonia
High School:
East Kentwood

Career Average: 74.4
Career Bests:
18 holes: 68 (Rio Verde Collegiate, Feb. 23, 2025, Rio Verde, Ariz.; Boilermaker Spring Classic, April 6, 2025, West Lafayette, Ind.)
36 holes: 138 (68-70, Boilermaker Spring Classic, April 6, 2025, West Lafayette, Ind.)
54 holes: 209 (68-70-71, Boilermaker Spring Classic, April 6-7, 2025, West Lafayette, Ind.)

2025-26 (sophomore at Illinois State):
• Led team with 74.9 average
• 69 at Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 16, 2025) and Lady Red Wolves Classic, Oct. 14, 2025
• Posted two rounds of 69, matching Dan Grace Schrock for best of the season among Redbirds
• Posted five of the six best rounds – two 69s, three 70s -- among players on the season
• Was Illinois State’s top finisher in 10 of 11 stroke-play tournaments with three top 10s.
• Finished T14 in Missouri Valley Conference Championship
• Reached the semifinals of the Golf Association of Michigan Women’s Amateur for the third consecutive year in 2026

2024-25 (freshman at Illinois State):
• Named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, First Team All-MVC, and to MVC All-Tournament Team
• Posted the two lowest tournament scores by an ISU freshman in program history, and five of the nine lowest tournament scores by a freshman in ISU women's golf history
• Set program freshman season records for rounds at or under par (14) and stroke average (73.85), the fourth lowest in program history regardless of class
• Finished T4 with 4-over 73-72-75 – 220 in helping Illinois State to first place finish at Missouri Valley Championship and NCAA Regional berth
• Had four top-10 finishing including a win at Boilermaker Spring Classic in West Lafayette, Ind.
• 209 total at Boilermaker Spring Classic tied for the second lowest 54-hole score in program history
• Named MVC Golfer of the Week after win at Boilermaker Spring Classic
High School/Junior: 2023 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state champion … also finished second (2022), T7 (2021) and T4 (2020) … two-time regional champion (2021, 2023) … two-time Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association All-State Super Team honoree, two-time First Team All-Stater … four-time OK Red Conference champion … won 53 junior tournaments including three GAM championships … won the 2022 Notah Begay Indiana Regional Championship with a 3-under 141, qualifying for the Girls National Championship where she finished 16th.