2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton
Logan Taylor
Logan Taylor
Maxwell Bennett

Elaine Grant

Elaine Grant

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Business Administration
  • Hometown:
    Chillicothe, Ill.
  • High School:
    Illinois Valley

Summary

Biography


 

UIS:
2025-26 (Fall) - 
Set the UIS record with a four-under-par 68 in the final round of the first event of the fall, the UIndy Fall Invitational. Won the Dan Salisbury Memorial at the home Piper Glen course in a playoff after shooting nine-over-par 225 (74-74-77) in the event. Runner-up at the KC Cup with a 36-hole total of 148 (76-72), including a one-under-par 72 on the par 73 course in the final round. Led the team in the fall with a 74.7 scoring average and was the low Star in 10 of the 13 rounds.

2024-25 - First-team All-GLVC selection … tied the UIS record with a 69 in the final round at the Kentucky Wesleyan Invitational … set the UIS record with a 215 (74-70-71) in the UMSL Spring Invitational … won the Flyer Spring Invitational hosted by Lewis with 3-over-par 147 (73-74) in the 36-hole event … had seven top 10 finishes in 11 events including runner-up at the Kansas City Cup with a 225 (77-75-73 +9) … placed third at the Kentucky Wesleyan Fall Classic and the UMSL Spring Invitational … was fourth in the GLVC Tournament with a 227 (72-74-81), helping the Stars finish fourth and advance to the match play portion of the event … won her match-play contest, defeating UMSL’s Hillary Currier with a birdie on 16 to tie and a par on 17 to take the lead and win by one stroke … carded a 10-over-par 226 (77-74-75) at the NCAA Regional to place 11th … led the team with a 74.8 scoring average over 30 rounds …. had the team-low score in 26 of the 30 rounds … all 30 rounds scored for the Prairie Stars … has a 77.7 career average in GLVC championship play with a low of an even par 72 in 2025 … has now played in three straight regionals, averaging 75.2 strokes over the nine rounds … has 12 all-time NCAA rounds including the 2024 national championship, averaging 75.3, including a 72 in the opening round of the national event.

2023-24 - Qualified for the NCAA Championship where she set the UIS scoring mark for the event with a 226 (72-74-80). She had seven birdies over the 54 holes. Earned the berth by finishing tied for third at the NCAA Regional with a 225 (75-77-73). Earned First-Team All-GLVC honors when she placed third at the conference championships with a 233 (79-78-76). Led the team with a 76.3 stroke average over 29 rounds. Was the low scorer on the team in 16 of the 29 rounds and was a scorer in 25. Finished in the top 10 five times during the season, including four of the six spring outings. Helped the team record three third-place finishes during the campaign and place sixth in the GLVC Tournament, earning the program’s third NCAA regional berth. Earned Jimmy John’s Athlete of the Month in April 2024. Received Academic All-GLVC distinction since her GPA exceeded 3.30. 

2022-23 - One of the top freshman in the GLVC ... played a major role in program's first GLVC Championship, defeating one of the top golfers in the nation in match play semifinals for the team to advance to GLVC Match Play Finals ... became program record holder in a number of statistics including single-season par three scoring. 

High School:
Three-time IHSA State Finals Qualifier, 5th place in 2021, 14th place in 2019, 8th place in 2018, 2020 regional champion ... four-time Illini Prairie All-Conference selection ... conference champion during junior season (2019) with a career-low round of 68 ... three-year captain of Illinois Valley High School boy's golf team, 4th place finisher at IVC Boy's Invitational, 2nd overall and 1st place team at Princeton Boy's Invitational (2021)

Personal:
Daughter of Shaun and Monica Grant ... has two siblings, Morgan and Howie.

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