Freshman Sarah Eversman is making an early impact on the course for the Creighton women’s golf team.
The Scottsdale, Arizona native communicated with Creighton women’s golf coach, Debbie Conry, the spring of her senior year before eventually signing her national letter of intent in April 2014.
“I never thought that I would be playing college golf, especially since I was a late bloomer with the sport,” Eversman said. “When I visited Creighton during my senior year, I really liked the school and could see this university being my home for the next four years.”
Eversman is one of five members on this year’s squad who suit up for the Bluejays in road competitions. She posted top-50 finishes in two of her first three tournaments, including a 43rd place finish at the Seminole State Spring Break Tournament. With only five of the eight members of the women’s golf team traveling each week, the competition is stiff, and each player, freshmen through seniors, has to earn her way into the lineup.
“Being prepared and working hard has helped me achieve my goal of being on the travel team,” Eversman said. “I think that it is important to always work hard at practice, but even more importantly, I think that it is crucial to practice during the off season.”
“Sarah’s golfing ability has helped our team take a leap against our competition, polishing off our top five to ensure we count four solid scores each round,” sophomore golfer Kelsey Petersen said.
“Sarah has very strong fundamentals and understands the game very well,” Conry said. “Her personality meshes very well with the existing team members as well as our new players for next year.”
Eversman said that she believes the strongest part of her game is her putting game because she feels very comfortable around the greens. Petersen and Conry had differing opinions on what they thought was the best part of Eversman’s game.
“I think that Sarah’s iron play is the strongest part of her game,” Petersen said. “She hits a lot of greens and always seems to make great contact with the ball, giving herself several opportunities at making birdies.”
The transition from high school competition to college competition is not always easy on freshman student-athletes, but Conry said Eversman has adjusted well to all
the changes.
“She has not had too much of an adjustment because she hits the ball so far off the tee,” Conry said. “The length of courses in college are much longer than high school, so in Sarah’s situation it has been little to no adjustment.”
“The biggest adjustment that I have had to make to the college game would be the change in pressure and competition,” Eversman said. “Being on a college team is a great experience, but it took me a little while to get used to the different kind of pressure.”
Eversman’s strong start to her Creighton career gives herself and Conry a sense of optomisim about the program going forward for the next three years.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better team to become a member [of],” Eversman said. “I think we have a wonderful coach and a great group of girls, and I can’t wait for another three years with them.”
“She is driven and wants to become a better player,” Conry said. “She is very coachable. I feel very fortunate to have recruited Sarah. She is a born leader, kind and a sincere young lady.”
Eversman has an average 82.4 per round score in 25 rounds of collegiate play.
The Bluejays placed 12th at the Kansas City Shootout on Tuesday. Eversman shot a three-round 250 (77+85+88).
The women’s golf team concludes the 2015 spring season at the Big East Championships April 16-18. The LPGA International Golf Course in Daytona Beach, Florida hosts the 2015 championships.