Individual Honors
2019 -- American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (April 10)
WSU All-Time List
2. Career Stroke Average -- 76.74
2. Career 54-Hole Average -- 228.958
2. Single Season 54-Hole Average -- 223.375 (2018-19)
3. Single Season Stroke Average -- 74.769 (2018-19)
T7. Low 18-Hole Score -- 69 (2017-18)
8. Single Season Stroke Average -- 75.867 (2017-18)
8. Single Season Stroke Average -- 227.600 (2017-18)
T9. Low 54-Hole Score -- 217 (2018-19)
T14. Low 18-Hole Score -- 70 (2017-18, 2018-19)
T14. Low 54-Hole Score -- 218 (2018-19)
Career Summary
Finished career with 10 top 10 finishes and 18 top 20 finishes...Returned to her hometown after spending a year at the University of Kansas...Made immediate contributions at Wichita State, finishing in the top 10 in her final three tournaments during the 2016-17 season...Snagged the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week award on April 10, 2019 after claiming her highest career finish at the KC Intercollegiate...Currently holds 10Â record book spots...Compiled the second lowest career stroke average in program history with a 76.74 mark...Holds the second lowest career 54-hole average in program history with a 228.958 average...Her single season 54-hole average of 223.375 during the 2018-19 season is the second lowest in program history.
2018-19 Senior
One of two senior leaders on the women's golf team...Led the team with a 74.76 stroke average, the third lowest single season stroke average in program history...Was named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on April 10 after coming up with her highest career finish of tied for fourth at the KC Intercollegiate...Came up with two top 10 finishes and five top 20 finishes on the year...Claimed sixth at the Payne Stewart Memorial, tying the ninth lowest 54-hole score in program history with a 217...Tied the 14th lowest round score in program history with a 70 in the second round of the Palmetto Intercollegiate, climbing her way into a tie for 13th to cap off the fall season...Finished in a tie for 17th at the Jackrabbit Invitational with a score of 238...Finished career with a tied for 12th finish at the American Athletic Conference Championship with a 221 54-hole score.
2017-18 Junior
Played in all 12 tournaments...Earned four top 10 and five top 20 finishes on the year...Finished with a 75.87 stroke average, good for second on the team...Finished tied for ninth at American Athletic Conference Championship with a 3-under 69 in the final round, her lowest 18 hole score of the season.
2016-17 Sophomore
Played in 10 events, five in fall and five in spring...Had three top 10 and four top 20 finishes on the year...Finished with a 77.03 stroke average...Had 54-hole average of 231.10.
2015-16 Freshman at Kansas
Competed in eight events to play in a total of 17 rounds...Debuted with a top 20 finish at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational and a career-best 54-hole score of 226...Recorded a season best 18-hole score of 72 at the Schooner Classic...Finished with a stroke average of 79.3... Over the the summer of 2016, won the 2016 Oklahoma/Gaillardia Collegiate Open women's golf tournament shooting a 54-hole score of 222 (74-73-75).
High School
Four-time letter winner at Maize South High School...2012-2014 All-State Honoree...Set school girls golf records for most wins and lowest score posted...Recorded a career-best single round score of 66...2014 Kansas Junior Girls State Champion...2013 and 2014 Individual AVCTL Division II League Champion...2013 and 2014 Individual AVCTL Division II Regional Champion...Finished second in 2013 Kansas 5A State Championship.
Personal
Full name is Laine Rylie Evans...Originally born in Summerville, South Carolina...Parents are Bart and Toni Evans...Has one older sister, Kacie...Grandfather, James Ellis Evans, played in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets...Majoring in Management.
