Eastern Illinois University Athletics

CAREER STATS

2016-17 (SENIOR): Played in all nine tournaments for the season... had a season stroke average of 84.42... season best round of 78 was at Dayton Fall Invite... best finish for the season was tied for 29th at the Butler Fall Invite... best 36-hole score was 159 at the Butler Fall Invite... best 54-hole total was 250 at the Morehead State Citrus Classic... was tied for 41st at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship... 
2015-16 (JUNIOR): Played in all nine events for the season... had season best rounds of 79 at Indiana State Spring Invite and IPFW Spring Invite... season best finish was tied for 15th at the IPFW Invite with a 36-hole total of 165... withdrew from opening round of Ohio Valley Conference Tournament due to illness but returned to card back-to-back rounds of 83 to close out the event... played 17 rounds for the year with a stroke average of 84.4... had two additional top 25 finishes at the Evansville Braun Intercollegiate and Indiana State Spring Invite... 
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 19 of 20 rounds as a sophomore... secured an 85.7 season stroke average... her season-best finish was a 23rd place tie at the SIU Saluki Invite during the spring campaign... finished in 45th place at the end-of-season league meet... OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2013-14 (FRESHMAN): Played in eight events and earned a 90.2 stroke average over 18 rounds of golf as a true freshman... finished with a season-best 40th place tie at the Butler Bulldog Florida Invite in early spring play... nabbed a 49th place mark at the OVC meet... OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in golf for coach Cara Stuckey at Terre Haute South HS... also saw action as a freshman and sophomore on her softball squad... earned the 2013 sectional low-medalist honor with a 74 score... nabbed the lowest scoring average and lowest putts... her squad went undefeated and won the sectional title during her senior campaign... member of the student council, earning their award... also part of her high school's National Honor Society... graduated with an academic honors diploma.

PERSONAL: Marketing major at EIU... daughter of Brian & Donna Pickens... born on October 15... No. 1 sports highlight was "placing in the Top 40 in the Indiana State Amateur Golf Tournament"... credits her dad and her uncle, Gary, for having the biggest influence on her sports career, "because they introduced me to the sport of golf and my dad helped me develop my swing."