Caroline McConnell

Class:
Graduate Student
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
South Fayette, Pennsylvania
High School:
South Fayette
Prev School:
Bradley/Michigan State

Awards & Achievements
WGCA All-American Scholar: 2024-25
MVC All-Conference Team: 2025-26
MVC All-Conference Scholar-Athlete: 2024-25 (Second Team), 2025-26
MVC Golfer of the Week: 9/5/24, 9/4/25, 9/19/25, 10/2/25, 10/9/25, 2/27/26

2025-26 at Bradley (Senior)
Leads all Braves with a 74.76 stroke average in 33 rounds played, which ranks fifth in a season in Bradley history... Has appeared in every round of team competition this season... Started the season with three top-five finishes and a top-15 finish in the first four tournaments of the season... Earned MVC Golfer of the Week five times during the season: Sept. 4, Sept. 19, Oct. 2, Oct. 9 in 2025 and Feb. 27, 2026... Carded a career-low 68 in round one of the Wisconsin Badger Invitational on Sept. 14 and matched the score in round three of the Rio Verde Collegiate... Finished in the top 10 five times and in the top 20 eight times in 10 tournament... She is the first Brave with five top-10 finishes since 2018-19... Earned an automatic spot on the All-Conference team as one of the top-ranked golfers in The Valley... Also earned All-MVC Scholar-Athlete honors for the second time in her Bradley career... Finished her career with the third-lowest career scoring average in program history at 75.82 strokes per round

2024-25 at Bradley (Junior)
Averaged 77.07 strokes per round in 28 rounds played, which ranked fifth on the team... Appeared in all but one round of team competition during the 2024-25 season... Earned medalist honors at the season-opening A-Ga-Ming Invitational, which was her first tournament as a Brave, after five playoff holes, with a six-over-par 222... One of five golfers to win an individual title in her first season as a Brave and second Brave to win in their first tournament on the team in program history (Jil Swenson - 2000)... Won MVC Golfer of the Week on Sept. 5, 2024, after her season-opening win... Finished tied for sixth at the Redbird Invitational, finishing one over par at 217... Finished within the top 20 in each of her first four tournaments... Golfed a career-low 69 in round one of the Johnie Imes Invitational

2022-24 at Michigan State
Spent her freshman and sophomore seasons playing golf at Michigan State University... Appeared in one tournament in her career, shooting a 25-over-par 241 at the Mary Fossum Invitational in 2023-24... 2023-24 Academic All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Distingushed Scholar... Was one of 19 Michigan State student-athletes to have a perfect 4.0 GPA in 2023-24... Was on the dean's list in all four semesters

High School
Four-year letterwinner and team captain at South Fayette High School... Three-time Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association qualifier... Finished second at the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League AAA Girls Championship at Oakmont.... 2021 Women's Western Junior Championship Sweet Sixteen Qualifier... Academically, was a member of the National Honors Society, an AP Scholar, and a recipient of a National Merit Letter of Commendation

Personal
Daughter of Barbara and Todd McConnell... Majoring in Accounting... Graduated from South Fayette High School in 2022