Sarah Kern

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Photo by: Michael Nemeth

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Springboro
Hometown:
Springboro, Ohio

Career Scores & Highlights

2017-18
Named to the Academic All-MAC team for the second-straight year … Saw action in 10 events … Played in 23 rounds … Posted an 82.91 stroke average … Had a strong showing at the Mid-American Match Play Challenge (Feb. 5-6), going 3-1-0 in match play … Shot a season-low 75 in the third round of the Rio Verde Invitational (Feb. 23-25) … Carded an 86 at the 18-hole Sand Ridge Shootout (April 13) … Finished a season-best tied for 16th at the Sand Ridge Shootout.

2016-17
Named Academic All-MAC ... Posted a stroke average of 84.50 across 14 rounds of action this season … Appeared in the team lineup three times, in addition to competing as an individual on three occasions … Made career debut at the Cardinal Classic (Sept. 19-20) with rounds of 84, 81 and 74 for a two-day total of 239, +23 … The third round score of 74 at the Cardinal Classic would hold as a season-best … Earned a season-high placing of 16th overall at the Pine Hills Shootout (April 14) while competing as an individual with a single-round score of 92, +20 … Excelled in match play this season, posting a record of 5-1-0 overall, including an undefeated 3-0-0 individual record in the Spring Challenge Cup versus Ohio … In the seventh annual Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, marked rounds of 85 and 89 for a total score of 174, +30 … Also appeared in the team lineup in the Dayton Fall Invitational (Oct. 17-18) in which she carded a pair of rounds at 83 for a total score of 166, +26 … Completed team competition in the lineup at the Rio Verde Invitational (Feb. 24-26) with a total mark of 264, +48.

2015-16
Did not compete for the Falcons.

High School
Lettered at Springboro High School … Earned a spot on the First-Team All-Conference Team … Twice won the Ohio Junior World event … Placed second twice at the other Ohio Junior World events she competed in … Won the Ohio International Optimist Tournament … Also posted a win at the Ohio Junior Girls 15 & Under event … Placed in the top-10 at the American Junior Golf Association event … Recorded at least one tour event victory in the KJGA, USJGT, AAJGT and the SOPGA … Named a Scholar-Athlete … Also a member of the National Honors Society, the SADD Club and the Interact Club … Served as a student mentor.

Personal
Full name – Sarah Mae Kern … Born August 29, 1997 in Springboro, Ohio … Daughter of Mike and Brenda Kern … Has an older brother named Matt who plays golf at the University of Pennsylvania … Intervention specialist major at BGSU.

CAREER FINISHES
2018-19
Apr. 7 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational – 79, 82 - 161
Apr. 13 YSU Spring Invite – 86

2017-18
Sep. 11 Redbird Invitational – 79, 83, 77 – 239, +23
Sep. 19 Cardinal Classic – 77, 84, 81 – 242, +26
Sep. 24 Mary Fossum Invitational – 86, 89, 86 – 261, +45
Oct. 3 KZOO Classic – 84, 86, 86 – 256, +40
Oct. 17 Dayton Fall Invitational – 76, 76 - 152
Feb. 25 Rio Verde Invitational – 86, 81, 75 - 242
Mar. 21 ORU/SFA Spring Break Shootout – 82, 89, 78 – 249
Apr. 8 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational – 93, 87 - 180
Apr. 13 Sand Ridge Shootout – 86

2016-17
Sep. 20 Cardinal Classic – 84, 81, 74 – 239, +23
Oct. 4 KZOO Classic - 83, 85, 80 – 248, +32
Oct. 18 Dayton Fall Invitational – 83, 83 – 166, +26
Feb. 26 Rio Verde Invitational – 91, 87, 86 – 264, +48
Apr. 9 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational – 85, 89 – 174, +30
Apr. 14 Pine Hills Shootout – 92, +20