Kayla Benge

Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Plainfield, Ind.

Tournament Name	Date	Round Score	Total (To Par)	Place
2022-23
Green Wave Fall Classic	Sept. 12-13	80-76-70	236 (+20)	T78/81
Jupiter Women's Invitational	Oct. 3-4	79-72-73	224 (+14)	T23/45
Buccaneer Classic	Oct. 18-19	79-80-79	238 (+22)	T25/56
Terrier Intercollegiate	Oct. 24-25	80-76-75	231 (+15)	T20/88
French Broad Collegiate Invitational (Match Play)	Nov. 6-7	3&2/1DN
Lady Bison Bay Point Classic	Feb. 5-Feb. 7	81-81-81	243 (+27)	T45/83
Rivertowne Intercollegiate	Feb. 26-28	71-71-77	219 ((+3)	T16/104
Low Country Intercollegiate	Mar. 17-Mar. 19	79-79	158 (+14)	T17/100
Golfweek/AGT Intercollegiate	Mar. 27-29	75-75-78	228 (+15)	T32/87
Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate	Apr. 3-4	73-74-75	222 (+6)	3/73
Big South Conference Championships	Apr. 12-14	77-81-75	233 (+17)	T20/42

Honors & Awards

2022-23 Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar
Big South Conference Women's Golfer of the Week (Apr. 6, 2023)

2022-23 - Appeared in 11 tournaments and 29 rounds in her first year in Asheville...Posted the second-best strokeBig average on the team at 76.97...Notched five Top-20 finishes including a career-best third-place finish at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate (222, +6) that earned her Golfer of the Week honors.

Prior to UNC Asheville - Benge comes to Asheville after spending the last four seasons with Xavier...During her time as a Musketeer, she competed in 14 tournaments and played a total of 41 rounds...Benge's average score at Xavier checked in a little under 80 strokes (79.59) per round with her lowest round being 72...Benge was also a two-time All-Big East Academic Team and All-WGCA Academic Team selection...In high school, Benge was a four-year letterwinner... She played in top spot all four seasons and averaged a 72.2 18-hole score as a senior... She had a dominant postseason, shooting 4-under in sectionals, 3-under in regionals and 1-over at the two-day IHSAA State Championships....Won the individual state championship, shooting 1-over at the two-day IHSAA State Championships...Went undefeated in dual and tri-matches as a senior and won 20 medalist honors during career.