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2022-23 Catamount Women's Golf Roster

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Madison Isaacson

  • Hometown Greensboro, N.C.
  • High School Ragsdale HS
  • Class Fifth Year

Biography

2022-23 (Fifth-Year Senior): Played in all 11 of the team’s tournaments as a member of the Catamount scoring five … Finished the year with a seasonal scoring average of 74.37, third on the team, seventh in the Southern Conference, and third in WCU program history … Carded 29 of her 30 rounds shot in the 70s or better with three rounds in the 60s including a career-low round of 66 in the second round of the Jupiter Women’s Invitational - the 66 was tied for the lowest single-round in program history … Led the Catamount scoring five three times, finishing the year with four Top Five finishes … Matched her career-best finish, leading the squad with a first-place finish at the Aggie Invitational ... Tallied three, Top Five individual finishes in the fall semester ... Became just the fourth Catamount women’s golfer to earn multiple weekly awards from the SoCon as she was a two-time Southern Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week recipient … Earned SoCon Women's Golfer of the Week (Oct. 5) after helping guide WCU to its third team title of the fall semester with a runner-up finish at the Jupiter Women's Invitational in Florida … Collected her second SoCon weekly honor on Feb. 15 after winning all three of her individual matches in guiding WCU to the team championship at the Oyster Shuck Match Play ... Was named SoCon Women's Golfer of the Month for October after averaging 72.83 strokes per round over six rounds with three rounds of 73-or-lower and carded a total of 14 birdies in three tournaments … Paced WCU to a third-place finish at the SoCon Championship with a fourth-place individual finish … Named to the 2022-23 All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22 (Senior): Competed in all eight of the team’s seasonal stroke-play tournaments and both match-play events … Finished second on the team in scoring average at 76.42 over 24 seasonal rounds to rank 19th in the final SoCon rankings … Led the Catamounts in scoring twice over the eight stroke-play tournaments, posting a pair of Top 10 finishes … Shot in the 70s in 19 of her 24 rounds on the season, carding a career-low round of 70 at Charleston Southern’s Buccaneer Classic in the fall … Posted a season-best third-place finish at the French Broad Collegiate Invitational … Went 5-1 in her six individual match-play pairings over two events ... Named to the Spring 2022 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Junior): Played in all seven seasonal events as a member of the scoring five, finishing the year second on the squad in scoring average at 77.05 to rank 25th in the SoCon … Twice led the Catamounts in scoring, bookending the season with an 11th-place tie at the Mercer Invitational in the fall portion of the schedule and paced WCU in a tie for 17th at the 2021 SoCon Women’s Golf Championship … A combined 18 of her 19 rounds on the year were shot in the 70s including a season-low round of 73 posted twice – in the third round at the Mercer Invitational and the second round at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate where she finished in a season-best sixth-place tie ... … Won both of her matches in the Battle at Old South against golfers from both Jacksonville and Cincinnati ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Transfer competed in all seven of the team’s seasonal events, leading the team in scoring at four different events … Recorded four top 10 finishes and three inside the individual top five in her first season for the Purple & Gold … Paced the squad with a seasonal stroke average of 74.83, ranking inside the top 15 in the Southern Conference while also posting the third-best single-season scoring average in program history … All 18 seasonal rounds were carded in the 70s … Carded her WCU career-low round of 1-under par 71 twice – as a part of her medalist honors in the season-opening Judaculla Cup and what proved to be the final event of the season at the Kiawah Island Classic … Edged two competitors including freshman teammate Bailee Twiford in a one-hole playoff to claim individual medalist honors while pacing Western Carolina to a two-stroke edge over mountain-rival Appalachian State at the 2019 Judaculla Cup … Finished fourth at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate and third at the Hound Ears Intercollegiate, both in the fall portion of the schedule … Placed 10th at the Winthrop Fall Invitational ... Named 2020 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference and to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll … Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from UNCW after competing in nine tournaments including the NCAA Norman, Okla., regional as a freshman, posting a 79.35 scoring average … Shot in the 70s in 13 of her 23 seasonal rounds … Posted a career-best finish of 12th at the CAA Championship … Was named a WGCA All-American Scholar and received the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award for both the fall and spring semesters; At Ragsdale HS: Was a four-year letter winner and a four-time all-conference selection who twice was dubbed league Player of the Year … Won the 4A Central Regional title and placed sixth at the state championship … Two-time winner of the TYGA Archdale-Trinity Junior Championship and finished in a tie for second-place at PBK Masters in 2016 and 2018.

Personal: Full name is Madison Nicole Isaacson … Is the daughter of Joanna and Jon Isaacson … Was born in Albemarle, N.C.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

  • 2022-23Fifth Year