Sarah Gallagher

Sarah Gallagher - Day 2 at the MAC Women's Golf Championships

Sarah Gallagher Setting Up her Putt at Brittany Kelly Classic

Sarah Gallagher - Brittany Kelly Classic

Photo by: Samantha Blankenship (Ball State Creative Services)

Photo by: Chad Smith

Photo by: Chad Smith

Photo by: BSU Photo Services

Photo by: Chad Smith

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School
Hometown:
Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Career Accolades Entering 2025-26 Season
2023-24 Second Team All-Mid-American Conference
2023-24 MAC All-Tournament Team
MAC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 29, 2024)
Two-Time CSC Academic All-District (2023-24 & 2024-25)
Three-Time WGCA All-American Scholar (2022-23, 2023-34 & 2024-25)
Two-Time Academic All-MAC (2023-24 & 2024-25)
Career Low Round: 70 (-2) in the opening round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17, 2024)
Career Low 36-Hole Event Score: 148 (75-73; +4) at the Puerto Rico Shootout (March 4-5, 2025)
Career Low 54-Hole Event Score: 215 (71-72-72; -1) at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational (Feb. 23-25, 2024)
Career Rounds At-Or-Below Par: 9
Career Stroke Average: 76.27

2024-25 (Junior): Appeared in all 10 team events for the Cardinals, playing all 29 rounds … turned in a career-low round of 70 (-2) to open play at the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17) … finished the event tied for 19th among the field of 72 golfers at +10 (70-79-77; 226) … was Ball State’s top finisher at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22), tying for 23rd among the 98-golfer field with a score of +2 (74-73-71; 218) … it was the second-lowest 54-hole total of her collegiate career … tied for team-low honors and for 19th among the field of 82 players at the rain-shortened Puerto Rico Shootout (March 4-5), shooting a career-low 36-hole total of +4 (75-73; 148) … also tied for the best individual finish for a Ball State golfer at the Georgia State Invitational (March 24-25) with a score of +9 (72-70-83; 225) and at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (April 12-13) with a score of +13 (79-78-72; 229) … finished second on the squad and tied for 16th overall at the MAC Championships (April 20-22) with a score of +12 (78-73-77; 228) … her season scoring average of 75.72 is the seventh-lowest single season mark in program history.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 11 team events for the Cardinals, playing all 31 rounds … earned Second Team All-MAC honors after finishing the season with a 75.84 stroke average … named to the MAC All-Tournament Team after leading the Cardinals and placing fourth overall with a score of +9 (73-79-73; 225) … tied for the team lead at the season-opening Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5), posting a score of +9 (75-74-76; 225) … Ball State’s top finisher at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 25-27), finishing the event at +8 (75-75-74; 224) … helped the Cardinals establish program records for a single round (285) and for a 54-hole tournament by shooting +4 (76-73-71; 220) at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24) … her final-round score of -1 (71) ties as the second-lowest round of her career and was the second-lowest round of BSU’s record-setting 285 … named the MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week after placing eighth at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational (Feb. 23-25) with a career low 54-hole score of -1 (71-72-72; 215) which ties as the fifth-lowest 54-hole score in program history … followed by ranking second on the squad at the Puerto Rico Classic (March 5-7) with a score of +9 (77-72-76; 225) … her season scoring average of 75.84 is the eighth-lowest single season mark in program history.

2022-23 (Freshman): Appeared in all 11 team events for the Cardinals, playing all 31 rounds … turned in her lowest score of the season to place sixth at the Brittany Kelly Cardinal Classic (Sept. 19-20), shotting +3 (72-76-71; 219) … her final round -1 (71) was her best round of the season … led Ball State in the next three events, starting with a seventh-place finish at the Butler Fall Invitational (Oct. 3-4) where she shot +18 (75-76-77; 228) on the par 70 course … followed with an 11th-place effort at the Rocket Classic (Oct. 10-11), shooting +16 (76-81-75; 232) … rounded out the run by shotting +12 (78-73-77; 228) at the Little Rock Golf Classic (Oct. 17-18) ... finished the season with a 77.19 scoring average.

High School: Played golf at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School in Burlington, Ontario, Canada … tied for eighth at the 2021 Ontario Jr. Girls Championship … tied for 11th at the 2021 Ontario Women's Amateur with a four-round total of +6 … tied for 18th at the 2021 Canadian Women's Amateur – produced a low round of 70 on the final day … tied for seventh at the 2020 Ontario Women's Amateur – with two rounds under par and a four-round score of +4 … 2020 Junior Female Athlete of the Year … 2019 Halton High School Champion … 2019 Ontario High School Champion.