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The University of the South

2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

Reily Rogers
Reily Rogers
Reily Rogers
Reily Rogers
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Owen Howell

Merrick Semans

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School R.J. Reynolds
  • Hometown Winston-Salem, N.C.

Biography

Career Accolades:

  • All-SAA First Team (2023)
  • All-SAA Second Team (2022)
  • SAA Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)
  • University of the South Dean’s List
    • 2022-23 (Easter)
  • SAA All-Sportsmanship Team (2022)

Career Results (after 2022-23 season):

  • Played in 19 tournaments (43 total rounds)
  • Shot a total of 3,433 strokes, averaging 79.84 strokes per round
  • Low round: 70 (Second Round at the Golfweek Invitational, Oct. 17, 2022)
  • Low 54-hole tournament: 225 Jekyll Island Women’s Collegiate, March 18-20, 2022)
  • Low 36-hole tournament: 146 (MCC Women’s Intercollegiate, Sept. 25-26, 2022)
  • Low 18-hole tournament: 87 (Dual vs. St. Catherine, April 2, 2021)

2022-23

Awards:
  • All-SAA First Team
  • SAA Academic Honor Roll
  • University of the South Dean’s List for Easter Semester
Season Results (stats):
  • Final GolfStat National Individual Ranking: 62nd
  • Played in eight tournaments (19 total rounds)
  • Shot a total of 1,472 strokes, averaging 77.47 strokes per round
  • Relative to par, averaged a +5
  • Low round: 70 (Second Round at the Golfweek Invitational, Oct. 17)
  • Low 54-hole tournament: 227 (2023 SAA Championships, April 28-30)
  • Low 36-hole tournament: 146 (MCC Women’s Intercollegiate, Sept. 25-26)
  • Scored one top-five finish
  • Scored three top-10 finishes

2021-22

Awards:
  • All-SAA Second Team
  • SAA Academic Honor Roll
  • SAA All-Sportsmanship Team
Season Results (stats):
  • Final GolfStat National Individual Ranking: 111th
  • Played in eight tournaments (19 total rounds)
  • Shot a total of 1,514 strokes, averaging 79.68 strokes per round
  • Relative to par, averaged a +8
  • Low round: 73 (First Round at the Jekyll Island Women’s Collegiate, March 18)
  • Low 54-hole tournament: 225 (Jekyll Island Women’s Collegiate, March 18-20)
  • Low 36-hole tournament: 155 (Savannah Invitational, March 7-8)
  • Scored one top-10 finish

2020-21

Season altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Season Results (stats):
  • Played in three tournaments (five total rounds)
  • Shot a total of 447 strokes, averaging 89.40 strokes per round
  • Relative to par, averaged a +17
  • Low round: 84 (Second and Third Rounds at the 2021 SAA Championships, April 24 and 25)
  • Low 54-hole tournament: 271 (2021 SAA Championships, April 23-25)
  • Low 18-hole tournament: 87 (Dual vs. St. Catherine, April 2)

On-Campus at Sewanee: Order of the Gown … Theta Pi sorority … 

Prep: Played four seasons with the golf program at RJ Reynolds High School … Four-time All-Conference … Two-time All-State … Also lettered with the basketball and field hockey teams for the Demons … 

Personal: Daughter of William and Emily Semans … One brother, Mac, and one sister, Carver … Majoring in Environment and Sustainability with an Economics minor …

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior

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