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Friday, April 8
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Tee Time – Racers Host Jan Weaver Invitational
4/6/2022 6:38:00 PM | Women's Golf
The Racers’ women’s golf team plays their home event Friday and Saturday at Miller Memorial Golf Course
The Murray State women's golf team hosts a field of 11 teams at the Jan Weaver Invitational (April 8-9) at Miller Memorial Golf Course in Murray, Kentucky.
As the Racers seek their 11th championship since winning the first staging of the event in 2003, the Racers will be playing on home turf and looking to win back-to-back titles for the first time since 2014.
Coach Velvet Milkman sends out a starting five including Payton Carter, who ranks fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 76.0 scoring average and has posted a top-5 and a pair of top-10 finishes in 2021-22. MSU's lineup is rounded out by Eliza Mae Kho, Ana Picchi, Alma Garcia and Emmie Eriksson.
MSU's Lauren Gilchrist, Emma Payne and Mckenna Stahl will compete as individuals.
Play begins Friday and Saturday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The field of some 60 players will tackle Miller Memorial in 36 holes the first day with the final 18 coming Saturday morning.
About Jan Weaver
The Jan Weaver Invitational honors the memory of one of the biggest supporters of Murray State University and Racer Athletics. When Jan passed away in 2009, Murray State lost a dear friend. A career teacher and administrator, Weaver served her students for more than 40 years at the high school and college level. Her tenure at Murray State in the College of Education (1985-97) included serving as dean of the department. Along with her husband, Dick, the two have helped Racer Athletics back up its commitment to ensure that Racer student-athletes have every opportunity to excel in the classroom as well as on the athletic fields. In 1997, Murray State athletics established a state-of-the-art academic center named in honor of the Weavers who provided the funding to build it. The Weaver Academic Enhancement Center was opened at Roy Stewart Stadium June 30, 1997.
Event: Jan Weaver Invitational
Dates: April 8-9, 2022
Location: Murray, Ky.
Host: Murray State
Times: Shotgun starts: Friday 8:30 a.m./Saturday 8:30 a.m.
Schedule of Play: 36 holes Friday/18 holes Saturday
Course: Miller Memorial Golf Course
Par/Length: 72/6,234 yards
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
Participating Teams (11): Austin Peay, Belmont, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Murray State, North Carolina A&T, North Dakota, Samford, Southern Mississippi, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech
Tournament History
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department of Murray State University is a NCAA Division I member and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football and golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, as well as a mixed gender rifle team. Currently a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers will join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022.
As the Racers seek their 11th championship since winning the first staging of the event in 2003, the Racers will be playing on home turf and looking to win back-to-back titles for the first time since 2014.
Coach Velvet Milkman sends out a starting five including Payton Carter, who ranks fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 76.0 scoring average and has posted a top-5 and a pair of top-10 finishes in 2021-22. MSU's lineup is rounded out by Eliza Mae Kho, Ana Picchi, Alma Garcia and Emmie Eriksson.
MSU's Lauren Gilchrist, Emma Payne and Mckenna Stahl will compete as individuals.
Play begins Friday and Saturday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The field of some 60 players will tackle Miller Memorial in 36 holes the first day with the final 18 coming Saturday morning.
About Jan Weaver
The Jan Weaver Invitational honors the memory of one of the biggest supporters of Murray State University and Racer Athletics. When Jan passed away in 2009, Murray State lost a dear friend. A career teacher and administrator, Weaver served her students for more than 40 years at the high school and college level. Her tenure at Murray State in the College of Education (1985-97) included serving as dean of the department. Along with her husband, Dick, the two have helped Racer Athletics back up its commitment to ensure that Racer student-athletes have every opportunity to excel in the classroom as well as on the athletic fields. In 1997, Murray State athletics established a state-of-the-art academic center named in honor of the Weavers who provided the funding to build it. The Weaver Academic Enhancement Center was opened at Roy Stewart Stadium June 30, 1997.
Event: Jan Weaver Invitational
Dates: April 8-9, 2022
Location: Murray, Ky.
Host: Murray State
Times: Shotgun starts: Friday 8:30 a.m./Saturday 8:30 a.m.
Schedule of Play: 36 holes Friday/18 holes Saturday
Course: Miller Memorial Golf Course
Par/Length: 72/6,234 yards
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
Participating Teams (11): Austin Peay, Belmont, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Murray State, North Carolina A&T, North Dakota, Samford, Southern Mississippi, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech
Tournament History
- Since their spring home event was started in 2003, Murray State has won the title 10 times.
- MSU is the defending champion from 2021 with a 2-shot win over Central Arkansas.
- Since 2013, MSU has won four of the last eight events.
- The Jan Weaver Invitational was not played in 2020 because of Covid.
- Murray State is the only team in the 2022 field that has won this event.
- Other team champions include: Kentucky (2004), Cincinnati (2006, 2015), Central Arkansas (2007, 2018), Drury (2012), Morehead State (2016), Eastern Kentucky (2019).
- Among teams in the 2022 event, Tennessee Tech was runner up in 2003, 2007, 2009 and Austin Peay was runner up in 2010.
- Murray State has 11 medalist champions in the event, but none since Moa Folke and Linette Holmslykke share the title in 2017.
- Austin Peay has one medalist winner, Chelsea Harris in 2010.
- Tennessee Tech has three runner up finishers: Diana Carson (2008), Megan Bradford (2009) and Whitney Robertson (2015).
- Taylor Ledwein of Bradley won the 2021 medalist title on scores of 69-74-73=216. Bradley is not in the 2022 event.
- Belmont's Delia Gibbs placed second in 2021 with scores of 71-72-76=219.
- The best 18-hole score was by Murray State in 2019 at 285.
- The best 36-hole score was by Central Arkansas in 2018 at 584.
- The best 54-hole score was by Eastern Kentucky in 2019 at 884.
- The best 18-hole score was a 4-under 68 by Elsa Moberly if EKU in 2019.
- The best 36-hole score was by Moberly in 2019 of 6-under 138.
- The best 54-hole score was by Moberly in 2019 of 5-under 211.
- The best 18-hole score by a Murray State player was a 3-under 69 by Linette Holsmlykke in 2019.
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department of Murray State University is a NCAA Division I member and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football and golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, as well as a mixed gender rifle team. Currently a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers will join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022.
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