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2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

Steve Sheridan
Steve Sheridan
Steve Sheridan
Steve Sheridan
Steve Sheridan
Steve Sheridan
Steve Sheridan

Iyene Essien

  • Class Sophomore
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Yonkers, N.Y.
  • High School The Taft School
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

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I chose Union because of the size of the school, the beautiful campus, and the opportunity to play golf. I felt like I would be able to fit in and comfortably study my major while playing a collegiate sport.
Honors and Awards:
- Liberty League Rookie of the Year (2024-25)
- All-Liberty League First Team (2024-25)
- All-Liberty League Second Team (2025-26)
- Liberty League Performer of the Week (9/3/24, 2/31/25, 9/2/25, 9/8/25, 9/22/25, 3/30/26, 4/27/26)
- Liberty League Rookie of the Week (4/14/25, 4/21/25, 4/28/25)
- Female Sophomore Athletic Prize (2025-26)
- Terry Lynch-Jackie Havercamp Cuttita Memorial Award (2024-25)

2025-26: Played in all 16 rounds as a sophomore … set a school single-season scoring record for the second straight year by averaging 76.69 strokes per round … earned four medalist honors, seven top-fives and eight top-10s in nine events … carded the team’s 12 lowest rounds of the year and five of the six lowest in program history this season … shot a 72 to start the year with a win in a dual match against Ithaca (8/30) … took first in the first two tournaments of the year, carding two-day scores of 151 at the St. Lawrence Invitational (9/6-7) and 155 at the Union Fall Invite (9/20-21) … shot a 156 to finish 16th in a Division I field at the Great Dane Invitational (10/12-13) … won the Union Spring Invitational with a round of 74 (4/25) … earned All-Conference honors with a two-day score of 152 to place eighth at the Liberty League Championships (5/1-2).

2024-25: Played all 15 rounds for Union as a first-year … set a program record by averaging 77.27 strokes per round … earned two first-place finishes and seven top-five results in eight events … carded nine of the team’s 10 lowest rounds of the season as well as registering four of the seven lowest rounds and five of the seven lowest two-day scores in program history … kicked off her collegiate career with the first sub-par round in Union history, carding a two-under 70 on the way to a record two-day score of 151 and medalist honors at the St. Lawrence Fall Invitational (8/31-9/1) … shot 151 again the next weekend with rounds of 75 and 76 at the Ithaca Invitational (9/7-8) … dual rounds of 77 were good for top honors again at the Saint Anselm Florida Invitational (3/24-25) … shot a 153 to take third place and earn All-Conference first-team honors at the Liberty League Championships (4/26-27) … selected to play at the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship, where she placed ninth among individuals with a three-day score of 240.

Prior to Union: A 2024 graduate of The Taft School … played golf and basketball for the Rhinos … an All-NEPSAC honoree on the course … has represented her native Nigeria in numerous international competitions, including time on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25First Year

    5'5"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'6"