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2020-21 Women's Golf Roster

Profile

  • Senior
    Class
  • New Prague, Minn.
    Hometown
  • New Prague
    High School
Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Barathwaj Rudraboina
Barathwaj Rudraboina
Barathwaj Rudraboina
Taylor Ledwein
Taylor Ledwein
Senior
Class
New Prague, Minn.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
MVC Golfer of the Year: 2020-21
All-MVC: 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18 & 2016-17
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2018-19
MVC Newcomer of the Year: 2016-17
MVC Golfer of the Week: 04-15-21, 04-01-21, 03-13-20, 10-30-19, 03-27-19, 02-20-19, 02-28-18, 02-21-18 & 02-22-17
Bradley Coach Joe Stowell Award: 2020-21
Bradley Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 04-21-21, 03-31-21, 03-25-20. 10-30-19, 03-27-19 & 10-24-18
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2021
MVC Honor Roll: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall '16, Spring '18, Fall '18, Fall '20, Spring '20, Spring '21


2020-21 (5TH Year)
Selected as the MVC Golfer of the Year … Closed the year with a 75.79 stroke average, which ranks eighth among Bradley season marks … Finished in the top 10 in each of the final four events of the year … Two-time MVC Golfer of the Week honoree in 2020-21 and one of just seven individuals in MVC history to earn the award at least nine times ... Claimed back-to-back medalist titles, winning the individual title at the Diane Daugherty Invitational in Kirkwood, Mo., and the Jan Weaver Invitational in Murray, Ky. … Tied for eighth at the MVC Championship … Fired the lowest round of her career with a 67 in the opening round of the Diane Daugherty Invite, which ranks as the second lowest round in school history … Owns a school record five career sub-70 rounds … Posted a 74.45 stroke average over the final four outings … Career stroke average of 75.61 ranks second in Bradley history and closed the year tied for third with 114 career rounds played … One of four players in Bradley history with three career medalist titles … Has fired 100 of her 114 career rounds in the 70’s or better.


2019-20 (SENIOR)

After missing the first three tournaments of the 2019-20 season due to injury, returned to post a 72.82 stroke average in her four outings before the season came to an end … Her season average would have topped the best season average in Missouri Valley Conference history set by Bradley's Danielle Lemek in 2013-14 … posted three top-10 finishes and was among the top 20 in all four tournaments in 2019-20 … In fact, she finished fifth or better in three of her four outings … Took second at the Chippewa Invitational in her return, firing a season-best 69 in the final round to finish at 145 for the 36-hole event which is tied for the fifth-best two-round score in school history … Tied for second at the Little Rock Classic to conclude the fall schedule, finishing at three-under 213 (70-71-72) for the lowest 54-hole score of her career (tied for third lowest in Bradley history) … Tied for 18th at the Rio Verde Invitational … Earned the seventh MVC Golfer of the Week award of her career after the River Landing Classic, where she finished fifth (218).

2018-19 (JUNIOR)

Fifth three-time All-MVC performer in Bradley history … Named MVC Golfer of the Week twice in 2018-19 & five times in her career … First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Posted the second lowest stroke average in the MVC in 2018-19, with her 75.50 stroke average ranking fifth among Bradley season marks … Her season stroke average tied for the 21st lowest in MVC history … Finished fourth at the MVC Championship … Claimed the medalist title at the Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate in Daytona Beach, Fla. … Posted five top-10 finishes, closing the season with four consecutive top-10 showings … Ranks second in Bradley history with a 75.92 career stroke average and her 13 career top-10 finishes rank sixth in school history … Owns 79 career rounds in the 70’s or better to rank fourth in Bradley history … Fired a career-best 68 in the second round of the season-opening Golfweek Program Challenge in Pawley’s Island, S.C., to tie for the second lowest round in school history … Owned a 74.29 stroke average in the spring … Tied for fourth at the MVC Preview to wrap up the fall schedule.  

2017-18 (SOPHOMORE) 

Joined former Bradley Women’s Golf standouts Bari Erais, Meaghan LeBlanc and Danielle Lemek as the only individuals in program history to earn All-MVC honors as both a freshman and sophomore … Ranked third on the team and seventh in the MVC with a 76.24 stroke average … Her season average ranks 12th among Bradley season marks and has joined Lemek, Breanne Neufeld and teammate Ally Scaccia as the only Braves with two or more season stroke averages of 76.50 or better … Two-time MVC Golfer of the Week selection … Tied for 23rd at the Amelia Island Collegiate to open the spring … Had two top-10 finishes and placed in the top-20 in five outings … Owned a team-best 27 sub-80 rounds on the year to tie the fifth-best season total in school history … Team’s top finisher in five tournaments, including five of the final seven outings … Tied for fifth at the Rio Verde Invitational  … Fired a season-best 70 in the second round of the Jan Weaver Invitational to tie for fifth … Matched her season-low round of 70 in the final round of the MVC Championship … Had a 76.14 stroke average in the spring 

2016-17 (FRESHMAN) 

Named MVC Newcomer of the Year and earned First-Team All-MVC honors … Sixth freshman in program history to earn All-Valley honors … Finished the season with a team-best 75.97 stroke average for the seventh-lowest season average in school history and second-best mark by a Bradley freshman … Ranked fifth in the MVC in stroke average … Carded 29 sub-80 rounds for most by a Bradley freshman and second-highest season total in school history … Posted six top-10 finishes and placed in the top 20 in eight outings … Named MVC Golfer of the Week after tying for 21st at the Amelia Island Collegiate to open the spring schedule … Tied the second-lowest round in program history with a season-best 68 in the opening round of the Bradley Spring Invitational at WeaverRidge … Had a streak of 15 consecutive sub-80 rounds for the sixth longest streak in program history … Tied for seventh at the Cardinal Classic in Yorktown, Ind., with a three-round total of 219 to tie for the 10th lowest 54-hole score in program history … Tied for fifth at the MVC Championship to pace Bradley to a third-place finish … Was Bradley’s top individual finisher six times.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time Minnesota Class AAA state champion, winning the individual crown each of her final two prep seasons … Helped the Trojans to a state championship as a freshman … Improved her scoring average each year, capping her high school career with a 73 average her senior campaign … Also lettered in tennis and basketball.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Tim and Denise Ledwein, Taylor was born in Robinsdale, Minn. … Majoring in marketing … Her father Tim played baseball and football at St. John’s (Minn.).



Career Stats
Season Rounds Strokes Average Titles Top 10  Top 20 70's Low
2016-17 34 2583 75.97 0 6 2 29 68
2017-18 29 2211 76.24 0 2 3 27 70
2018-19 26 1963 75.50  1 5 0 23 68
2019-20 11 801 72.82 0 3 1 11 69
2020-21 14 1061 75.79 2 4 0 10 67
Career Totals 114 8619 75.61 3 20 6 100 67