Wichita State Athletics

Career Accolades

2018 American Athletic Conference Championship Winner
2018 American Athletic Conference All-Conference
2017 Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference
2016 MVC Championship Winner
2016 Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference 

2017-18 Senior

Played in all 12 events, six in the fall, six in the spring...2018 American Athletic Conference Champion...Won AAC Championship on a playoff hole after carding a tournament and course record 8-under par 64 in the final round...Had seven top-10 and eight top-20 finishes on the 17-18 season...2018 American Athletic Conference All-Conference selection...Finishes her career with the lowest career stroke average, single season stroke average and 54-hole stroke average in Shocker history.

2016-17 Junior

Played in five tournaments in the fall and five in the spring..Won two collegiate competitions (2nd and 3rd in Shocker career), the first at the MVC Preview carding a career-low 18 hole score of 67 (67-74-72-213) and the second at the Kansas City Shootout (70-77-77-224)...MVC All-Conference selection...MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete selection...Had a season stroke average of 74.53 which beat her own program record she set last season...Also broke her own single-season 54-hole average record with 223.6...Seven top-10 and eight top-20 finishes on the year...Tied 8th at Red Raider Invite...Took 7th at ORU Shootout...Tied for 4th at Bradley Spring Break Invite...Finished 7th at MVC Championships...Won five MVC Golfer of the Week awards through the season...Named to AD's Honor Roll in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 with 3.92 GPA. 

2015-16 Sophomore

Played in five tournaments in the fall and six in the spring...Achieved first collegiate medalist honors at MVC Championship (74-69-71=214), and the second round score of 69 is a career-best and the second-best single-round score in program history, while the 54-hole score of 214 is also second-best all-time...MVC All-Conference selection...MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete selection...Has a stroke average of 75.14, the best single-season stroke average in program history...Also owns the single-season 54-hole scoring average with an average of 225.41 this year...Took third at the Spring Invitational (74-71-72=217)...Took fifth at the Gary Crossley Invitational (75-71-79=225)...Won MVC Golfer of the Week for the week of March 17, 2016...Had five top-ten finishes...Named to AD's Honor Roll in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 with a 4.0 GPA.

2014-15 Freshman

Played in four tournaments in the fall and five in the spring…Finished with a stroke average of 79.2…Named a Women's Collegiate Golf All-America Scholar...Shot a low round of 72 in the second round at the Chip-N Club Invitational…Shot a low 54-hole score of 229 at the Chip-N Club Invitational (79-72-78=229) and at the Kansas City Shootout (77-75-77=229)…Finished tied for 19th at the Chip-N Club Invitational (79-72-78=229)…Finished tied for 14th at the Kansas City Shootout (77-75-77=229)…Finished tied for 21st at the MVC Championship (73-84-85=242)…Named to the AD’s honor roll for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015.

High School

Attended Buhler High School in Buhler, Kan…Lettered four years in golf, four years in basketball and two years in track…In golf, member of team that was Kansas 4A team state champions in 2011 and 2012…2013 Kansas 4A individual state champion…Won 24 of 40 high school tournaments…Four-time AVCTL Division III/IV individual league champion…Finished 33rd at the 2013 Optimist International Tournament at PGA National in West Palm Beach, Fla…Finished second at the 2013 and 2014 Kansas Big I Trusted Choice Tournament…Member of the 2014 Kansas Women’s Golf Association 4-State Team…2014 Kansas Women’s Amateur low junior and finished third overall…Holds course records at Hesston Golf Course in Hesston, Kan. posting a 4 under 67 and Cherry Oaks Golf Course in Cheney, Kan. posting a 3 under 69…Kansas State High School Activities Association Citizenship Award recipient…On the principal’s 4.0 honor roll all eight semesters.

Personal

Daughter of Brennan and Kristie Torgerson…Born Taryn Lee Torgerson on May 31, 1996 in Wichita, Kan…Has one brother, Trevor, who plays golf at Oral Roberts…Is planning to major in sport management at Wichita State.

Career Bests

Low Round: 72, Chip-N Club Invitational, 2014
54-hole score: 229, Chip-N Club Invitational, 2014; Kansas City Shootout, 2015
Finish: T14th, Kansas City Shootout, 2015
Career Top-20 Finishes: 2
Career Top-10 Finishes: 0