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2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

Daphney Tilton

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Iowa, Louisiana
  • Prev School Lacassine HS

Biography

2023-24: Closed her collegiate career winning either a GAC Championship or Central Region Championship in four of her five years in Arkadelphia . . . A 2024 Second Team All-GAC recipient . . . Delivered a season-best 1-under 71 in her final competitive round of her college career, winning her head-to-head National Quarterfinals match by five strokes . . . Carried a team third-best stroke average of 73.25 across Henderson's four rounds of the 2024 DII National Championships.

2022-23: All-GAC Second Team recipient . . . 2023 GAC All-Tournament team recipient after finishing tied for third at the GAC Championship . . . Recorded four Top-10 finishes . . . Shot a team-best 3-under 69 on the final round of stroke play at the National Championships to help lead HSU to the Match Play portion of Nationals.

2021-22: Was one of three players to play all 12 tournaments for the Reddies this season (G. Blount, A. Bianchi) . . . Had the second most rounds at or below par of anyone on the team with eight . . . Had her best finish at a collegiate event at the NSU Women's Golf Classic (Sept. 13-14) where she shot a 3-under 141 for second place . . . Logged three Top-10 finishes on the season . . . Tied for 14th at the NCAA Division II National Championships with a 7-over 223, marking the best finish from an HSU golfer at Nationals in program history . . . Was named All-GAC Second Team . . . Saw her single round stroke average drop from 78.95 last spring to 76.17 this year. 

SPRING 2021: Tied the team-lead for most rounds played of anyone on the team (21) as a second-year freshman . . . Finished seventh at the HSU Spring Invitational (13-over 229) and a tie-for-seventh at the Central Region Preview (9-over 153) . . . Bettered her stroke average of 80 from last year with a 78.95 average for fifth best on the team.

SPRING 2020: Played in three events prior to the cancellation of the spring season due to COVID-19 … Finished in ninth-place overall in Henderson’s team victory at the Spring Hill Badger Invitational with a three-round score of 235 (+19) … Ended the year with a stroke average of 80.

FALL 2019: Was a part of Henderson’s starting five in five fall events as a true freshman … Took 12th individually at the NSU Women’s Golf Classic with a two-round score of 155 (+11).

PREP: Makes her way to Arkadelphia from Iowa, Louisiana, where she was a member of the Louisiana Golf team that defeated Team Mississippi for the Junior River Cup twice in 2017 and 2018 . . . The No. 2 ranked player in the state of Louisiana for the class of 2019 . . . Won two LHSSA State titles during her career at Lacassine, where she was a three-time team MVP, and also twice qualified for the Optimist Jr. World Championships in 2016 and 2017.
 
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 12, 2001. . . Daughter of John and Trudy Tilton. . . Majoring in Health & Human Performance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'8"
  • 2023-24Senior

    5'8"