2024-25 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
2023-24 (GRAD YEAR 1)
- Earned first team All-SAC accolades
- Posted a 75.69 stroke average
- Posted three top-five finishes, picking up a pair of victories
- Won the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate, carding rounds of 72, 70 and 73
- Picked up her fifth career victory at the home event, the Jerry Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate
- Posted rounds of 71, 72 and 71 for the victory, the second-best 54-hole total in program history
- Added a fifth-place showing at the Battle at Hilton Head with rounds of 74 and 76
- Added an 18th-place showing at the loaded field at the NCAA D2 Preview, shooting 75 and 72
2022-23 (SENIOR)
- Set the single-season Wingate scoring record (74.03)
- Qualified for the national championships and posted the first NCAA Division II top 10 national finish in WU golf history
- WGCA second team All-American earned first team All-SAC accolades
- Played in 12 events on the season, with nine top-10 finishes
- Won the LeeAnn Noble Memorial with rounds of 68, 74 and 71, with the 68 tying the school record for lowest round
- Her three-day total of 213 at the LeeAnn Noble is a 54-hole WU scoring record by three shots
- She is the only player in program history to finish a 54-hole tournament under par
- Was the runner-up at the NCAA Regionals to punch her ticket to nationals, shooting 76, 70 and 73
- Also notched a runner-up finish at the Battle at Hilton Head, carding rounds of 73, 76 and 69
- Finished third at the Flagler Fall Slam (75, 71) and fourth at the Spring Kickoff (78, 69)
- Posted a fifth-place finish at the SAC Tournament with rounds of 74, 73 and 73
- Shot 73, 74 and 70 at the national championships for her historic sixth-place finish
2021-22 (JUNIOR)
- Qualified for the NCAA postseason for the second straight season
- Earned All-SAC honors while leading Bulldogs with her 75.24 average score
- Tied for fifth at the 2022 SAC championships April 3-5
- Completed the SAC championship event with a 77-74-74=225 scorecard
- Won the Battle at Hilton Head Feb. 21-22 with a 70-74=144 ledger
- Finished second at the weather-shortened Battle for Royalty Sept. 20-21 with a 75
- Placed fourth in the Surratt Memorial March 14-15 with a 78-72-73=223 effort
- McLaughlin and her teammates had eight top-five showings in nine tourneys
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
- Division II All-American second team, as named by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association
- Missed a national championships berth by one stroke
- Finished tied for ninth in the D2 South Regional with her 73-75-76=224 scorecard
- Earned medalist honors in the 2021 SAC tournament with two personal-best marks
- Posted a third-round 70 and a three-round 217, both collegiate-bests
- Tied for second-place in the Low Tide Intercollegiate with her 73-72-77=222 showing
- Completed the 2021 regular season with a tie for third at Lander (71-72=143)
- Bulldogs finished first, fourth, second, fifth and tied for second in five 2021 events
2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
- Division II All-American second team, as named by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association
- Tied for ninth place in first collegiate tourney (SAC Preview) as the Bulldogs won the Lincoln Memorial-hosted event
- Shot 75-74=149 in the SAC Preview as WU placed four golfers in the top nine and ties
- Carded a first round, collegiate-best 71 in her next event (the Battle at Old South)
- Finished tied for sixth place in the Battle at Old South (71-75=146)
- Opened the spring portion of Wingate’s season by tying for second place at the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate (SKI)
- Posted scores of 74-76-150 in the SKI (tying for second place) as the ’Dogs brought home the team title
- Led WU with her 54-hole score of 219 (74-73-72) in the team’s final spring event, the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational
- Tied for 13th place at the Rollins-hosted Peggy Kirk Bell Invite
- Topped the Bulldog charts with her 74.50 strokes per round average
- Six strokes separated her best round (71) from her worst round (77) this season
- Finished in the top 25 in seven-of-seven events
PERSONAL
- Birthday: September 15th, 2001
- Nickname: Don't really have one, some people call me Hails but not many
- Born in Toronto, Canada
- Son/Daughter of Ron and Heidi McLaughlin
- Majoring in: undergraduate - Sport management, currently - Master's of Business
- Favorite Athlete is Tiger Woods
- Favorite sports team is the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Favorite movie is Harry Potter or How To Train Your Dragon
- Favorite TV show is Criminal Minds normally, but right now Smiling Friends
- Favorite Musical Artist is Beartooth and Luke Combs (very different I know)
- Favorite Social Media is Tiktok
- Favorite food is Sushi
- A place I'd love to travel to is Philippines
- Most memorable sports moment is either my hole-in-one or my Nationals showing
- Favorite sport to play other than golf is I don't really play any other sports, but I like to swim and I Line Dance
- Person I admire the most is my older sister
- My biggest fear is losing the people closest to me
- Something people don’t know about me is I love listening to conspiracy theory, unsolved and true crime podcasts.
- If I could have any superpower it would be either telekinesis or telepathy
- Couldn't go a week without music
- Favorite Quote: You never lose until you quit trying
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2023-2024Graduate Student
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