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Emily Smelcer '20 Recruiting Profile
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Personal Statement
My goal is to find a school that will help me continue my growth in education and golf. I am a hard worker and have a passion to succeed both in school and golf. I have a high aptitude for learning and very coachable. I look forward to joining a school where I can help the team succeed. One aspect that makes me different is I have a quiet confidence in my competition. I am confident that even after a bad shot, I can work my way out of most situations. I am very supportive of my teammates and others on the course. Academic excellence has always been a goal. I've worked hard to be part of the honors program all through middle school and continuing in high school. I compete in golf with my high school team and also part of the local Sned's Tour to continue competing during the summer. I spend the late fall and winter working to improve my game with my swing coach and weight training. As I talk to other junior golfers, many of them started golf when they were very little. My path was slightly different in that I didn't pick up a golf club until the 6th grade to try out for the middle school golf team. I made the team and have worked extremely hard to improve my golf swing to where I am today and competing against the same girls that started much younger than me. I feel this reflects my work ethic and drive to continue improvement and how quickly I can pick up new changes and adapt.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 3 years
- 2018 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 3rd place (individually)
Team Awards
- District Tournament, Regional Tournament
- 2017 Varsity Team
- 2016 Varsity Team
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- Scott Williams
- Private Coach
- Kristin Price
Events
- Camp/Event
- Sned's Tournament - Regional
- 7/16/18 to 7/17/18
- 1st round: 86 degrees, hot/humid. Completed this round with a 92. Had a couple holes where my tee shots landed in unfavorable positions and caused some extra strokes to get out. 2nd round: 88 degrees, hot/humid with 1 hour weather delay. Completed round shooting an 89 and finishing in 6th place.
- Camp/Event
- Sned's Tournament
- 6/27/18 to 6/28/18
- 1st round: Weather was 93 degrees, hot/humid with light rain prior to match. Completed day shooting an 84 and tied for 1st place. 2nd round: 88 degrees, heavy rain. Long weather delay that eventually caused the round to be cancelled and scored as an 18-hole event. Went to scorecard playoff and that dropped me to finish in 2nd place.
- Camp/Event
- Egwani Farms Junior Invitational
- 10/21/17 to 10/22/17
- Joined this tournament to get in some off season competition. Day 1 - Scored higher than average. Day 2 - Lowered score from previous day. With this being my normal off season time from school and Sned's, I had begun working with swing coach on fixing swing path and struggled with driver during this tournament. Iron play was consistent. Tee shots left me in some tough positions on some holes.
- Camp/Event
- Sned's Tournament - Regional
- 7/10/17 to 7/11/17
- Final match to close out the Sned's Tour Series. Day 1: Shot 90 (18 holes) / Day 2: Shot 100 (18 holes) - 4 holes (1, 9, 10, 11) with extra strokes that increased my stroke count (recovered on holes 12-18 to finish strong). Closed out match with a birdie on 18. Finished in 4th place.
- Camp/Event
- Sned's Tournament
- 6/28/17 to 6/29/17
- 2-day event. Day 1: Shot 92 / Day 2: Shot 90. Finished in 2nd place.
- Camp/Event
- Sned's Tournament
- 6/14/17 to 6/14/17
- Shot 93 and placed 3rd
- Camp/Event
- Sned's Tournament
- 6/08/17 to 6/08/17
- First Sned's Tour match played. Shot 103 (18 holes).
- Camp/Event
- Champion's Junior Golf Tour - Divisional Championship
- 11/05/16 to 11/05/16
- 18-hole Divisional Championship. Shot 108. Finished in 2nd place. After placing 2nd in this match and by combined points of entire Champion's JGT season, I finished 1st the girls 12-15 division. Taking home the 1st place trophy and an invitation to the Hurricane's JGT match in Orlando, FL. We opted out of the match in Orlando to recover from minor injury and begin off season workouts and training with swing coach.
- Camp/Event
- Champion's Junior Golf Tour
- 9/24/16 to 9/24/16
- 9-hole tournament. Shot 49. Finished 2nd place.
- Camp/Event
- Champion's Junior Golf Tour
- 9/10/16 to 9/10/16
- 9-hole tournament. Shot 51. Finished in 1st place.
- Camp/Event
- Champion's Junior Golf Tour
- 8/06/16 to 8/06/16
- 9-hole tournament. Shot 47. Finished in 1st place.
Additional Sports
- Bowling
- 2 years
- Varsity Team
- 1st year: Personal best score - 143. Moved up to play in the #3 position. 2nd year: Personal best score - 198. Played in the #1 or #2 position consistently this past season.
Statistics
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. Honors Algebra I / II Honors Geometry Honors Human Anatomy Honors US HistoryAre you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. AP World Geography AP EnglishRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
NoAwards and Activities
- ActivitiesNational Honors Society Very active youth member at my church Cheerleading (Elementary thru middle school) Beta Club (Middle school) Student Council (Middle school) Gymnastics (non-competitive - Elementary thru Freshman)