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Taylor Collins

  • Class
    2011
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Golf
Collins proved to be a key leader for a Nova Southeastern women's golf team that delivered a historic championship trifecta by winning NCAA Division II National Championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The 2009 title marked the first-ever by a Sharks team across all sports, raising the standard for what has since become one of the nation's premiere programs. Collins set the tone as a freshman with the first of her eventual three All-America honors, leading the women's golf team to its very first Sunshine State Conference Championship.
 
Another national title as a sophomore, followed by SSC and a National Championship as a junior ensued, yet it was her senior season that proved to be unrivaled. Not only did the Sharks collect another SSC title in 2011, but Collins made sure to keep the national championship streak intact by producing one of the most memorable performances on the grandest stage of DII women's golf. On day three of the 2011 NCAA Division II National Championship, she posted the lowest round in program history of (-6) 66, which also set the DII record at a national tournament for the lowest single round in relation to par. Collins' efforts eventually propelled her to become the 2011 individual national champion as well, as her score of 10-under par set the new national championship, 72-hole record.
 
In all, Collins closed her illustrious NSU career as the No. 3 ranked player in Division II, and still to this day holds five career records. She finished with four career individual medalist honors, including three as a senior, and just two years removed from NSU, was chosen as the winner of Big Break Mexico, earning entry into the LPGA's Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
 
Collins earned her undergraduate degree in Sport and Recreation Management from NSU in 2011. Collins currently is the second assistant golf professional at the Coral Ridge Country Club.
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