2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

Madelyn Young
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mount Carmel
- Hometown:
- Mount Carmel, Ill.
Career Accolades Entering 2025-26 Season
Two-Time WGCA All-American Scholar (2023-24 & 2024-25)
2024-25 Academic All-MAC
Career Low Round:Â 72 (E) in the third round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22, 2024)
Career Low 36-Hole Event Score:Â 151 (75-76; +7) at the Players Club Invitational (Sept. 1-2, 2023) and 151 (75-76; +11) at the Red Wolves Fall Tournament (Oct. 13-14, 2023)
Career Low 54-Hole Event Score:Â 231 (81-78-72; +15) at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22, 2024)
Career Rounds At-Or-Below Par:Â 1
Career Stroke Average:Â 78.78
2024-25 (Sophomore): Appeared in five events, playing 14 rounds on the season … turned in a career-low round of E (72) to close play in the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22) … the effort helped her finish the tournament with the lowest 54-hole total of her collegiate career at +15 (81-78-72; 231) … was Ball State’s fourth-best finisher at the rain-shortened Puerto Rico Shootout, placing 40th among the 82-player field at +8 (77-75; 152) … opened the season by placing 35th among 72 golfers at the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17) with a score of +17 (76-73-84; 233) … also shot +17 (77-80-76; 233) at the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 20-22) … closed her season with a score of +24 (77-84-79; 240) at the Georgia State Invitational (March 24-25) … finished the season with a 77.79 scoring average.
2023-24 (Freshman): Appeared in seven events, playing 18 rounds on the season … opened her collegiate career with a season-low round of 75 (+3) in the first round of the Players Club Invitational (Sept. 1-2) and followed with a 76 (+4) to place fourth among the field of 65 golfers at 151 (+7) … also opened the Red Wolves Fall Tournament (Oct. 13-14, 2023) with a 75 (+5) and added a 76 (+6) in the second round to finish second among the 47-golfer field at 151 (+11) … turned in a season-low 54-hole score of +20 (83-75-78; 236) in Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19), including her second of three rounds at 75 over the course of the season … finished her freshman campaign by placing 28th among the 77 golfers at the Lady Jaguar Invitational (April 13-14) with a score of +13 (76-81; 157) … finished the season with a 79.56 scoring average.
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High School: Played golf for Mount Carmel High School … captured the 2022 Illinois Class 1A State Championship by four strokes with a score of -7 (69-68; 137) … her score of 137 is the second-lowest by any player on any course in Illinois Class 1A State Championship history … tied for 11th at the 2021 Illinois Class 1A State Championship … helped guide Mount Carmel to team championships in both seasons … runner up at the 2022 Golfweek Junior Tour at Hueston Woods.
Two-Time WGCA All-American Scholar (2023-24 & 2024-25)
2024-25 Academic All-MAC
Career Low Round:Â 72 (E) in the third round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22, 2024)
Career Low 36-Hole Event Score:Â 151 (75-76; +7) at the Players Club Invitational (Sept. 1-2, 2023) and 151 (75-76; +11) at the Red Wolves Fall Tournament (Oct. 13-14, 2023)
Career Low 54-Hole Event Score:Â 231 (81-78-72; +15) at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22, 2024)
Career Rounds At-Or-Below Par:Â 1
Career Stroke Average:Â 78.78
2024-25 (Sophomore): Appeared in five events, playing 14 rounds on the season … turned in a career-low round of E (72) to close play in the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22) … the effort helped her finish the tournament with the lowest 54-hole total of her collegiate career at +15 (81-78-72; 231) … was Ball State’s fourth-best finisher at the rain-shortened Puerto Rico Shootout, placing 40th among the 82-player field at +8 (77-75; 152) … opened the season by placing 35th among 72 golfers at the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17) with a score of +17 (76-73-84; 233) … also shot +17 (77-80-76; 233) at the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 20-22) … closed her season with a score of +24 (77-84-79; 240) at the Georgia State Invitational (March 24-25) … finished the season with a 77.79 scoring average.
2023-24 (Freshman): Appeared in seven events, playing 18 rounds on the season … opened her collegiate career with a season-low round of 75 (+3) in the first round of the Players Club Invitational (Sept. 1-2) and followed with a 76 (+4) to place fourth among the field of 65 golfers at 151 (+7) … also opened the Red Wolves Fall Tournament (Oct. 13-14, 2023) with a 75 (+5) and added a 76 (+6) in the second round to finish second among the 47-golfer field at 151 (+11) … turned in a season-low 54-hole score of +20 (83-75-78; 236) in Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19), including her second of three rounds at 75 over the course of the season … finished her freshman campaign by placing 28th among the 77 golfers at the Lady Jaguar Invitational (April 13-14) with a score of +13 (76-81; 157) … finished the season with a 79.56 scoring average.
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High School: Played golf for Mount Carmel High School … captured the 2022 Illinois Class 1A State Championship by four strokes with a score of -7 (69-68; 137) … her score of 137 is the second-lowest by any player on any course in Illinois Class 1A State Championship history … tied for 11th at the 2021 Illinois Class 1A State Championship … helped guide Mount Carmel to team championships in both seasons … runner up at the 2022 Golfweek Junior Tour at Hueston Woods.
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