Awards and Honors
2022 OVC All-Tournament
2022 All-Ohio Valley Conference
2020 All-Ohio Valley Conference
2019 All-Ohio Valley Conference
2019 OVC All-Newcomer Team
OVC Golfer of the Month: March 2022
ASUNÂ Golfer of the Week: Oct. 27 (2022-23)
OVC Golfer of the Week: March 13 (2018-19); March 30 (2021-22)
2023 CSC Academic All-District
OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Dean's List (F18, S19, S21)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (F19, S20, F20, F21, S22, F22, S23)
As a graduate student in 2022-23: One of four Governors to play in all 10 tournaments, she ranked second on the team with 27 of her 29 rounds counting towards the team score… ranked second on the team with a 74.83 stroke average… led the team with three rounds in the 60s and seven rounds at even or under par… led the Govs in first-round scoring with a 73.90 stroke average… shot a four-under 67 in the first round of the GolfWeek Fall Challenge, opening the season with the third-lowest round in program history… finished the GolfWeek Fall Challenge tied for 20th place with a score of 219 (67-74-78) – tied for the 10th-best 54-hole score in APSU history… shot a 231 (77-75-79) and finished tied for fourth at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate… became the first player in program history with multiple three-round tournament victories when she won the Butler Fall Invitational by six strokes with a score of 217 (73-75-69) while also helping the Govs win the team title by 17 strokes… her third-round 69 at the Butler Fall Invitational is tied for the fifth-best 18-hole score in program history and her 54-hole score of 217 ranks seventh in APSU history… picked up her program-record third individual win at the Charles Braun Intercollegiate, shooting a 146 (72-76) to win by six strokes and lead the Govs to another team title as well… led the Governors to a team win at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a fourth-place finish and a score of 219 (69-75-75)… her two-under 69 in the first round of the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate is tied for the fifth-lowest round in APSU history and her 54-hole score of 219 is tied for the 10th-best tournament score in program history… paced the Governors in their program-record fourth team victory of the season at the Colonel Classic, shooting a 219 (72-70-77) – tied for the 10th-best 54-hole score in program history – and finishing tied for fifth place… shot a 232 (81-77-74) and finished tied for 27th place at the ASUN Women’s Golf Championship.
As a senior in 2021-22: Earned her third All-OVC selection after playing in just eight tournaments… played exclusively in the lineup for the Govs and had all 18 of her rounds count towards the team score… ranked second on the team and third in the OVC with a 75.56 stroke average… led Austin Peay in third-round scoring with a 74.40 average… Shot a 222 (76-73-73) to open the season and finish 14th at the MSU Payne Stewart Memorial… did not take the course again until the final event of the fall, where she shot a 148 (72-76) and finished tied for fifth at Tennessee State’s Town & Country Invitational… kicked off the spring with a 6&5 win over Presbyterian’s Sanders Hinds at The Citadel’s Oyster Shuck Match Play, she finished the event 3-0 and won her final match 5&4… earned her second-career OVC Golfer of the Week honors, March 13… won her first collegiate tournament with a score of 220 (74-73-73) at Southern Illinois’ Diane Daugherty Invite, she trailed by one stroke with one hole left to play before driving the green and sinking a long eagle putt to win the tournament on the par-four 18th hole at the Bogey Hills Country Club… her score of 220 at the Diane Daugherty Invite is tied for the sixth-best three-round score in program history… earned OVC Golfer of the Week, March 30, for the third time in her career and the second time in a month en route to being named the OVC Golfer of the month for March… helped lead the Govs to their first-ever conference title by closing with a team-best one-under 71 in the third round of the OVC Championship… was named OVC All-Tournament for the frist time in her career after shooting a 225 (76-78-71) and finishing in fifth place at the conference championship… led Austin Peay at the NCAA Franklin Regional by finishing tied for 53rd with an aggregate score of 232 (78-78-76).
As a junior in 2020-21: The top closer on the Austin Peay roster in her truncated third season, led the Govs in third-round scoring (77.0)… opened the season with a top-25 showing in a terrific field at the Kiawah Island Classic, shooting a 224 (74-78-72); her final round showing was a season-best both as an individual and by a Governor in 2020-21… tied for ninth among competitors in pars (38) and eighth in par-3 scoring (3.00 strokes per hole) at Kiawah Island… posted second career top-25 finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Women’s Golf Championships, tying for 21st overall with a 233 (78-76-79) as one of just two Govs with all three rounds in the 70s.
As a sophomore in 2019-20: A second-straight well-deserved All-OVC campaign; only Jessica Cathey and Chelsea Harris were two-time All-OVC picks in their first two seasons before Dedmen… led or shared the lead for the Govs in five of eight events… Austin Peay’s best overall stroke average (75.36, fifth in the OVC) and third-round stroke average (75.7)… led the team with five rounds under par… posted a tie for sixth at the Greenbrier Invitational, shooting 227 (74-79-74); she also led the tournament in par-5 scoring at 4.83 strokes per hole… tied for fourth at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate, opening with an even-par 72 en route to a 224 (72-73-79)… closed fall with a tie for sixth at the Town & Country Invitational, shooting 145 (72-73)… Austin Peay’s top finisher with a tie for 41st (79-70-73—222) at the Kiawah Island Classic, with a second-round 70 that was the best round by a Gov in 2019-20 to lead Austin Peay to a Flight Team title… final-round 72 at the Benbow Invitational moved her 31 spots up the leaderboard, the largest final-round move in the field.
As a freshman in 2018-19: All-Ohio Valley Conference and All-Newcomer after exemplary freshman season… opened her career with four straight top-20 finishes… tied for fifth at the Greenbrier Invitational (79-77-73—229) to become the first Gov with back-to-back top-20 finishes to start her career since 2005 (Monica Storey)… first Austin Peay freshman with a top-a finish in the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate since Taylor Goodley in 2015… sixth-place finish in helping the Govs secure a second-straight team win at the Town & Country Invitational… earned runner-up honors with a program-record 208 (69-70-69) at the Spring Break Shootout, becoming the first player in program history with two sub-70 rounds in the same tournament… second-straight top-10 with a share of ninth at the Citrus Challenge (74-75-77—226)… first OVC Championship appearance yielded a 227 (76-76-75—227) and a tie for 17th.
Prior to Austin Peay: Four-year district and region medalist wrapped her career as the No. 1 player in Pinellas County and was a Tampa Bay Times first-team honoree throughout her career… after transferring from Seminole High, set the Plant City High nine-hole record (four-under par) as a senior.
Personal: Taylor Jordan Dedmen is the daughter of Diane Van Eeuwen… born Aug. 23... graduated from Austin Peay with a bachelor’s in exercise science in the spring of 2022… is now pursuing a master’s in performance enhancement and coaching.
