Wisconsin Badgers

Honors and Awards: Holds the school record for career scoring average (74.0), nearly two strokes better than anyone else in program history ... owns three of the top four single-season scoring averages in UW annals, including a school-record 72.25 average as a senior ... only golfer in program history to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors twice in a career, doing so as a junior and a senior ... was also a second-team All-Big Ten selection as a sophomore ... three-time Big Ten Golfer of the Week ... earned individual medalist honors three times in her career (tied for second-most in school history) ... three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017)

2016-17: Earned first-team All-Big Ten honors ... played in nine events totaling 24 rounds ... season average of 72.25 is best in school history ... led the Badgers with 10 rounds under par ... recorded six top-10 finishes out of the eight complete tournaments she played in ... won the Cardinal Cup for the second straight season, shooting 68 and 71 over the final two rounds to finish at 2-under par for the tournament ... that started a run of four-straight top-8 finishes ... wrist injury forced her to withdraw from the first two rounds of the Suntrust Invitational and miss two other tournaments, including what would have been her school-record fourth appearance in the NCAA regionals

2015-16: Earned first-team All-Big Ten honors ... NCAA Regional qualifier as an individual tying for 59th with a 78-71-78=221 at the Bryan Regional ... tied for first at Cardinal Cup, scoring a 3-under 213 which tied for the third-best 54-hole scorecard in Wisconsin history ... finished in a tie for first at Westbrook Spring Invitational with a 5-under 211, marking the second-best 54-hole output in school history ... ended in a knot for 13th at Briar's Creek Invitational, recording a 1-over 217 ... finished third at the Big Ten Championship with a school-record 209 ... at the conference tournament, also tied a school record for 18 holes (65) and tied the 36-hole (137) UW record ... third-place finish at Big Ten tournament tied second-best conference placement in Wisconsin history ... finished all but one of the team's 10 tournaments as the Badgers' first- or second-best performer ... netted best season scoring average in Wisconsin history with 73.25 strokes per round in 2015-16, which marked the only time that a Badgers golfer has ended a campaign with an average below 74 ... after earning two top placements in 2015-16, one of nine Wisconsin competitors all-time to finish first at a tournament ... registered three of squad's four sub-par 54-hole scorecards ... earned team-high six top-25 finishes ... registered four rounds in the 60s and a total of 12 even or sub-par rounds

2014-15: Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors ... finished with the team's best season scoring average of 74.72 which ranks first all-time ... placed first for the Badgers in five out of 11 tournaments ... tallied a 72-75-77--224 in the NCAA Regionals to lead the Badgers and tie for 20th overall ... tied her career-best 36-hole scorewith 144 in two consecutive tournaments at the Cougar Classic (Sept. 14-16) and the East-West Challenge (Sept. 20-22) ... marked a season-best 54-hole mark at the Cougar Classic, scoring a 73-71-76--220 ... finished tied for fourth in the East West Challenge with a 71-73--144 to mark her third time scoring her career-best tournament finish ... captured 10th place at the Mercedes-Benz Tournament with a 74-75-72--221 ... tied for second and  tied her 54-hole career best with a 71-72-70--213 in the 2015 Phil Kosin Illinois Women's Open ... won the Brown Deer Women's Amateur Aug. 4 with an even par 72-72-144

2013-14: Set the UW freshman scoring record with her 75.34 strokes per round ... led the Badgers at the Big Ten Championship (April 25-27) by placing fourth with 5-over par 78-75-68=221, which ties her career 18-hole and tournament finish bests ... earned an 18-hole personal best 68 at the Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 20-22), placing fifth with a 2-under par 72-74-68=214 ... tied the school 54-hole record and set her 54-hole career best of 213 and tallied a 36-hole career best of 144 at the Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 23-24), tying for sixth place with 3-under par 74-70-69=213 ... recorded a career-best tournament finish at the Diane Thomason Invitational (Oct. 12-13), finishing tied for fourth with a 9-over par 75-80-70=225 ... tied for 87th at the NCAA West Regionals (May 8-10) with 23-over par 82-77-80=239 ... competed in 11 events, placing in the top 5 three times, top 6-10 once and top 11-25 once ... placed second with a 5-under par 68-69--137 in the 36-hole Wisconsin Women's State Golf Open held June 17-18

High School: Runner-up WIAA division 2 state golf champion in 2012 ... top-five finisher at the state meet all four years of high school ... earned first-team all-state honors the past three years ... won the state qualifier by 12 strokes shooting a 71 at the Wisconsin Dells ... averaged a career low 73.3 strokes her round as a senior ... senior season had wins at the Cardinal-Spartan Invitational, Parker Invitational, Madison Metro Invitational, and Portage Invitational hitting a course record 69 ... won third-straight Rock Valley Conference title ... in 2010, she set the course record at Riverside Country Club (7-under par 64) as part of 2010 Rock County Women's Championship victory

Off The Course with Brooke Ferrell

How old were you when you began playing golf? Five years old
Favorite sport other than golf: Basketball
Favorite golf memory: Watching my sister make a putt to win Big Tens for her team and finishing fourth at that same Big Ten Tournament
Favorite golf course: Trump National Golf Course in Washington D.C.
Hardest golf course you've ever played: Entrada at Snow Canyon in St. George, Utah
Biggest accomplishment in golf: Finishing fourth at Big Tens my freshman year
What is your dream foursome? Rickie Fowler, Kevin Hart and Dennis Tiziani
Favorite athlete: Rickie Fowler or Stephen Curry
Favorite sports team: The Badgers, of course!
Favorite food: Fettuccine Alfredo
Dream job/career: Professional golfer
Advice you would give to young golfers: There is no shortcut to success and there is no substitute for hard work
If you could change one thing about the game of golf, you would: Be able to take your ball out of divots
Before each meet you: Sing to every song in the car on the ride to the golf course
In 20 years, what would you like to be doing? Playing golf professionally or somehow be in the golf industry
Why Wisconsin? There is no place like Madison and I had always dreamed of being a Badger!