2024-25 Women's Golf Roster

Courtney Vondracek
Stayson Isobe
Stayson Isobe
Stayson Isobe

Ellena Slater

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • High School Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
  • Hometown Kent, England

Biography

Academic Notes: Academic Notes: Majoring in health sciences-nutrition and foods... 2023 WGCA Academic All-American... 2023, 2024, 2025 Golden Eagle Scholar... 2023 Spring All-Big Sky Academic team.
 
Northern Arizona Personal Records (as of April 30, 2025)
Lowest 18-hole Score: 67, GCU Invitational (Spring 2023)
Lowest 36-hole Score: 140, Big Sky 54 for IX Invitational (Fall 2023)
Lowest 54-hole Score: 210, Big Sky 54 for IX Invitational (Fall 2023)
 
Career Statistics (as of April 30, 2025)
Events/Rounds: 25/72
Strokes/Average: 5,321/73.89
Rounds in the 60’s: 7
Rounds at Par or Better: 27
Best Place: 1st, Two Occasions: Red Rocks Invitational (Spring 2023 and Spring 2025)

2024-25 (Junior): Big Sky Golfer of the Week Mar. 19... Played in eight tournaments and 22 rounds during her junior season... Totaled 1,630 strokes for a scoring average of 74.09... Finished twice in the top-five, once in the top-10 and once in the top-20... Played eight rounds at par or better, including two in the 60's... Her best 18-hole score of 69 happened twice; in the third round of the Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational and the Red Rocks Invitational... Won the Red Rocks Invitational Individual title for the second time in her career... Her low 36-hole score of 143 came at the Edisto Island Invitational... Her low 54-hole score of 215 came at the same tournament... Earned Big Sky Golfer of the Week honors after her victory at the Red Rocks Invitational.
 
2023-24 (Sophomore): Second Team All-Big Sky… Competed in nine events and 26 rounds during her sophomore season… Totaled 1,935 strokes for a scoring average of 74.42… Notched three top-20 finishes, including one in the top-five and two in the top-10… Recorded 10 rounds at par or better and one in the 60’s… Her best event came at the Big Sky 54 for IX Invitational in the Fall where she finished fourth after shooting a personal best for 54 holes of 210… Also recorded a personal low for 36 holes during the tournament, carding a 140 after shooting a 68 in the first round… Finished tied for 26th at the Big Sky Championships.

2022-23 (Freshman): First Team All-Big Sky… Big Sky Golfer of the Week (March 22)… Played in eight events and 24 total rounds… Led the team as a freshman with a scoring average of 73.17… Finished in the top-five three, the top-ten six times, and the top-20 nine times during the year… Shot in the 60s in three rounds and recorded nine rounds at par-or-better… Her best finish of the season came at NAU’s home tournament, the Red Rocks Invitational, where she became the second-straight Lumberjack to win the event… Also finished fifth at the GCU Invitational and the Bobcat Desert Classic… Finished tied for 24th at the Big Sky Championships… At the GCU Invitational, she shot a 67 (-6) to tie a program record, becoming only the third Lumberjack in program history to record a round that low… Finished the event with a final score of 211 (-5) which ranks third all-time in program history… Her career-low for 36 holes was recorded at the Red Rocks Invitational where she shot a 142 in the first two rounds.

High School: Runner-up at 2022 English U25 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship...Won three consecutive Kent Girls Under 18 Championships from 2019-21...Shot 5-under par to win Frilford Jackson Bowl in 2021...Three-time winner of Kent Race to St. George...Selected as Kent County Junior Girl's captain in 2022...Part of Kent County Girls' team that placed second at 2021 South Region Girl's Junior Country match week...Member of second-place Kent County Women's team at 2019 South Region Women's County match week...Also danced and played netball at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls.

Personal: Born April 5...Parents are Paula Bayliss and Richard Slater...Has two older sisters, Grace and Isabelle...Is a thrill-seeker and loves going to theme parks...Other hobbies include reading, listening to music and going on nature walks...Aspires to be a professional golfer...Chose NAU because she was instantly drawn to stunning aesthetic of the Flagstaff campus and connected with Coach Bedortha.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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    5'6"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

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    5'6"
  • 2024-25Junior

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    5'6"