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Elle Johnson

Class:
Senior*
Hometown:
Inman, S.C.
High School:
Spartanburg
Prev. College:
Florida State
Major:
Biological Sciences
Experience:
TR

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2023-24 (SENIOR): Participated in three tournaments during the 2023-24 season … Shot an average of 71.78 in 646 strokes … Three of her nine rounds during the season were below par … Garnered 27 birdies on the year, averaging 3.00 per round … Secured a top 20 spot at the Cougar Classic and shot a career best of 209 (-4) … Logged a career low 18-hole score of 67 (-4) in the first round of the Cougar Classic … Competed individually for the Rebels in the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate and the Puerto Rico Classic … Selected as an alternate for the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional and NCAA Championship .... Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 (SENIOR*): Posted a stroke average of 75.41 across her ten tournament appearances for the Rebels … Made her Rebel debut at the Cougar Classic, where her three-round total of 215 (+2) aided her in finishing tied for 34th … Nearly cracked the top 20 at The Ally after competing as an individual, shooting a 227 to finish 27th … Wrapped up her fall season with another individual performance at the Battle at the Beach, finishing 58th with a three-day scorecard of 223… Saw her best 54-hole (214) and individual finish (T8th) of the season at the Clemson Invitational… Carded a 35^th place finish at the SEC Championship with a score of 228 (+12).

FLORIDA STATE: Three-year letter winner for the Seminoles … 2022 and 2021 WGCA All-American Scholar … Three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection (2022, 2021, 2020) … A member of the Academic Dean’s List in 2021 and 2020 … Winner of the 2020 Golden Torch Award for women’s golf, which is awarded for outstanding academic achievement within Florida State Athletics … 2019 and 2020 Academic President’s List honoree, awarded to those with a 4.0 GPA … Ends her time at Florida State with a career stroke average of 75.61, ranking 19th in program history in the category … Scores of 73-75-73 at the 2022 NCAA Championships not only saw her finish tied for 65th individually, but also helped lead the Seminoles to the team’s first ever appearance in match play in program history … Played in 12 total tournaments while at FSU, with her 2021-22 season showing career-best marks in tournament appearances (5) and season stroke average (75.40) … Shot a career-best round of 69 (-3) while playing in the first round of the 2021 Valspar Augusta Invitational … Earned her career-best 54-hole score of 219 (+3) in 2019 at the Jim West Challenge … Saw a career-best finish in 2020 when she tied for 26th at the Florida State Match-Up … 2022 Florida Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Champion, where she shot a course record round of 65 (-6) at Coral Creek Club in Placida, Florida.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Spartanburg High School in 2019 ranked as the No. 3 player in the South Carolina Golf Association junior rankings…Earned two top-five state championships finishes as a junior and a senior… Individual State Champion, Regional Champion and finished as the Upperstate runner-up in South Carolina as a junior in 2017…Shot identical rounds of 71 to finish at two-under par in winning the 5A State Championship in 2017… Named the Spartanburg Herald–Journal Upstate Golfer of the Year in 2017 after winning the 5A State Championship… Earned 5A All-State honors as a junior and a senior … 5A Regional Champion in both 2015 and 2017… Earned 5A All-Region Honors in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 … Earned All-Region Honors and named the Co-Regional Player of the Year as a sophomore as she tied for medalist honors with a score of 70 in the Regional Championship Tournament … Six-time varsity letterman on the Spartanburg High School varsity team (2013-2018) … Helped the Vikings qualify as a team for the state tournament in 2016 as she led the team with a score of 72 … Finished in second place in the Region III-5A Tournament as a sophomore … Earned All-Region honors for the regional finish in 2015 … Won the individual championship at the Beth Daniel Junior Azalea Tournament with scores of 74-73 during the summer of 2016 – just prior to the beginning of her sophomore year at Spartanburg.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Heather and Jamie Johnson ... Has one sister, Emma … Born on March 26, 2001 ... Biological Sciences major.

YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year	Tourn.	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Best 18	Best 54	Top 5	Top 10	Top 20	Best Finish
2019-20*	3	9	682	75.78	71	219	0	0	0	T26
2020-21*	4	12	906	75.75	69	221	0	0	0	16
2021-22*	5	15	1,131	75.40	72	220	0	0	1	T18
2022-23	11	29	2,187	75.41	70	214	0	1	1	T8
2023-24	3	9	646	71.33	67	209	0	0	1	T20
Total	26	74	5,552	75.02	67	209	0	1	3	T8