High Point University Athletics

CAREER STATS:

Year	Events	Rounds	Birdies	Eagles	Low 54	Low 18	Par/Better	Top-5	Top-10	Top-20	Average	Ranking
2022-23	10	30	62	0	222	69	4	1	0	2	75.97	N/A
2023-24	10	29	74	0	214	67	12	4	1	3	73.41	#400
2024-25	10	29	77	0	211	66	10	3	2	4	74.14	#416
Total	30	88	213	0	211	66	26	8	3	9	74.51	#400

CAREER BESTS:

18-Holes	36-Holes	54-Holes	Best Finish
66 (-6)	70-66 (-8)	70-66-75 (-5)	2nd - x3

HPU Records Held: 

• Player Season - Par 3 Scoring: 3.0900
• Player Season - Par 4 Scoring: 4.1194

Big South Awards:

• Golfer of the Year (2024)
• All-Conference Team – First Team (2024) | Second Team (2025) | Honorable Mention (2023) 
• All-Freshman Team (2023)
• All-Championship Team (2023)

Big South Weekly Awards:

• Big South Golfer of the Week (2024-2025)
  • October 24, 2024
• 3x Big South Golfer of the Week (2023-2024)
  • October 19, 2023 | March 8, 2024  | April 4, 2024
• 3x Big South Freshman of the Week (2022-2023)
  • October 13, 2022 | March 30, 2023 | April 6, 2023

Academic Awards:

• WGCA All-American Scholar
  • 2023-2024
• Big South Presidential Scholar
  • 2022-2023 | 2023-2024
• 4.0 Millis Scholar Athlete
  • Spring 2024
• Millis Scholar Athlete:
  • Fall 2024 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2023 | Spring 2023 | Fall 2022

Junior (2024-25)

• Played in 10 events and was the team's top finisher three times 
  • 9/10: Golfweek Fall Challenge (T9, -2); 10/22: UNCG Collegiate (2, -5); 2/17: Rivertowne Invitational (T2, E)
• Her best round was a 66 (-6) in the second round at the UNCG Collegiate
• Carded three top-5 finishes, two top-10 finishes, and four top-20 finishes
• Finished 14th at the Big South Championships (4/15) in stroke play 
  • Won her match play match 1UP

Sophomore (2023-24)

• Secured a 4th place finish with a score of 2-under at the UNCG Collegiate (10/10)
• Placed runner-up at the Charlotte Invitational with a score of 1-over (10/17)
• Ended the fall season with a 9th place finish at the Mercer Invitational with a score of 2-over (10/31)
• Placed 14th with a score of 4-over at the Rivertowne Invitational (2/27)
• Placed top-3 at the River Landing Classic with a score of 2-over (3/5)
• Lost first match 3&2 before winning her second match 4&3 at the Cutter Creek Match Play Tournament (3/15)
• Placed 4th at the Golfweek Intercollegiate with an even score (4/3)
• Finished 11th with a score of 10-over during the Big South Tournament stroke play before winning her match play match 4&3 (4/17)

 Freshman (2022-23):

• Competed at 10 tournaments 
• Compiled a 75.97 scoring average
• Finished in fourth at the Big South Championship, her best finish of the season (76-78-70-228, +8) and earned a spot on the All-Tournament team
• Shot a season best 69 at the Evie Odom Invitational
• Was a 3x Big South Freshman Golfer of the Week

High School: A member of the women's golf team all four years... spent her first two seasons under head coach Greg Greska before Brent Burns took over in 2021... in 2021 Cardinal Gibbons won the NC State 4A State Championship, where she placed 4^th individually... the team also won the 4A East Regional Championship in 2019 & 2021... and won the 2021 Pinecrest Invitational Champion. Individually, Perna become a 3x Cap 6 Conference Player of the Year... 3x Cardinal Gibbons Women’s Golf MVP... she was awarded to the 2021 NC State Girls First Team All-State... awarded to the 2020 NC State Girls Second Team All-State... awarded to the 2019 NC Girls Third Team All-State ... made the 2021 Pinecrest Invitational All-Tournament First Team... while at Cardinal Gibbons, she was a member of the National Honor Society and an Honor Roll Student.

Club: A member of AJGA, CGA, PKB, Pinehurst Winternational Golf Tours... was a 2022 CGA Dogwood State Champion and a 2022 CGA Hope Valley Junior Invitational Runner-Up... in 2021 she was named the PKB Orange Whip Classic Champion... in 2020 she became the CGA Mimosa Hills Junior Runner-Up and a Winternational Junior Golf Tour All-American. 

Personal: Born on August 15, 2004... daughter of Greg and Jennifer Perna.