Caroline Smith

Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Inverness, Ill.

2024-25 (Redshirt Senior)
• WGCA All-American Scholar
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• B1G Sportsmanship Honoree
• B1G Preseason Players to Watch List
• 73.49 Career Stroke Average – second lowest in program history
Played 34 rounds across 12 events … compiled a team-best 15 rounds at or below par, including a season-low of 68 in the final round of the NCAA Lexington Regional … posted a stroke average of 73.09, the lowest mark in program history … finished inside the top-20 six tournaments with two top-10 results … tied for ninth at 214 (74-72-68; -2) at the NCAA Lexington Regional … tied for 29th at the Big Ten Championships with a scorecard of 222 (75-76-71; +6) … played a 227 (77-75-75; +11) to tie for 14th at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational … compiled a 54-hole score of 215 (75-71-69; -1) to place fourth at the Florida State Match Up … tied for 15th at the Clover Cup with a 54-hole score of 213 (73-72-68; +3) … carded a 215 (71-71-73; -1) to tie for 31st at the Chevron Collegiate … signed for a 214 (75-69-70; -2) and a t-36th outing at the PDI Intercollegiate … tied for 52nd with a score of 227 (77-79-71; +11) at The Ally Invitational … played a 71 (-1) at the Tri Match against Kentucky and Louisville … played a scorecard of 212 (75-68-69; -4) to finish t-17th at the Illini Women’s Invitational … tied for 14th at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational with a scorecard of 230 (80-70-80; +14) … finished t-16th at the Boilermaker Classic after shooting a 225 (74-74-77; +9).

2023-24 (Redshirt Junior)
• Big Ten All-Championship Team
• WGCA All-American Scholar
Played a team-high 33 rounds across 11 events … compiled 10 rounds at or below par, including a season-low of 67 in the final round of the Big Ten Championship … posted a stroke average of 73.91 … finished inside the top-20 in four tournaments with three top-10 finishes … shot a 214 (72-70-72; -2) to place 11th at the NCAA East Lansing Regional … helped Indiana win the Big Ten Championship with a three-round score of 211 (73-71-67; -5) to finish t-4th … tied for 29th with a score of 228 (73-76-79; +12) at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational … compiled a scorecard of 229 (75-75-79; +13) to tie for 56th at the Florida State Match Up … shot a 219 (69-77-73; +3) to finish tied for 48th at the Chevron Collegiate … placed t-45 at the FAU Paradise Invitational after shooting a 226 (74-75-77; +10) … tied for fifth at The Ally Invitational after shooting a 215 (68-77-70; -1) … shot a 228 (75-76-77; +18) at the Evie Odom Invitational to finish t-66th … placed t-ninth at the Glass City Invitational with a three-round score of 219 (73-74-72; +3) … tied for 50th at the Badger Invitational with a scorecard of 228 (77-75-76; +12) … finished t-30th at the Boilermaker Classic after shooting a 222 (72-73-77; +6).

2022-23 (Redshirt Season – at Wake Forest)
Shot a 239 (79-77-83; +23) as an individual in the Nexus Collegiate to finish 49th.

2021-22 (Sophomore – at Wake Forest)
Recorded a 228 (82-71-75; +12) the Bryan National Collegiate in to finish tied for 38th.

2020-21 (Freshman – at Wake Forest)
Did not see tournament action.

PREP/PERSONAL
Earned eight top-10 AGJA finishes, including six top-5 (2016-2019) for coaches Tim Martin and Jodi Schoeck at Barrington High School ... the Broncos were four-time state runners-up … four-time MSL All-Conference … three-time conference champion … three-time All-State honoree … two appearances at the U.S. Girls Junior ... 2019 and 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four Ball participant ... four-time All-Conference and three-time All-State honors in Illinois ... two-time Junior PGA Girls Championship qualifier … committed to Wake Forest as the top ranked junior player in Illinois … graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wake Forest in August of 2023 ... made Dean’s List four times at Wake … participated in the 2021 and 2023 USGA Women’s Amateur Championship … won the 2021 Kentucky PGA Women’s Open … finished fifth in the 2022 Women’s Western Amateur … intends to earn a master’s degree in sport management/business administration … daughter of Michael and Barbara Smith ... has two brothers, Sawyer and Jake … and a dog named Peyton Manning.