Ball State University Athletics
Women's Golf Signs France's Manon Tounalom
June 21, 2016 | Women's Golf
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State women's golf program has signed Manon Tounalom of Buchelay, France, to a National Letter of Intent.
Tounalom, who was schooled at Lycée Notre Dame and plays out of Saint-Nom-la-Bretéche Golf Club outside Paris, will join the Cardinals in the fall.
Over the past four years, Tounalom has posted three tournament wins and 26 top-10 finishes in 52 events. She has reached as high as No. 50 in the French Ladies Amateur Rankings and took sixth place at the 2015 French Ladies Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
"Manon is a talented golfer with a wealth of experience," Ball State coach Katherine Mowat said. "She has earned a high French national ranking and has proven she can compete with top amateurs in her country. She is eager to begin her studies at Ball State and will bring with her an incredible work ethic and desire to improve her golf game. I look forward to working with Manon, and I believe her impact on our program will be immediate."
Tounalom has finished among the top 25 in six of her seven events so far in 2016. She owns four top-10 results this year, including a victory at the Grand Prix du Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil in April.
Tounalom qualified for the French Junior Girls Championship the past two years. She has also competed in the French National Junior Team Championship, recording a career-best score of 69 at that event in both 2013 and 2014.
