2017-18 Women's Golf Roster
Manon Tounalom
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Lycée Notre Dame
- Hometown:
- Buchelay, France
Career Honors
• WGCA All-America Scholar (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Academic All-MAC (2018, 2019)
• MAC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 19, 2019)
• Ball State Most Valuable Golfer (2018, 2019)
• Ball State Freshman of the Year (2017)
Graduated with the second-best career scoring average in program history (76.90), trailing only Brittany Kelly's school-record mark of 76.43 from 2007-11 ... boasted three of the top seven single-season scoring averages in program history ... provided a counting score in 111 of her 118 career rounds (94 percent), including all 51 rounds over her final two seasons.
2019-20 (Sr.): A WGCA All-America Scholar ... competed in all eight events and 24 rounds as part of the BSU lineup … led the team with a 76.58 stroke average … season was cut short when the last three spring tournaments, including the MAC Championships, were canceled because of COVID-19 … BSU’s top finisher three times … provided a counting score in all 24 rounds … finished in the top-25 in six events, including three top-10’s … opened the season with back-to-back top-5’s … tied for third at the Redbird Invitational to lead BSU to third as a team … placed fourth the next week at the Cardinal Classic to lead BSU to the team title … named MAC Golfer of the Week for that performance ... matched her career-best 54-hole total of 217 (+1) at the Redbird Invite and fired her season-best round of 70 (-2) – the lowest round of the year by a BSU golfer – in the second round … took seventh in a field of 26 golfers in the spring opener at the Battle at Boulder Creek … tied for 12th at The Preview at Silver Lake to help BSU to a third-place team finish … tied for 18th at the Rio Verde Invitational and 21st at the Jackrabbit Invitational in what proved to be the final tournament of the season.
2018-19 (Jr.): Named Ball State's Most Valuable Golfer ... a WGCA All-America Scholar ... Academic All-MAC ... led Ball State with a 75.85 scoring average over 27 stroke play rounds … provided a counting score in every round she played ... boasted an overall head-to-head record of 475-179-21 … posted top-20 finishes in six of her nine tournament starts and had top-15 results in five of them … finished runner-up out of 84 golfers at Illinois State’s Redbird Invitational … tied for eighth at Georgetown’s Hoya Invitational … carded a career-best 54-hole total of 217 twice -- the Redbird Invitational and the Spring Break Shootout, where she carded a season-best round of 69 … tied for 11th of 87 golfers at Ball State’s Cardinal Classic, 12th of 87 golfers at the Spring Break Shootout and 15th of 74 golfers at The Fall Preview.
2017-18 (So.): Named Ball State's Most Valuable Golfer ... a WGCA All-America Scholar ... Academic All-MAC ... led Ball State with a 76.65 scoring average … provided a counting score in 30 of BSU's 31 rounds ... the Cardinals’ top finisher in nine of the team’s 11 stroke play tournaments … had seven top-25 finishes and three top-10 results … carded a score higher than 79 in only four of her 31 rounds … went undefeated (2-0-1) at the Ball State Sunshine Invitational match play event … tied for 10th out of 100 golfers at Bowling Green’s Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, a tournament that featured eight MAC teams … tied for ninth of 90 golfers at Eastern Kentucky’s Colonel Classic … tied for 10th of 75 golfers at Illinois State’s Redbird Invitational … tied for 15th to lead Ball State at the MAC Championships … carded a season-best score of 71 (-1) in the opening round of Kentucky’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational and backed it up with a 73 in round two … posted a season-best 54-hole mark of 225 (+9) at Ball State’s Cardinal Classic.
2016-17 (Fr.): Ball State’s Freshman of the Year … played in all 12 events and 36 rounds … provided a counting score for the team in 30 of them … recorded a 78.11 scoring average … had an overall head-to-head record of 519-338-21 … managed six top-25 finishes and two top-10s… had her best finish with a tie for fifth at the Ball State Sunshine Invitational in Florida … fired a career-best round of 4-under-par 68 on the final day of the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii … it was the second-best round in Ball State women’s golf history … ended that event with a season-best score of 224 (+8) and finished ahead of three top-100 players … placed 10th at the EKU Colonel Classic at 230 (+14) … followed that with a 226 (+10) to tie for 13th at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate … helped Ball State to team victories at both Kingsmill and EKU.
Pre-Ball State: Attended Lycée Notre Dame played golf out of Saint-Nom-la-Bretéche Golf Club outside Paris ... posted three tournament wins and 26 top-10 finishes in 52 events from 2013-16 ... reached as high as No. 50 in the French Ladies Amateur Rankings ... took sixth place at the 2015 French Ladies Amateur Stroke Play Championship ... managed six top-25 finishes and four top-10's in seven events in 2016, including a victory at the Grand Prix du Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil... qualified for the French Junior Girls Championship in 2014 and 2015 ... competed in the French National Junior Team Championship, recording a career-best score of 69 at that event in both 2013 and 2014.
Personal: Daughter of Dany and Catherine Tounalom... has one sister, Sophie ... born June 16, 1998 in Lannion, France ... majoring in business administration.
