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2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

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RMAC
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Brad Blume
Luke Wheeler

Rianna Garland

  • Position Right Handed
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Desert Ridge
  • Hometown Mesa, Ariz.
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

Accomplishments & Honors:
  • 2x RMAC Second Team All-Conference (2022-23, 2023-24).
  • 3x WGCA All-American Scholar (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24).
  • 2022-23 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
  • 2022-23 RMAC All-Academic - First Team.
  • 2023-24 RMAC All-Academic - Honor Roll.
  • All-time leader in individual wins (4) at South Dakota Mines. 
2023-24 (Senior):
  • Rianna played in 22 rounds with an average of 78.8.
  • Tied for first at the Hardrocker Spring Invite.
  • Finished in a tie for ninth at the RMAC Championships. 
  • Recorded six top 10 finishes and two top 5 finishes. 
  • Shot a low of 72 in the first round at the Sam Proal Farmers Invite.
  • Had low 36-hole total of 149 came a the SMSU Spring Invitational. 
2022-23 (Junior):
  • Played in 17 rounds with a scoring average of 78.82 which is the best in school history.
  • Won two tournaments at the Hardrocker Fall Invite and the Yellowjacket Fall Invite.
  • Finished in the top 10 four times.
  • Shot low round of 75 three times at the Swan Memorial, the Sam Proal Invite, and at the RMAC Championships.
  • Best 36-hole total of 154 (78-76) came at the Yellowjacket Fall Invite.
  • Shot 54-hole total of 230 (79-76-75) at the RMAC Championships for second-best in school history.
  • Finished the year with 27 birdies, most in school history.
  • Named RMAC Golfer of the Week on Sept. 29 for the first time in program history.

2021-22 (Sophomore):
  • School record for low round of 74 set at RMAC Championships.
  • Season best 155 (74-81) 36-hole total at the RMAC Championships (rd 1 and 2) and 54-hole total of 235 (74-81-80) at the RMAC Championships.
  • Won 2 individual championships (Hardrocker Fall Invite and the Yellow Jacket Invite).
  • Finished with 100% counting scores.
  • RMAC Female Golfer of the Week (Week 2, First in School History).
2020-21 (Freshman): 
  • Played 17 rounds with a scoring average of 84.94.
  • Low round of 79 at the El Cheapo Classic
  • Low 36 hole total of 163 (2) at the El Cheapo Classic and the Hardrocker Spring Invite and 54 hole total of 249(80-86-83) at RMAC Championships.
  • Won the Hardrocker Spring Invite in a playoff.
Prep:
  • Team Captain at Desert Ridge.
  • Golden Scholar all 4 years.
  • All-State.
Personal:
  • Daughter of Mark and Tabitha Garland.
  • Has one older sister.
  • Majoring in chemical engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Right Handed
    5'2"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Right Handed
    5'2"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Right Handed
    5'2"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Right Handed