Emily Knouff

Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services

Class:
Senior
High School:
Fort Loramie
Hometown:
Fort Loramie, Ohio

Career Awards
• WGCA All-America Scholar (2018, 2019)
• Academic All-MAC (2019)
• Ball State Most Improved Golfer (2018)

2020-21 (Sr.): Did not compete.

2019-20 (Jr.): Competed in three events and nine total rounds as an individual … managed a stroke average of 82.00 … season was cut short when the last three spring tournaments, including the MAC Championships, were canceled because of COVID-19 … had her best finish with a tie for 37th at the Jackrabbit Invitational, which proved to be the final tournament of the season … carded season-best scores of 79 in both of the final two rounds of the Jackrabbit … tied for 39th at The Preview at Silver Lake.

2018-19 (So.): WGCA All-America Scholar ... Academic All-MAC ... competed in all 12 events, including 11 of them as part of the Ball State lineup … managed a 79.60 scoring average over 30 stroke play rounds … had her best career finish with a tie for 15th at The Fall Preview … posted a career-best 54-hole score of 227 at the event … fired a career-best round of 74 in round two of the Spring Break Shootout … posted a second top-25 finish with a tie for 23rd at the Hoya Invitational … led the Cardinals at the Ball State Sunshine Invitational, earning 1.5 points over her three matches.

2017-18 (Fr.): Named Ball State's Most Improved Player ... WGCA All-America Scholar ... finished second on the team with a 79.00 stroke average … competed in nine of the Cardinals’ 11 stroke play events … played in all six spring events as part of the BSU lineup … Ball State’s second-best finisher at the MAC Championships (T-26) … had her best finish of the season with a tie for 23rd out of 97 golfers at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational … had her season-best round of 75 on the final day at Rio Verde on the way to her season-best 54-hole total of 229 (+19) ... went 2-1-0 in match play at the Ball State Sunshine Invitational.

High School: An all-state golfer at Fort Loramie… rated as highly as No. 1 in the Golfweek Midwest rankings … won nine junior tournaments during her high school years, including victories on the Southern Ohio Junior Golf Association, Golfweek Junior Tour and Hurricane Junior Golf Association … two-time champion of the Hurricane event at Delaware Country Club in Muncie … twice named the Lima Junior Golf Association Player of the Year … set two course records, firing a 65 at Echo Hills Golf Club in Piqua, Ohio, and a 67 at Shelby Oaks Golf Club in Sidney, Ohio.