Completed Event: Women's Golf versus The Southern on September 8, 2025 , , 5th of 13
WGOLF
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James Madison
vs The Southern
5th of 13
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2015-16 Women's Golf Roster
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Solan, Kelsey
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Kelsey Solan
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Lumberton, N.J.
- High School:
- Rancocas Valley
- Major:
- Integrated Science and Technology
Bio
Career Highlights:
2015-16 as a Senior:
2014-15 as a Junior:
2013-14 as a Sophomore:
2012-13 as a Freshman:
High School:
Personal:
- 2015 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar
- Has two top-20 and five top-30 finishes in her career
- Career lows of 71 (single round), 167 (36 holes) and 224 (54 holes)
2015-16 as a Senior:
- Tied for 21st at the Rutgers Invitational (76-77-84 - 237) earning her fifth top-30 career finish
- Finished 13th at the UNCG Forest Oaks Classic, shooting a 76 in the only round of play
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete Award (Spring 2016)
- Dean's List (Fall 2015)
2014-15 as a Junior:
- Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- Played in eight tournaments and 23 rounds on the year, averaging a career-best 78.00 strokes per round
- Had two top-20 and four top-30 finishes on the season
- Had three rounds of par or better on the season, including a career-best 1-under 71 at the Cardinal Cup as well as even-par 72s at the Web.com Intercollegiate and River Landing Classic
- Set her career-best 54-hole total at the CAA Women’s Golf Championship, shooting an 8-over 224
- Tie for 18th at the Cardinal Cup with a then-low 11-over 227
- Tied for 27th at the River Landing Classic and also tied for 29th at the UNCG Forest Oaks Fall Classic
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
2013-14 as a Sophomore:
- Played in five tournaments and 14 rounds her second season at JMU
- Averaged 80.93 strokes per round
- Had a season-low single round in the second round of the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic, posting a 1-over 72
- Best finish of the fall was at the UNCG event, tying for 48th
- Was stroke play medalist and finished as runner-up in match play at the New Jersey Women’s Amateur
2012-13 as a Freshman:
- WGCA All-American Scholar
- Played in five events and 15 rounds in her first season at JMU, earning a letter
- Averaged 82.80 strokes per round, with three rounds in the 70s
- Shot a 233 at the UNCG Starmount Forest Tournament for her best fall finish, a tie for 52nd
- Posted a 4-over 75 in the opening round at the UNCG Starmount event for her top single-round score
High School:
- Four-year letterwinner at Rancocas Valley, earning Team MVP and serving as captain her final two years
- Was named First Team NJPGA All-State, Second Team Star Ledger All-State and Courier Post All-Group 4 and First Team Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) All-League and All-County as a junior and senior, the only female selected on the co-ed award squads after playing in the top spot on the co-ed golf team
- Qualified for the NJSIAA Girls State Championship as an individual her final three years, finishing fourth as a senior, eighth as a junior and 15th as a sophomore
- Ranked third in the 2012 class by Junior Golf Scoreboard, sixth by the New Jersey PGA and 287th nationally in golf after qualifying for the 2011 Optimist International Junior Golf
- Won the South Jersey Girls Invitational and tied for the top spot in the 2012 Carl Arena Golf Tournament after posting top three finishes in both tournaments in each of the previous two years
- Was the 2011 champion at the Mercer County Future Champions Tour event at Princeton Country Club in summer of 2011, her second straight tour victory
- Finished eighth in the Red Devil Inn Copper Hill Tournament, second among females and 48th overall at the Carl Arena Tournament and second in the South Jersey Girls’ Invitational
- Academically ranked ninth out of almost 450 students at Rancocas Valley.
- Was a member of the National Honor Society, National French Honor Society and the Honor Roll as well as earning the NJSIAA 2012 Scholar-Athlete Award
Personal:
- Daughter of Mickey (‘87) and Diane Solan
- Plans to major in integrated science and technology with a minor in French
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