2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

Stayson Isobe
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Brian Burke
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Larry Lawson
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Wes Salonen

Lorel Hayward

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Highland
  • Hometown Mesa, Ariz.

Biography

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science...Five-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) ... Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2021 and 2022.

Northern Arizona Personal Records (as of April 5, 2024)
Lowest 18-hole Score: 69, The Clash at Boulder Creek (Fall 2022)
Lowest 36-hole Score: 144, Ron Moore Intercollegiate (Fall 2022)
Lowest 54-hole Score: 214, The Clash at Boulder Creek (Fall 2022)

Career Statistics (as of April 5, 2024)
Events/Rounds: 35/103
Strokes/Average: 7,977/77.45
Rounds in the 60’s: 1
Rounds at Par or Better: 11
Best Place: T-4th, Big Sky Championships (Spring 2022)

2023-24 (Fifth Year): Competed in eight events and 24 rounds during her final year as a Lumberjack… Totaled 1,812 strokes for a scoring average of 75.50… Recorded three rounds at par or better… Best finish came at the Big Sky 54 for IX Invitational where she tied for 12th after shooting a 221… Lowest round of 18 came at The Clash at Boulder Creek where she recorded a 70… Shot a 148 for her lowest 36-hole score at The Clash of Boulder Creek.

2022-23 (Senior): Honorable Mention All-Big Sky… Played in nine contests and 26 total rounds for the Lumberjacks… Earned a scoring average of 75.92 which was a career-best… Recorded five rounds at par or better… Finished inside the top-10 once, earning a ninth-place finish at the Clash of Boulder Creek where she shot a 214 for a 54-hole career low… At the Clash of Boulder Creek, she shot a 69 (-3) in the third round for her first career round in the 60s… She also set a new career 36-hole low of 144 on three different occasions… Tied for 49th at the Big Sky Championships after being substituted in for the final two rounds.

2021-22 (Junior): Big Sky All-Tournament Team...Tied for fourth at Big Sky Championship (+3, 219)...Set new career-bests in scoring average (77.20), low round (2-under par 70) and low tournament score (+3, 219)...Also recorded first three par or better rounds of career...Averaged 75.87 per round over last five tournaments compared to 78.53 over first five tournaments...Shot low round (2-under par 70) at GCU Invitational...Tied for 22nd at Red Rocks Invitational (+6, 222)...Finished breakout season with 59th-place finish at NCAA Albuquerque Regional (+18, 234)...Recorded two top-20 individual finishes...Played 10 tournaments and 30 total rounds...Received NAU's True Blue Award at 2022 Louie's.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Competed in five of seven tournaments...Posted best performance of the season at Big Sky Championship, tying for 32nd (+25, 241)...Recorded season-low round of 79 (+7) four times including final round of the conference championship...Totaled second-lowest 54-hole score at Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (+26, 242)...Averaged 81.80 over 15 rounds during the spring.

2019-20 (Freshman): Competed in three tournaments and played eight rounds during abbreviated freshman season...Tied for 77th at Hobble Creek Fall Classic (+23, 236) in first career tournament...Turned in best round of season of 77 (+6) in final round of Hobble Creek Fall Classic...Tied for 94th (+32, 248) and 76th (+20, 164) respectively at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and Gand Canyon Spring Invitational respectively...Recorded stroke average of 81.00.

High School: Graduated from Highland High School and trained under coach Alex Black...Tied for 10th at 2018 Arizona DI Girls State Championship...Two-year team captain...Team tied for fifth at state championships as a senior...Team also won Prescott Invitational during senior year.

Personal: Born May 6...Hails from Mesa, Ariz.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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