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2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

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)
- Liberty League Performer of the Week (9/3/24, 2/31/25)
- Liberty League Rookie of the Week (4/14/25, 4/21/25, 4/28/25)
- Terry Lynch-Jackie Havercamp Cuttita Memorial Award (2024-25)

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"