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Sky Sload Season 2022-23

YrGraduate Student
HometownKeswick, Va.
Previous SchoolVirginia

2022-2023 (Graduate Student): Posted the second-best season scoring average (74.20) on the team, tying the 13th-best of all-time • Fired the second-lowest round score (69) on the team for the year • Clinched three top-25 finishes within her first four events as a Tiger • Season-best performance at the Battle at the Beach featured an even-par 213 (70-69-74) event score with two rounds under-par to claim a top-20 finish • Ranked third on the team in total birdies sunk (52).

FALL: Led the team in scoring average (74.08) in the fall season • Contributed to the title-winning lineup at the Johnie Imes to clinch the trophy for the eighth-consecutive season • Finished second on the team in 17th place at the Ally after going 1-over collectively in the final two rounds • Tied her season-best finish tied for 17th at the Battle at the Beach where she shot even-par overall 

SPRING: Fired a 1-under 71 in the spring opener, the FAU Paradise Invitational where the team clinched a top-3 finish • Finished third on the team at the MountainView Collegiate after posting a 3-over 219 event score • Competed in two rounds of the SEC Champsionship in her first Tiger post-season appearance

PRIOR TO MIZZOU (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)

  • Was a member of UVA's women's golf team from 2018-22 and comes to Mizzou with two remaining years of eligibility. 
  • Second alternate for the USGA Women's Amateur Championship.
  • Participated in the VSGA Women's Amateur Championship in 2022 where she was a quarterfinalist.
  • Second place at the 96th VSGA Women's AM Championship Stroke Play in 2021 (-3, 69).
  • Won individual final match at the 2021 VSGA Virginia-Carolina Match Play with a career low (-7, 65 with five birdies and one eagle).
  • Shot 74 to force a second laternate playoff at 2021 USGA Women's Amateur Qualifier.
  • Competed individually at 2021 Cavalier Match Play (-2, 69).
  • Placed fourth in The Match at Spring Creek (2021) shooting 2-over 74 in her collegiate debut.
  • Redshirted in 2018-19 and medically redshirted in 2019-20. 
  • Is a three-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
  • Earned her B.S. in American Studies: Popular and Visual Media and was a member of the Dean's List.
  • Honored with the UVA Service Scholar Award for completing 445 hours of community service.
  • Served as the President of the UVA Student-Athlete Mentor Program in 2021-22 and a council member from 2018-22. 
  • Interned with Virignia Athletics Foundation in Spring 2022. 

HIGH SCHOOL/AMATEUR

  • Ranked No. 4 in Virginia by Junior Golf Scoreboard in 2018.
  • Member of the 2018 VHSL Girls All-State Team.
  • Three-time All-Conference and All-County honoree.
  • Finished fifth at the VHSL Girls State Championship in 2018.
  • Helped team to a third-place finish at 2018 VHSL Boys State Championship and finished eighth overall individually. 
  • 2016 Virginia 5A North Region Championship (Par 72). 
  • Had an accomplished amateur career, including champion of the 2018 NBC Golf Channel Men's Amateur Tour Event.
  • Finished third at the 2018 Precision Junior Girls Championship.
  • Took sixth place at the 2018 39th Junior North South Amateur.
  • Tied for 11th at the 2018 Optimist Junior International Championship. 
  • Took third place at the 2017 PKBGT Championship.
  • Champion of the 2017 VSGA Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls' Matches.
  • 2016, 2017 Medalist at IMG Junior World Championship Qualifier. 
  • 12th place finish at the Doral/Publix Junior Classic.
  • Champion of the 2016 Bobby Bowers Memorial Tournament.
  • Earned Virginia Department of Education Advanced Studies Diploma.
  • Member of National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and American Sign Language Club.
  • Junior Ambassador for nonprofit organization, Sole4Soles, and a junior mentor for the First Tee og Greater Washington and The Blue Ridge.

PERSONAL

  • Is pursuing a graduate degree in the Missouri School of Journalism, with a goal to be a sports broadcaster and professional golfer on the LPGA.
  • Father, John, played basketball at Rochester Institute of Technology.